Te Aratini Festival - World Expo in Dubai
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Te Aratini Festival – bringing our Indigenous and Tribal Peoples together during the World Expo in Dubai.
Some of the Kahungunu crew – Hayden Hape, Danielle Keil, Ngahiwi and Mere Tomoana, Paddy Mason.
For the first time ever at a World Expo, Aotearoa is hosting a Festival of Indigenous & Tribal Ideas. On 17-19 November Aotearoa is bringing together Indigenous & Tribal Peoples to ignite new connections, sophisticated partnerships and enduring coalitions to address the issues facing our world now and into the future.
Te Aratini is the name of the festival that will convey the idea of many converging pathways. “When Indigenous & Tribal Peoples talk trade, it’s not just about products and Free Trade Agreements. We’re talking more deeply about relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility to our communities. We live by the view that culture counts in commerce, community, and conservation. So, in forging trading relationships it is critical that healthcare, environment, language and culture are all part of that broader trade and economic policy conversation.”, says Ngahiwi Tomoana – Chairman, Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc.
“Te Aratini is intended to ignite our ancient relationships where time and circumstance has impeded our ability to keep some of those connections warm. We will nurture and strengthen relationships,” says Ngahiwi
The main session topics at this conference will include ‘Reasserting Indigenous & Tribal Peoples economies through languages and values’ and ‘Reactivating our Trade & Economic Cooperation Connections’
Ngāti Kahungunu has a strong presence with iwi leader Ngahiwi Tomoana at the helm. Kahungunu speakers and performers include Kahurangi Performing Arts under the direction of Ellison Huata, MC/Facilitator - Shane Taurima, New Zealand Business women - Mavis Mullins, WERO NZ Manuka Honey owner Patrick Mason, Dr Hinemoa Elder and Ngāti Kahungunu’s own Takitimu Seafoods Limited. The Te Aratini is being managed by Kahungunu 2017 Te Matatini event manager, Traci Tuimaseve.
The next hosts are the Inuit Tribe from Japan. The next Expo is set to take place in 2025.
This is the platform to watch Te Aratini from home. Click here
Click here to view a short video of our contingency being welcomed to Te Aratini.
Click here to view our Chairman’s Updates
See attached the Itinerary….the actual Te Aratini Festival starts at 6pm tonight which is 9am in Dubai.
Ngā mihi
Ruth Wong
Director, Smart Services & Communications Advisor
Some of the Kahungunu crew – Hayden Hape, Danielle Keil, Ngahiwi and Mere Tomoana, Paddy Mason.
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