Saturday, 6 February 2021, 6:50 pm
An
estimated 500 people from throughout Murihiku, Ōtākou and
around Aotearoa have today commemorated Waitangi Day at Te
Rau Aroha Marae in Awarua Bluff.
Manuhiri –
including Deputy Chief of Navy Commodore Melissa Ross (on
behalf of the Governor General), Minister of Housing Hon
Megan Woods, Minister of Agriculture Hon Damien O’Connor,
mayors, and other community leaders – were welcomed on to
the marae, which hosts the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Festival every
third year. Te Rau Aroha Marae holds historical significance
as it was one of three places Ngāi Tahu tūpuna signed the
Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
Hair. It’s a powerful symbol of identity and self-image for many, and how a person chooses to style theirs can say a lot about them. For Black women in particular, this relationship is an incredibly complex one a subject that’s intertwined with politics, culture and social pressures.
In a world long dominated by Western beauty standards where straighter hair textures have enjoyed a higher prestige and have been seen as more accepted, the incessant desire to camouflage natural afro kinks and coils to emulate Eurocentric styles has impacted Black women’s hair decisions for
decades. Thankfully, with different waves of the natural hair movement emerging over the years, more and more women of colour are relinquishing those narrow beauty ideals and embracing the sheer beauty and endless versatility of their natural tresses on their own terms whether that be via free-flowing afros, a protective style like box braids or opting for a blow-out or a wig because they simply can.
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Helen Wilson with the first and last Korowai (traditional Māori cloak) she weaved, Wilson has been teaching wānanga at Te Rau Aroha Marae.
Traditional Māori weaving of korowai (traditional Māori cloak) has been increasing popularity in Southland. Ngāi Tahu kamātua Tā Tipene O’Regan said there had been amazing resurgence in the skills of weaving based in Awarua/Bluff. In the past few years, there are more korowai being woven and decorated per year than any 30 year phase of his life, he said. Since 2019, Helen Wilson has been holding wānanga classes once a month at Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff.
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