Te Maru o Hinemihi
In the Embrace of Hinemihi
Mahi Tahi: Project Partner
Te Maru o Hinemihi is one of four project partners in the future developments of Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito and a new marae at Clandon Park, working with Ngā Kohinga Whakairo o Hinemihi, National Trust, and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Te Maru o Hinemihi (In the Embrace of Hinemihi) represents the interests of the Māori meeting house in Clandon Park, Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito (‘Hinemihi of the Old World’). We are authorised by Tuhourangi
A UK (expert) group who can be drawn upon to support the care of Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito and the new Clandon Park marae and foster a broad network of interest in the UK across a range of different communities.
Ko wai mātou: Who we are
He pūkenga: UK expert group
Intercultural Navigation
Hinemihi marae provides open and inclusive opportunities for peoples of all cultures to engage with Māori culture. The Hinemihi marae is a place where people can come together to explore difference, a safe space to experience another’s cultural world, whilst reflecting on one's own cultural identity. Such cultural engagement is essential in a multicultural Britain seeking to understand itself.
A Māori Space in a British Place
The Hinemihi project is an integrated heritage vision to develop the Hinemihi marae at Clandon Park as a living space for Māori cultural practice. At the heart of the Hinemihi marae is a place of welcome, in which visitors are able to encounter a Māori world. This welcome is evident in the openness that Hinemihi offers to diverse groups of people, which is the most resilient element of the on-going project to care for her.
Māori Cultural Hub
A living space for Māori traditions, connecting past and present through cultural engagement.
Heritage Development
Collaborating with partners to enhance the heritage of Hinemi o te Ao Tawhito.
Engaging with the community to promote understanding and appreciation of Māori culture and heritage.
Community Engagement
The Role of Te Maru o Hinemihi:
Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship)
Manaakitanga (Hospitality)
Mātauranga Māori (Māori Knowledge)
Our Mahi
Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship):
To support Ngā Kohinga Whakairo o Hinemihi and the National Trust in the exchange of Hinemihi’s existing carvings to Aotearoa and new carvings specifically designed for a new wharenui at Clandon Park.
Mātauranga Māori (Māori Knowledge)
A UK pūkenga (expert) group who can be drawn upon to support the care of Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito and the new Clandon Park marae.
To assist in developing a shared kaupapa based on mātauranga Māori adapted to legislative/cultural practices in the UK.
To lead the UK part of that collaborative process, by facilitating UK/NZ and community inputs.
To support Ngā Kohinga Whakairo o Hinemihi and the National Trust in the creation of the new Clandon Park marae.
Manaakitanga (Hospitality):
To be a point of connection in the UK between Hinemihi and all her people near and far, those locally present at Clandon Park, her descendants, other Māori & Pasifika communities in UK (Ngāti Rānana, Te Kohanga Reo o Rānana, Moku, Beats of Polynesia etc.) and globally.
To help develop an inclusive collaborative co-design process for the new pan-iwi wharenui at Clandon Park.
To support the diverse communities that have grown up around Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito and will continue to grow with the new wharenui.
To shape and participate in the ongoing governance of the new marae: i.e. develop a marae komiti for the Clandon Park marae.
To foster a broad network of interest in the UK across a range of different communities.
To contribute to the creation of new elements for the new wharenui (e.g. tukutuku panels, kowhaiwhai, etc.).
To be the custodians of Hinemihi’s memory in the UK and manage an archive of Te Maru activities.
Ensure that Māori tikanga are observed appropriately in and around Hinemihi and the new marae.
Tri-Roopu Partnership
Our project partners:
Te Tūmahanatanga Tawhiti
Strengthening our cultural practices and competency in connection with the whare Hinemihi.
Through the generous help of the British Council in 2024, Ngā Kohinga Whakairo o Hinemihi came to London and joined Te Maru o Hinemihi for a series of events and wānanga, both online and face to face at UCL in London.
Presentations and discussions about Hinemihi and the proposed new whare took place, as well as tukutuku workshops with a view to developing panels for the proposed new whare. More than ffity students engaged in Te Reo Māori classes.
