Cumulus Aotearoa
9 - 10 November 2009 Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Design, Faculty of Creative Industries and Business, UNITEC
http://cumulus.aotearoa.unitec.ac.nz
Maximum number of participants
200
Contact persons
Committee
Dr David Hawkins - Head of Department
Annabel Pretty - Senior Lecturer
Roger Bateman - Senior Lecturer
Rowena Fuluifaga - Tufuga Tautua
Lisa Reihana / Lonnie Hutchinson - Tohunga-a-Toi
Dr Leon de wet Fourie - Executive Dean, Faculty of Creative Industries and Business
Conference Chair - Dr David Hawkins
Executive Officer - Annabel Pretty
Annabel Pretty
Senior Lecturer
Tel: +64 9 815 4321 / ex 7100
Fax: +64 9 815 4343
Mobile: +64 21 502 899
Current matters
PROVISIONAL LIST OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
cumulus_aotearoa_delegates_names_22_oct.xlsx
PHOTO GALLERY see HERE
Cumulus Aotearoa
Art and design workshop with particular foci on Story telling [ Talanoa] and Sustainability in a Māori and Pasifika dimension.
Two day Pre- conference workshop, run by Department of Design, Faculty of Creative Industries and Business, UNITEC New Zealand
9 - 10 November 2009
Auckland, New Zealand - Nov. 2009
CONFERENCE LOCATION
Unitec Marae - Wharenui ‘Ngākau Māhaki'
Mt Albert
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.unitec.ac.nz/?F1214451-5886-4372-8972-F943922E558B
Auckland has the world's largest single population of Pacific Islanders living outside their home countries. http://www.aucklandnz.com
Programme
Sunday 08 November
Arrival day & lay day for delegates
Cultural trips around Auckland isthmus
Delegates to receive registration information at hotels
Monday 09 November
8.00am Delegates to board buses from hotels
8.30am Arrival at Wharenui ‘Ngākau Māhaki' - Unitec Marae,
Mt Albert
8.45am Practice of Powhiri [Māori welcome] at Wharenui
‘Ngākau Māhaki'. Want to know more about Powhiri.
9.00 am Powhiri
10.30 am Kai [ Morning tea]
11.20 am Introduction by Falaniko Tominiko
11.30 Welcome by Dr Leon de Wit Fourie,
Executive Dean, Welcome by Cumulus President - Christian Guellerin and Master
Carver Lyonel Grant
11.45 Parallel sessions by a variety of
Designers, Art Historians, including Kapa Haka and Poi, regarding the main
theme Sustainability, Storytelling and culture - see speakers section of
website
1pm Lunch - Hāngi [ancient New Zealand
Māori method of cooking food using super heated rocks buried in the ground in a
pit oven ]
2.30m Parallel sessions
5pm Delegates to return to hotels
7pm till late Kiwiana evening meal and entertainment,
including Kapa Haka Group, Dances from the Performing Screen Arts department,
down town Auckland
Kiwiana - Popular culture
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/a-kiwiana-holiday-in-new-zealand/a-kiwiana-holiday-in-new-zealand_home.cfm
Tuesday 10 November
8.00am Delegates to board buses from hotels
8.30am Parallel sessions
12 Midday Poroporoake [Māori Goodbye / Farewell]
1.30pm Pasifika lunch -Umu and cultural
event at Unitec Fale [Samoan thatched roof dwelling]
3pm Dances & entertainment by
Performing Screen Arts department, and local secondary school Pacific dancers
5pm Close and return to hotels
Wednesday 11 November
Cultural trips around Auckland isthmus, Devonport on a Ferry, or Climb
Rangitoto, or go on a wine tour at Waiheke Island
Travel to Melbourne
Conference description