The Politics of Design

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

He moko kanohi, he tohu aroha

Jani Katarina Taituha Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, Mātaatua)

(A tattooed face, a sign of affection): Māori Facial Tattoos in New Zealand Feature Film History A promise to Niwareka Niwareka, e ngaro nei, kei hea koe? (The lost one, where are you?) Kai whakaputa mai Niwareka, Niwareka! (Come forth Niwareka!) Nau au i kukume iho mai ki raro nei (It was you who lured me below), Niwareka! Niwareka! E kai ana nei te aroha (Love devours me), Niwareka! Niwareka! Here pu rawa koe i au (I need you to forgive me.1, 2 Uetonga was the chief of the tūrehu3 in Rarohenga, the underworld. He had the most stunning daughter named Niwareka. She ventured up into te ao tūroa4 where Mataora – a mortal chief – won her heart, and they married. Comparatively pale amongst the dusky people from the world above, Niwareka stood out and drew much male attention. An insecure and jealous Mataora abused her, causing her to flee back to the refuge of Rarohenga and the peaceful tūrehu. Although the pathway was fraught with dangerous physical obstacles, an inconsolable Mataora secretly pursued her below. The tūrehu ridiculed him because of his poor treatment of their beloved Niwareka, but they sniggered and sneered too about his muddied appearance.5 When finally, he confronted Uetonga face-to-face, Mataora was ashamed as his tribal face paint was surely smeared from tears and exhaustion. Unlike his smudges and stains, Their intricate patterns6 were carved onto the faces of the tūrehu.7 Doubly humiliated, Mataora begged Uetonga’s forgiveness. As both a challenge and promise to never hurt his daughter again, Mataora asked Uetonga that his face be marked like theirs. In this sacred practice,

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Chapter 16: "Towards Design Sovereignty" by Jason De Santolo and Nadeena Dixon

30min
pages 361-377

Chapter 15: "Whiria te Whiri – Bringing the Strands Together" by Donna Campbell

30min
pages 341-356

Chapter 14: "‘The Boeing’s great, the going’s great’" by Federico Freschi

34min
pages 315-334

Chapter 13: "He moko kanohi, he tohu aroha" by Jani Katarina Taituha Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngā Puhi, Mātaatua)

34min
pages 293-308

Chapter 12: "Art Over Nature Over Art" by Matthew Galloway

29min
pages 275-290

Chapter 11: “Do Something New, New Zealand” by Caroline McCaw & Megan Brassell-Jones

28min
pages 255-270

Chapter 10: "‘It’s Fun In South Africa’" by Harriet McKay

31min
pages 231-249

Chapter 9: "Whakawhanaungatanga – Making Families" by Suzanne Miller and Teresa Krishnan

28min
pages 211-224

Chapter 8: "Remnants of Apartheid in Ponte City, Johannesburg" by Denise L Lim

35min
pages 189-206

Chapter 7: "Reconciling the Australian Square" by Fiona Johnson and Jillian Walliss

34min
pages 163-182

Chapter 6: "Un-designing the ‘Black City’" by Pfunzo Sidogi

39min
pages 137-157

Chapter 5: "White Childhoods During Apartheid" by Leana van der Merwe

37min
pages 113-132

Chapter 4: "Marikana" by Sue Jean Taylor

32min
pages 91-107

Chapter 3: "Australian Indigenous Knowledges and Voices in Country" by Lynette Riley, Tarunna Sebastian and Ben Bowen

39min
pages 65-86

Chapter 2: "Singing the Land" by Lynette Carter

19min
pages 53-62

Chapter 1: "Beyond Landscape" by Rod Barnett and Hannah Hopewell

31min
pages 35-50

Introduction: "Privilege and Prejudice" by Federico Freschi, Jane Venis and Farieda Nazier

32min
pages 15-32
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