CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Looking for an experience that will rattle your soul and encourage you to remember your sacred blood lines, or something a little more interactive and educational then we have options for you for your group experience.
*group bookings only
Te Whānau Āio have three Cultural Activation pieces for you to select from.
LIVING TĀONGA - AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM - Educational opening ceremonial experience for guests and visitors
WAITAKETAKE - PRIVATE THEATRE BOOKING -
Ancient Ancestors. Open your event/show/festival with our opening ceremony. As seen in Wardruna, Stan Walkers MO AKE TONU, Tempo Dance Festival
KIA MAUMAHARA - AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM -
Walk through the artifacts living in the stories of their descendants. Book a private experience through history.
BOOK YOUR WORKSHOP
Interested in a workhop with one of our Native Guardians?
DATE: Wednesday outdoor Workshop - 45mins
LOCATION: - AUCKLAND MUSEUM DOMAIN
TIME:12:15 - 1pm
Māori Weaponry workshop
MAX 20 participants
MEETING POINT AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM SOUTH ATRIUM ENTRANCE.
One of our Native Guardians will be there to greet you.
TE WHĀNAU ĀIO
Te Whānau Āio is a native guardianship group that educate, remodulate and facilitate native frameworks for those looking for connection templates from Aotearoa. Rather than teaching them to be MĀORI, Te Whānau Āio invite guests, visitors and tourists to connect back to their own culture to remember their own teachings. It is a generous nudge of support to connect to ones own origins to acknowledge where we all come from.
Mierewai Grant-Koria
Director, Vocal sorcery, Writer, Kairaranga, Rongoa practitioner, Mau Rākau Practitioner, Stuntwoman
Te Wehi Kore Karena Grant-Koria
Director, Sensei, Martial Arts expert, Stuntman, Weapons Choreographer
Zahara Maevaga Ngapae Grant-Koria
Ngākau whiwhita - Rangatahi Voice, Light and Sound Technician, Martial Artist
Huia King
Pou Tawhito - Manager, Te Reo Advisor, Supervisor, Kairaranga, Stuntwoman
Hine Keira Jackson Shaw
Pou Tawhito - Supervisor, Kairaranga, Mau Rākau tutor, Stuntwoman
Ngarimu Wyatt
Pou Tawhito - Supervisor, Kai Matataki, Stuntman, Martial Artist,
Ke'arn Peters
Pou Tawhito - Whai Kōrero, Te Reo Advisor, Stuntman
Wikitoria Tuiavi'i
Pou Whenua -Mau Rākau Specialist, Kairaranga, Stuntwoman
Hemi Karaka
Pou Whenua - Whaikōrero, Orator
Tane Tangaroa
Pou Tawhito - Tu Taua specialist, mentor
Rutene Spooner
Pou Whenua - Orator and Advisor, Creative,
Tuakoi Ohia
Pou Whenua - Kairaranga, Cultural Advisor
Tainui Stephens
Pou Whenua - Matataki, Mau Rākau Practitioner
Georgia Jakeman
Ngākau Whiwhita graduate - Manu Ariki
Tyler Patuki
Ngākau Whiwhita graduate - Manu Ariki
Te Whānau Āio are the guardians of Māori cultural experiences at the Auckland Museum, representing 14 iwi from New Zealand. Our collective duty is to share our ancestors' stories to educate the world beyond common stereotypes.
Our group consists of professionals who are masters in their field. We have traveled globally as experts, judges, dancers, cultural educators, lecturers, professional singers, spiritual tutors, indigenous spokesmen, and language facilitators. We are not simply entertainers.