Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui-ā-tau ki Pōneke.

The Pōneke rōpū has worked to put together, we hope, a varied programme of public facing events that aim to excite the wider public and rangatahi about Māori design and planning, alongside events for Ngā Aho and Papa Pounamu to think about what and who we want to influence and where we want to invest our energies as a rōpū going forward. Our kaupapa to shape these conversations is:

Kāinga / Home

and includes ideas about Māori urban identities, homelessness, ahi kā, and (re)making home here in the city. We look forward to whakawhanaungatanga across the weekend

Day 1 / Friday 

3:00pm: Pōwhiri,Te Herenga Waka 

4:00pm: Whakawhanaungatanga 

5:00pm: Travel to evening talks venue (walk and van) 

6:00pm: Toitū he Kāinga, City Gallery How do we make our home here? What makes a good kāinga today? Kāinga suggests that the fundamental role of designers and planners is to support the making of home: in both tangible and intangible ways. Talking to this kaupapa will be our featured kaikōrero/speakers: Reuben Friend (Facilitator), Kara Puketapu Dentice, Deputy Mayor Jill Day, Jahmayne Robin-Middleton and Jade Wikaira. Refreshments will follow the talks in the gallery atrium. Sponsored by New Zealand Institute of Architects and New Zealand Planning Institute. 

9:00pm: Supper Te Herenga Waka

Day 2 / Saturday

7:30am: Parakuihi 

8:30am: Haerenga / Bus Tour Please refer to the locations and descriptions of the iwi sites of significance to be visited on the reverse side of this programme. The bus will travel to: Kirikiritatangi Beach end (Hector Street Seatoun) to meet students and Park Rangers - walk to Oruaiti Pā site - the bus will pick up from Seatoun School entrance - then visit Te Aro Papakāinga in Evans Bay - Tangi te Keo (morning tea) - Pukeahu (buses leave) - Te Māra is nearby - people are welcome to go and see the complex if they want to. Sponsored by Wellington City Council. 

12:30pm: Lunch at Faculty of Architecture and Design 

1:30pm: Mahi-ā-Ringa Workshop Saturday in downtown Pōneke is packed with a lot of art and culture for us to celebrate, which includes joining a group of rangatahi to participate in a creative workshop at the Architecture & Design School. In the kaupapa of ‘He aha te kupu Kāinga’? / ‘What does the term home mean to us’? we will participate with local rangatahi in a “design & make” workshop that will explore this question further through the practices of plastic recycling, reform and reuse. Sponsored by BGI youth organisation (Boys & Girls Institute Inc.), the workshop will be led by Petri Saarikko, a visual artist and designer from Finland, who will show us how to explore textual and conceptual possibilities of biofoil material (compostable bioplastic). By imagining a zero waste and less-polluted future we look to trying new practices to create an ensemble that attempts to bring together concepts of sustainability, mobility and shelter. 5:00pm: Dinner BBQ 

6:00pm: Kora Soapbox Symposium Kāinga is broadly interpreted by speakers (including architecture and design students from around the country) using a Kora (spark) quick fire speaking format i.e. each speaker has just over 6 minutes to get across their message. All welcome. Symposium seating will be designed by first year Victoria University architecture students. Speakers include Carin Wilson (studio furniture maker, sculptor and design educator), Josephine Clarke (Landscape Architect), William Hatton (Landscape Architect, Boffa Miskell), Matenga Ashby (Ākau Design, Kaikohe), Te Kerekere Roycroft (Landscape Architecture Student Unitec), Dr Diane Menzies (Landscape Architect), Dexell Aita (Landscape Architecture Student Unitec), Kara Scott (Landscape Architect). Sponsored by Te Puni Kōkiri and Wellington City Council. 

9:30pm: Whakanā Fun Map Follow the fun whakanā map to ‘satisfy’, ‘refresh’, ‘quench (thirst)’ or ‘rest’.

Day 3 / Sunday

8:00am: Parakuihi 

9:00am: Ngā Aho Strategic Kōrero 

11:00am: Tidy Up 

11:30am: Travel to Wharewaka (Van available for non-walkers and everyone’s luggage) 

12:30pm: Hākari, Wharewaka 1:30pm: Poroporoaki