Projects

Members of our team past and present have been involved in various projects around Hinemihi.

WhareNOW

whareNOW was formed as a partnership between British based Maori & Polynesian Community and University College London (UCL). Its aim was to develop shared community research objectives that nurture, investigate, and document the developing relationships between Hinemihi and her people. This attempted to transcend Hinemihi’s physical isolation at Clandon Park, to ensure Hinemihi is incorporated more fully into the life of her people in New Zealand and her community in Britain. The structure of whareNOW reflected the priorities that were identified through a dialogue between the people connected to Hinemihi. “It is a part of sitting down and talking with the people and seeing what they want in the first place” (James Schuster 2010).

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.