Māreikura - Ka rere te rongoā (the Medicine Flows)

Traditional Māori cultural ways of being are portrayed in a contemporary, dramatic show of story, place and community in Māreikura - Ka rere te rongoā (the medicine flows) at Immigration Museum.

Created by Māori storyteller Irihipeti Waretini as part of the Culture Makers program, the exhibition features 15 stunning photographic portraits of Māori women with moko kauae (traditional chin tattoos), multimedia art, film and a carved pou (pillar). A term she learnt from one of her mentors, an ‘island of Indigenous safety’ is a ‘creative healing space that is starved of any experiences of British cultural dominance’.

The exhibition aims to communicate the strength and power of the Māori matriarchy.
Culture Makers has been made possible thanks to the generous support of The Scanlon Foundation.