David Hakaraia   Mdes

Pae Matua

Te Whanganui-a-tara Co-Design, Project Management and Strategy, Art, Design

Ngāti Pāoa + Ngāpuhi

Kia ora Koutou, Ko Rakaumangamanga te maunga, ko Ngatokimatawhaorua te waka, Ko Ipipiri te Moana, Ko taumarere te awa, Ko Te Rawhiti te Marae, Ko Ngati Kuta me Patu Keha nga hapū, Ko Ngapuhi-nui-tonu te Iwi, Ko Shelly rāua Wiremu Alamein ōku mātua,Ko David Hakaraia tōku ingoa.
I am currently doing a masters degree in Design at Victoria University in Wellington looking at contemporary ways to express Maori narratives,weather its furniture of products.
I have also been a member of the Āwhina Whānau for 10 years. Āwhina is about people and collective success. The kaupapa of Āwhina is to produce Maori and Pacific science, engineering, architecture and design professionals who will go on to contribute to the development of their communities. Some of this work includes outreach programmes where students and staff of Āwhina go out to schools and communities to educate whānau and rangatahi about tertiary education in the Āwhina disciplines.
I have worked in London and Japan but love being home in Aotearoa. I have also received a creative New Zealand Grant in 2008 along with 2 other Victoria university alumni and am currently working on some exhibition pieces at the moment.