Indigenous brands, Maori business, Kaupapa Growth and innovation, collaborative pilot projects, culture connection and exchange, design enabled economic, culturally enriched.
Ngā Aho is a network of Māori and Indigenous design professionals who come together to support each other to better service the design aspirations of our Māori and indigenous communities. Māori and indigenous design professionals are now represented in the fields of architecture, commercial design, engineering, landscape architecture, business, planning, project and resource management, and design-thinking / co-design.
Ngā Aho is a network of Māori and Indigenous design professionals who come together to support each other to better service the design aspirations of our Māori and indigenous communities. Māori and indigenous design professionals are now represented in the fields of architecture, commercial design, engineering, landscape architecture, business, planning, project and resource management, and design-thinking / co-design.
"Ngā aho" he aho herenga ki ngā tipuna, ki te ao hou ki te ao tawhito, he kaupapa whakaruruhau mo ngā iwi katoa i raro i te mahi kotahi hei painga mo te katoa. Otira, e whai atu ana I nga mahi hanga whare.
"Ngā aho" ki te whenua, ki te moana, ki te rangi, ki te ao, koinei nga whakamaramatanga mo tenei ingoa mo tenei roopu hou. He kaupapa tuhono atu ki te wairua, te hinengaro, te Tinana, ae ra ki te whanau me te whenua. Ko nga aho he rite ki te muka hei tuitui I te tangata ki enei mea katoa, heoi ra he taura herenga I o tatau waka I taakia mai I Hawaiki, a he tuia ki nga tipuna ki a ratau kua ngaro.
Whainga
The objects of Ngā Aho as described in the rules of the Society are:
a. Whakamarama
Object: To raise awareness and increase knowledge, amongst members and their communities of interest, in respect to Māori issues, aspirations, methods, practices and knowledge in the Society's fields of interest.
b. Whakawhanaungatanga
Object: To foster the development of productive relationships and networks between members and between members and their communities of interest.
c. Mahi Tahi
Object: To foster and facilitate collaboration between members and between members and their communities of interest.
d. Whakamana
Object: To increase the Profile and Standing of members and their communities of interest – particularly iwi and hapū.
e. Whakahaere Kaupapa
Object: To do anything necessary or helpful to the above purposes.
MATARIKI KORA SESSION, 2012. WAITAKERE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU