Wāhine Toikupu – Auckland Arts Festival 2021

Wāhine Toikupu THE CIVIC CLUB

19 Māehe 2021

NAU MAI KI WĀHINE TOIKUPU Mai anō i te tau 2019, kua titikaha te hui Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki ki te whakaū i te mana o te reo Māori hei reo matua ki Aotearoa.

Hei wāhi o Te Rautaki Reo o Toitū Te Reo Māori, nō te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki te whiwhinga i tana mahi tahi ki a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust kia tū ai tēnei kaupapa e whakanui nei i te reo Māori me ngā whakapaunga kaha e whakarauorahia ai tēnei taonga, e whakanui ana hoki i te Marama mō ngā Wāhine o te Ao, otirā, e whakamaumahara nei i tētahi o ngā tino ringa toikupu o te ao.

Ka whakatinanahia a Wāhine Toikupu e ētahi ika a Whiro wāhine o Te Panekiretanga o te Reo Māori, i hiki i te mānuka kia whakamāorihia he ruri nō te kohinga, The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, i tākirikiritia ai ō rātou tauwharenga ngākau.

Ehara rawa i te mahi waingōhia noa, nā tēnei kāhui wāhine te mānuka i kawe ake, me te aha, e whakapuakingia mai ana ā rātou kura kupu ki a tātou i tēnei ata.

Nā runga i ngā tānga kupu kua puta inātata nei i a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, tae atu ki ngā whakamāoritanga o ētahi pukapuka nō ngā kohinga o Harry Potter me Dr Seuss, e tūmanako nei mātou ka noho ko tēnei pānuitanga kupu hei tuatahitanga mō tētahi ara whakanui i te reo Māori ka pūmau ki konei, ki te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki.

Welcome to Wāhine Toikupu.

Since 2019, Auckland Arts Festival has made a commitment to affirm the status of te reo Māori as an official language in New Zealand.

As part of Toitū Te Reo Māori Language Strategy, Auckland Arts Festival are honoured to work with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust to present this event which celebrates te reo Māori and the efforts to revitalise this taonga, commemorates International Women’s Month and remembers one of the world’s foremost poets.

Wāhine Toikupu features wāhine reo warrior graduates from The Institute of Māori Language Excellence who have been challenged to translate a poem from The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou that resonates with each of them in some way.

By no means an easy task, this selection of wāhine have taken up the challenge and present their works to us all this morning.

With recent publications released

by Kotahi Rau Pukapuka including translations of books from the Harry Potter series and Dr Seuss, this reading is the first of what we hope will be an ongoing celebration of te reo Māori here at Auckland Arts Festival.

Ataahua Papa Kaihautū Māori, Wāhine Toikupu Producer

75mins no interval

auckland arts festival te ahurei toi o tāmaki

Hosted by Miriama Kamo & Pānia Papa Readers Stephanie Huriana Fong, Makoha Gardiner, Karena Kelly, Jennifer Martin, Corin Merrick, Hinurewa Pou, Charisma Rangipunga, Ruth Smith, Evelyn Tobin

I ngā tau e rua nei, kua poho kūkupa katoa te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki i tana whakatinana i tōna ngākau titikaha ki te reo Māori mā roto mai i te whakatutukihanga o ngā hōtaka i raro i te maru o Toitū Te Reo. Koinei tā mātou rautaki reo e whakaū nei i te mana o te reo Māori hei taonga, hei wāhi matua hoki o ngā rā katoa o ō tātou ao i Tāmaki Makaurau nei.

Nā runga i tā mātou whai kia kitea, kia rangona anō te reo Māori i ia rā, i ia rā, kua tuia te reo ki ngā wāhi katoa o te Ahurei – mai anō i te kaupapa matua o te aroha, tae atu ki ngā ingoa kua tapaina ki ngā kaupapa whakatuwhera, whakakapi anō i te hui nei, ā, tae atu anō ki ngā hōtaka reo Māori.

Mā roto mai i te waka o te ao toi, ka rangona te reo Māori huri i Tāmaki Makaurau. Mā te kapa haka, mā te toikupu, mā te puoru, mā ngāi ringatoi Māori, mā te waiata tahi, mā te kōrero anō e whakatairangahia ai te taonga o te reo Māori, e whai wāhi ai ngā whakaminenga ki tōna reka.

Te Reo Māori – he mea kōtuitui i te nanahi, ki te nāianei, ki te āpōpō.

For the past two years, Auckland Arts Festival has been proud to honour our commitment to te reo Māori through the delivery of programmes under Toitū Te Reo, our language plan that upholds the mana of te reo as a treasure and as an integral part of our daily lives here in Tāmaki Makaurau.

With the aim of ensuring that te reo Māori is seen and heard every day, we have integrated it into all aspects of the Festival – from the theme of aroha, to the naming of the opening and closing events as well as our te reo programmes.

Through the platform of the arts, te reo will resound all across Auckland. Kapa haka, poetry, music, Māori artists, waiata sing alongs and kōrero will bring the taonga that is te reo front and centre for audiences to enjoy, participate and engage with.

Te Reo Māori – connecting the past, present and future.

Tukuna tō reo kia rere. Karawhiua!

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

“Kia puāwai te aroha ki te reo mā te rau pukapuka.”

Nō te Oketopa o te tau 2019 whakarewahia ai a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust, ko tōna pae tawhiti hei ingoa mōna, arā kia whakaputahia he pukapuka reo Māori 100, e kounga ana te reo me ngā kōrero o roto. I a Noema o te tau 2020 whakarewahia ai te kohinga pukapuka tuatahi, he hua nō tā mātou mahi tahi ko Auckland University Press, ko Mātāmua ko te Kupu nā Tā Tīmoti Kāretu me Te Ruānuku, nā Hēmi Kelly i whakamāori.

He mea hāpai tēnei kaupapa e te rau ringa - he umanga, he hinonga ā-iwi, he pakihi, he hunga tūmataiti hoki, mei kore ake te tautoko wawe mai a Te Mātāwai, a Creative New Zealand, a Hoku Foundation, a Waikato-Tainui, a Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, a ANZ, a Air New Zealand me te JP & KA Witehira Trust.

E mahi tahi ana a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust me te hunga tautoko kia huhua ake ai ngā pukapuka reo Māori e kounga ana, hei pānuitanga mā te rangatahi me te pakeke. He mea ka tāngia ki te pepa, he ī-puka, he puka oro anō hoki, hei painga mō ngā momo katoa e ngākaunui ana ki te reo Māori. Ko te rārangi a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka he kohinga kōrero kanorau, ko ētahi ka takea mai i te reo Māori, ko ētahi he whakamāoritanga rangatira o ngā pukapuka rawe i takea mai i reo kē.

Ko te tūāpapa tonu o tēnei kaupapa, ko te whakapono me huhua ngā pukapuka papai i te reo Māori hei rauemi mā ngā whānau me ngā hapori e nanaiore ana ki te whakarauora reo. E whakapono nei hoki me whāngai te hunga pīkoko ki ngā pukapuka e kounga ana te reo me ngā kōrero o roto, mā reira e matomato ai te tupu o ngā reanga kaituhi reo Māori, haere ake nei.

Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust was launched in October 2019, with an audacious goal of producing 100 great books in te reo Māori.

The first titles, produced in a valued collaboration with Auckland University Press, were released in November 2020, including Mātāmua ko te Kupu by Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Te Ruānuku, translated

by Hēmi Kelly. The kaupapa received early support from agencies, iwi entities, corporate and private philanthropy, including Te Mātāwai, Creative New Zealand, Hoku Foundation, WaikatoTainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, ANZ Bank, Air New Zealand and the JP & KA Witehira Trust.

Together, the trust and its supporters are fortifying the collection of quality reo Māori books available for rangatahi and adult readers in printed form, as e-books and audiobooks, to suit every type of Māori language enthusiast. The Kotahi Rau Pukapuka series will comprise a diverse array of both original Māori books and outstanding translations of great books from English and other languages.

This kaupapa is founded on the belief that an abundance of quality literature in te reo Māori is a critical support for our whānau and communities engaged in reo revitalisation. We also believe that feeding the literary appetites of reo Māori speakers will help to nurture generations of future Māori writers.

MAYA ANGELOU, 1928–2014

I whānau a Maya Angelou ki St Louis, ki Missouri, i te tau 1928. He kaituhi, he ringa toikupu, he pou hītori, he kaitito waiata, he kaitito whakaari, he kaikanikani, he kaihautū kaupapa ki te atamira me te mata whakaata, he ringatohu, he kaiwhakaataata, he kaiwaiata, he kaikōkiri hoki a ia i ngā mana porihanga. I hau pai ōna rongo i ana pukapuka mōna anō, tae atu ki I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tērā i tautapangia ai mō te tohu National Book Award; i ana kohinga toikupu hoki, tae atu ki Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, tērā i tautapangia ai mō te tohu Pulitzer Prize.

Kua tāia te mana o Angelou ki ngā whārangi hītori o te ao – i tana eke hei ringatohu wahine mangumangu tuatahi ki Hollywood, i tana tū hoki hei kairuruku ki te raki mō te Southern Christian Leadership Conference (nā runga i te tono a Dr Martin Luther King Jr). I te tau 1974 ka kopoua ia ki te Commission for International Woman of the Year; i te tau 2000 ka riro i a ia te National Medal of Arts; ā, i te tau 2010 ka whakawhiwhia ia ki te Presidential Medal of Freedom e President Barack Obama.

I te tau 2014, whai muri iho i ngā tini rā o tōna ao a ia e tuku koha ana ki te ao toi, ki te ao toikupu, ka whetūrangitia a Angelou ki te toi o ngā rangi, ki ngā tini o te pō.

Maya Angelou was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1928. She was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She was best known for her autobiographical books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and her volumes of poetry, including Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Angelou has made an impact on history – as the first black woman director in Hollywood and as the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (at the request of Dr Martin Luther King Jr). In 1974 she was appointed to the Commission for International Woman of the Year; in 2000, she received the National Medal of Arts, and in 2010, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

In 2014, after a lifetime of contribution to the arts and poetry, Angelou transitioned to the star realm.

Pictured: Maya Angelou reciting her poem On the Pulse of Morning at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993. Image credit: William J. Clinton Presidential Library (Public Domain)

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