Kia ora,

Dunedin Public Libraries is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition ‘Māori Legends’. 

Ko te kaupapa o tēnei whakaaturaka ki te Ahurewa Mātaki o Reed hei whakanui i kā reo, i kā mahi toi, i kā kōrero o te iwi Māori mā te arotahi ki kā kaiwhakaahua pukapuka mā kā tamariki. He pukapuka whakaahua mā kā tamariki, mai i te tekau tau 1960 ki te tekau tau 1990 te nuika o te whakaaturaka. Ka kitea kā pūrākau Māori e tū ora ana. E whakatauira ana ēnei i tētahi wāhaka whaimana o tō tātou nei whakapapa i Aotearoa, e whakaatu ana i te huaka o kā pukapuka tamariki hei whakapakari i te reo Māori. Nā te manawanui o ērā kaituhi, kaiwhakaahua hoki pērā i a Kahuraki Kāterina Mataira i whakatakataka te ara mō ērā i whai atu, e whakakoi ana i kā hinekaro tamariki, pakeke hoki ki te mōhiotaka i kā pūrākau, i te reo, i te mātauraka Māori anō hoki.

The kaupapa of this Reed Gallery exhibition is to celebrate Māori voices, art and storytelling, with a particular focus on Māori illustrators of children’s books. The majority of the exhibition is dedicated to children’s picture books written from the 1960s to the 1990s. In these books we see Māori stories brought vividly to life. They illustrate an important part of our shared history in Aotearoa, showing the value of children's pukapuka as a learning tool for the revitalisation of te reo Māori. The enthusiasm and dedication of writers and illustrators such as Dame Kāterina Mataira have paved the way for others to follow, keeping young and old minds alive and active in their knowledge of pūrākau, te reo and mātauraka Māori.

Kā mihi,

Su Ikin

KAITOROTORO TAMARIKI ME TE RAKATAHI | YOUTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR
KĀ KETE WANAKA O ŌTEPOTI | DUNEDIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

P 03 474 3690 | DD 03 474 3626 | M 027 256 8241 | E su.ikin@dcc.govt.nz

Dunedin City Council, 50 The Octagon, Dunedin

PO Box 5542, Dunedin 9054

New Zealand

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