Pou Kapua Creations Provides Amazing

Cultural Collaborative Creative Solutions

We will continue to carry out and foster research and creative work which seeks to understand the complexities and dynamics of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous people’s culture/s and their multifaceted interdependencies with the relational universe. The works produced provide for their cultural expression through multiple media, spanning arts and technology, and lead to positive outcomes for their creators and those with whom they engage.

Pou Kapua Creations Collective Profile / Skills / Expertise

Tohungatanga / Matauranga Maori / Intergenerational Knowledge / Cultural Expertise

Wananga - creative leadership workshops / mentoring / teaching

Creative works across multiple contexts including:

Whakairo: all aspects of traditional wood carving – taonga, whare, waka, pou

Sculpture: all media inc. wood, stone, metal, glass, brick, ceramic, pounamu

Kōhatu: natural rock, stone, crystal

Creative Arts: fine arts, kowhaiwhai, drawing, painting, photography

Bodywork: tā moko / tattoo

Storytelling: multiple media (living environments; film / web / print)

Fibre: raranga / weaving; kakahu/clothing; contemporary applications

Performing Arts: music, song and dance, kapahaka, waiata

Technology & Digital Innovation: VR and AR; immersive experiences; game development

Waka / Canoes - design, carve, create traditional waka; produce canoes in multiple media

Kai / Food - whakapapa of food; inc. nutrition, hospitality

Architectural design - landscape / cityscape / natural & built environments

Community Development – work with marae, hapu, iwi to build creative communities

Language – revitalisation, living language systems

Cultural Entrepreneurship – building sustainable enterprise

Consulting - research, design and development

Leadership – governance, management, operations, administration; evaluation / reporting

Wikuki Kingi first carved the wahaika in kauri and presented it to VC Willie Apiata at Tukaki Marae Te Kaha. This wahaika, carved in bronze, was gifted to Indigenous leader Chief Oren Lyons of the Seneca Nation. — *Wikuki Kingi first carved the wahaika in kauri and presented it to VC Willie Apiata at Tukaki Marae Te Kaha.*
*This wahaika, carved in bronze, was gifted to Indigenous leader Chief Oren Lyons of the Seneca Nation.*

Pou Kapua Creations Collective are very competent researchers and evaluators and have undertaken a broad range of projects spanning health, economic development, social wellbeing, environmental sustainability and whakapapa-based ecologies. Wikuki leads wananga and creative workshops, Tania is a cultural psychologist and systems strategist, Rachel is an expert in organisational culture and sustainability, and Korotangi is an accomplished kaiako of whakairo and arts. And we have an amazing team of Tohunga, Master Carvers, and Kainga Toi who support the kaupapa of Pou Kapua Creations. As native scientists all of our work has a strong foundation of value and evaluation, search and research, creation and co-creation.

Pou Kapua Creations

provides creative leadership wananga; teaching and learning experiences,

ancient and new, traditional and contemporary,

within an environment that encourages academic excellence and critical reasoning,

whilst advancing each participant’s skills, abilities and competencies.