Tōia Talks: Back to the future

We are very excited to announce the next instalment of Tōia Talks featuring historical researcher, Kaumātua David Wilson Takaanini of Te Ākitai Waiohua. His lecture will explain the links between his iwi and Ōtāhuhu.

The Ōtāhuhu waka portage is of considerable cultural and ancestral significance to Māori. It is regarded as having significance not only to the Tainui people, but also to the iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau. Tōia – which references the dragging of the canoes along the portage - was named by Te Ākitai Waiohua with support from Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei and Ngāti Te Ata.

Mātua David blessed the lecture series when it was launched in September last year.

Tōia Talks is a free quarterly public lecture series aimed at ‘convening community leaders, social activators, and change-makers to share stories and offer solutions for a better world’. It is an initiative of Ōtāhuhu Pātaka Kōrero Ōtāhuhu Library.

Previous speakers include music producer, Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu Salapu) and film makers and historian, Paul Janman and Scott Hamilton.

Tōia Talks featuring Kaumātua David Wilson Takaanini
6.30pm light refreshments and entertainment. 7pm lecture followed by discussion.
Mullins Room, Ōtāhuhu Pātaka Kōrero Ōtāhuhu Library
28 Mason Avenue, Ōtāhuhu.
FREE.

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