Māori

Pepeha across the City

Pepeha across the City is part of the Applaud 2005 Christchurch Arts Festival July 20 - August 7 2005.

Pepeha are traditional Māori sayings that are likened to proverbs or tribal boasts. Often referring to tribal history, pepeha embody the history of settlement and allude to the deeds of ancestors, tribal migrations, warfare and whakapapa.

Jointly developed with Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, Pepeha Across the City will take traditional pepeha that reflect the settlement of the South Island by Ngāi Tahu along with some contemporary Māori and Pakeha pepeha and scatter them about the city in unexpected places during the Festival.

The designs for Pepeha Across the City are by tutors and students of the CPIT School of Art & Design.

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Ta kopa iti a Raureka

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Ta kopa iti a Raureka
The tiny purse of Raureka

This refers to a female ancestor, Raureka, who travelled from the West Coast in pursuit of a lost dog. She encountered people in the South Canterbury region and took from her purse the pounamu, or greenstone. This pepeha is used to denote something precious.

Artwork by Vanessa Ide

Te Puna Hauaitu

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Te Puna Waimaraarie, Te Puna Hauaitu, Te Puna Karikari
The pools of frozen water; The pools of bounty; The pools dug by the hand of man

Attributed to: Rakaihautu, Waitaha

On arrival in this new land, Rakaihautu sought an indication of the nature of the land and the fortunes that awaited him and his people. With his digging stick he made three pools and then gave the prophetic utterance about what lay before them.

Artwork by Tim Widdup

Te Puna Karikari

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Te Puna Waimaraarie, Te Puna Hauaitu, Te Puna Karikari
The pools of frozen water; The pools of bounty; The pools dug by the hand of man

Attributed to: Rakaihautu, Waitaha

On arrival in this new land, Rakaihautu sought an indication of the nature of the land and the fortunes that awaited him and his people. With his digging stick he made three pools and then gave the prophetic utterance about what lay before them.

Artwork by Tim Widdup

Kauraka koutou

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Kauraka koutou i mate pīrau pēnei me au nei. E kāore! Me haere ake koutou i ruka i te umu kakara. Taku whakaaro i mate rakatira i ruka i te tāpapa whawha.

Do not die a rotting death like mine. No! Leave this world via the fragrant ovens of war. In my opinion a chiefly death occurs on the battlefield.

Attributed to: Te Wera, Kāi Tahu

On his deathbed, Te Wera, a renowned Kāi Tahu fighting chief, warned his sons to die honourably on the battlefield and not slowly of natural causes, as was his fate.

Artwork by Rhys Tairi

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