Kotahitanga: Te Kakahu o Te Tuhi.

The Kakahu Kotahitanga is about Unity, this was the theme for Matariki 2022. Our Kakahu was a moemoea (vision) from the Whakatauki (proverb) “Ma te Kotahitanga, e wai kaha tatau” which translates as “in unity, we have strength”.

Te haerenga o te kakahu o Kotahitanga – The journey of Kotahitanga

Kotahitanga is a special taonga that has been woven to celebrate and acknowledge the relationship of Te Tuhi within the hapori (community) and Te Whare o O Wairoa. Kotahitanga is the Teina (younger sibling) to her Tuakana Tūrangawaewae at Pakuranga Library.

The making of Te Kakahu o Te Tuhi was displayed alongside Marilyn Bakker’s second display of her Project Reflections on the Pakuranga Creek also at Pakuranga Library.

This was an Arts Out East project supported by Te Tuhi and Howick Local Board