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Name

Johnson Watene

Iwi

Ngāti Maru, Ngāti TamaTe Ra

School

Te Wharekura o Manaia

Year

12

Title

Pake - Roromia te iwi Māori e Te Kirihou

Media

Plastic bags, plastic raincoats, tetra pak cartons, staples, weedmat

Statement

Johnson grew up in the Hauraki. Johnson displays a passion for the arts and music, as well as an inherent understanding of what it means to communicate from a Māori perspective. "I ngā wā o mua - ko ngā kākahu Māori - he tohu rangatira, he tohu i whakaatu ana i te mana o te tangata, o tōna iwi, otirā, i te nui o ngā rauemi hoki". I whatua ngā kākahu i ngā huruhuru o ngā manu, ngā manu rangatira ne para i te kiwi, i te kereru, i te kāka hoki. E hia kē ngā haora i mirohia muka ana e ngā tūpuna. Hei te mutunga o taua mahi i whakakorowaingia e rātou tō rātou pūkenga hoki. Kei te para toru tatou te iwi Māori? Kua waiho ranei mā ngā tukino o tenei ao hurihuri tatou e whakakonuka?
 
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