Waimahara

Nau mai ki Waimahara , ki tētahi mahi toi pāhekoheko e pōhiri nei i a koe kia whānui ake ō hononga ki tēnei wāhi. E whakaahua ana a Waimahara i te maharatanga ki te wai, otiia, ki Te Waihorotiu, arā, ki te roma e rere ana i raro iho i tēnei riu o raro i te papa ki te moana o Te Waitematā. Pēnei i te roma, e ora ana tēnei mahi toi. Ko ia e urupare ana ki te taiao, ki te huarere, ki ngā manuhiri hoki mā te panoni haere o ngā rama me ngā oro.

E āhei ana tō āta whai wāhi mai ki tēnei wheako mā te waiata i ngā waiata motuhake e rua ki te paerongo. Ko tā ēnei waiata e rua, ko tā Waimahara me Waiora, he akiaki kia huritaongia te tūohotanga ki te wai me tōna tāpua ki te ora o te tangata.

E pōhiri nei te ringa toi, a Graham Tipene me ngā kaitito, kia tūhura koe i a Waimahara (te ingoa i takohatia ai e ngā kaitito waiata) hei ako, hei whakarongo, hei waiata hoki māu kia tūhono rā ki te roma e rere ana i raro iho i ōu waewae, arā, ki a Te Waihorotiu.

Waimahara is an interactive artwork designed to deepen our connection to place. It describes the memory of water, specifically Te Waihorotiu, the stream flowing beneath the Myers Park underpass to Waitematā Harbour. Like the stream, this artwork is alive. It responds to the environment, weather and our presence by changing light patterns and sound.

We can actively engage with this experience by singing two specially written waiata into the sensor. These songs, Waimahara and Waiora, encourage reflection on water consciousness and its significance to human life.

Artist Graham Tipene and composers invite us to explore Waimahara (the name gifted by the composers) to learn, listen and sing, connecting with Te Waihorotiu.

Te ringatoi matua o te ariā (concept lead artist): Graham Tipene (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Manu)

Te whakaputanga oro (audio production): Justyn Pilbrow (Ngāti Kahu)

Ngā kaitito waiata (waiata composers): Tuirina Wehi (Ngāti Ruapani); Moeahi Kerehoma (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Tūhoe, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rarawa); Taru mai-i-tawhiti Kerehoma-Hoani (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Tūhoe, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rarawa)