"A daily episode of TAONGA from AOTEAROA telling you how it is and disrupting the narrative. If you don't like it, change the channel. #history #educateyourself
Episode five: Plastic Maori
#plasticmaori #costume #malfunctionManu the plastic Māori doll draws our attention to the cultural appropriation of Māori culture and taonga. She is an example of kiwiana, which is a New Zealand word used to describe a sense of national identity. Manu’s costume is made up of Māori cultural customs such as raranga (weaving) and whakairo (carving), although she is a symbol of kiwiana culture, Manu exclaims “she is Māori."
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Five: Plastic Māori (2020)
Other works in this series
Suzanne Tamaki
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Four: Good Golly (2020)
A daily episode of TAONGA from AOTEAROA telling you how it is and disrupting the narrative. If you don't like it, change the channel.
Suzanne Tamaki
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Three: Statue bro (gov ham) (2020)
The statue of John Hamilton, who drove Waikato Māori off their land for settler occupation, speaks to the camera.
Suzanne Tamaki
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Two: Miss Tiki (2020)
Iconic Māori taonga Miss Tiki educates us on the pronunciation of Māori words.
Suzanne Tamaki
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode One: Statue bro (gov grey) (2020)
A vandalised colonial war veteran boasts of his successes as Governor General following the Taranaki war and Waikato Tainui invasion.
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Interview series·(ex)CLAIM
(ex)CLAIM is an interview series by Israel Randell, in which she meets practitioners from Aotearoa whose work seeks to correct imbalances in our bi-cultural histories. In this first interview, Suzanne Tamaki discusses a new suite of works made in response to Black Lives Matter.