The Government is continuing to take action to support Māori to safeguard at-risk mātauranga from the ongoing threat of COVID-19, through the extension of the Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme.

“We’re continuing to lay the foundations for a better future by prioritising the protection of mātauranga Māori and its importance to Māori cultural identity and wellbeing, and to Aotearoa New Zealand,” Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni said.

“There is an urgent need to protect unique and vulnerable mātauranga Māori, working with kaumātua, tohunga, pūkenga and other knowledge holders to ensure its survival and resilience for future generations,” Carmel Sepuloni said.

“The Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme is unique in the wide spectrum of projects it supports, allowing a holistic and cross-discipline approach to protecting mātauranga Māori.”

The Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme was first launched in 2020 with $20 million over two years going towards 18 initiatives aimed at preserving mātauranga Māori related to arts, culture and heritage. Among these initiatives were wānanga and training programmes as well as initiatives that increase access to mātauranga and taonga in national heritage collections.

“Many of these projects are ongoing, and this additional $4.5 million investment responds to the real need to support Māori communities in the transmission of mātauranga from one generation to the next, an area which often lacks financial resources. This funding will enable the mahi of participating agencies to continue with momentum.”

“Every round of funding for this initiative has been significantly oversubscribed, so we know there are dozens of amazing initiatives out there that need support to revitalise mātauranga and taonga around Aotearoa.

“An integral part of the extended funding will focus on supporting marae-based projects that protect and revitalise mātauranga and taonga on marae across the motu.

The preservation and revitalisation of mātauranga will also be supported with further funding going to Creative New Zealand, Te Papa, Te Matatini, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to work with communities through contestable funding, wānanga programmes, internships, and the digitisation of at-risk audio-visual material.

“These initiatives will continue important work from the last two years in partnership with tohunga, arts practitioners and whānau, hapū and iwi across the motu.

“This latest investment underlines our Government’s commitment to partnering with Māori to protect, showcase and prioritise mātauranga Māori across the Arts, Culture and Heritage portfolio. It is also a reflection of an increased focus to value and recognise the importance of a culturally diverse and inclusive arts sector,” Carmel Sepuloni said.

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Editors Notes:

· Over $2 million will go towards the Marae Ora Fund

· Creative New Zealand will also receive additional funding to extend the Toi Ake - Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku Fund, a contestable fund which supports ngā toi Māori artists and arts practitioners to protect, cultivate and retain mātauranga Māori related to heritage ngā toi Māori and foster the distinctive arts and culture practices and knowledge of hapū and iwi.

· Further funding will enable Creative New Zealand to continue its wānanga initiatives which support iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities to protect and share mātauranga around endangered art forms such as Tārai Waka (waka building knowledge) and Taonga Pūoro (traditional Māori musical instruments).

· The organisations involved in the Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme are Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Te Matatini, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, and Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs.

· The Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme takes its name from the kōtuku or white heron. Within te ao Māori, the kōtuku is traditionally a protector and sentry. They are classed as noble guardians and noted for their beauty, wisdom and knowledge. Hence the saying “Te Awe Kōtuku” – a metaphor for knowledgeable and wise people who are the repository of knowledge for their iwi.

· Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku was first announced as part of the Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme. The Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme provided $20 million of initial funding over the first two years to support more than 25 initiatives across the participating organisations. Initiatives were to designed to deliver short-term relief as well as longer-term support to protect mātauranga from the impacts of COVID-19.

· The wider Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme, led by Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage, is delivering $374 million over four years to help the sector survive, adapt, and thrive.

Kei te whanake anō te Kāwanatanga i mahi tautoko i te tiakanga o te mātauranga Māori

Kei te whanake tonu te Kāwanatanga i ngā mahi tautoko i te iwi Māori ki te tiaki i ngā mātauranga Māori e noho mōrearea nei, kia whakahaumarutia ngā mātauranga taketake i ngā pānga o te mate korona.

“Kei te whakatakotoria haerehia te tūāpapa tiaki i te mātauranga Māori me tōna hiranga ki te ahurea me te rauoranga o te Māori, me Aotearoa hoki,” te kī a te Minita Manatū Taonga, a Carmel Sepuloni.

“E pōnānā ana kia tiakina ngā mātauranga Māori motuhake, mā te mahi tahi me ngā kaumatua, tohunga, pūkenga me ngā kaipupuri i ngā mātauranga kia pūmau te oranga tonutanga mō ngā reanga tuku iho,” te kī a Carmel Sepuloni.

“He motuhake te hōtaka Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku i te whānui o tāna tautoko i ngā tini hinonga, me te torowhānui ki ngā wāhi toi maha kia tiakina te mātauranga Māori.

I rewa tuatahi te hōtaka Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku, me te $20 miriona i hua mai ai i te Tahua 2020 mō ngā hinonga 18 e aro atu ana ki te oranga tonutanga o te mātauranga Māori i ngā toi, te ahurea me ngā taonga tuku iho. Ko ngā wānanga, ngā hōtaka whakangungu me ngā hinonga e whakawātea ai te aheinga ki te mātauranga me ngā taonga i ngā kohinga taonga o te motu.

“He hinonga moroki te nuinga o ngā mahi, ā, ko te whakangao i te $4.5 Miriona hei utu i te tino hiahia kia tautokona te hapori Māori ki te tuku tonu i te mātauranga ki ngā reanga heke iho, tētahi wāhi kāore i te tino tautokohia e ngā tahua pūtea. Mā ngā umanga whakahaere te tahua pūtea nei, ngā mahi e kawe tonu.”

“He nui noa atu ngā tono i tērā o te tahua tononga pūtea nei, ā, he tohu tēnei o ngā tini hinonga kua rewa me hiahia whai tautoko kia tāmata te mātauranga me ngā taonga huri noa i Aotearoa. E harikoa ana mātou ki te rato tautoko mō tētahi tau anō,” te kī a Carmel Sepuloni.

“Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te tahua e aro ana ki ngā hinonga e tautoko ana i ngā kaupapa i rung ai ngā marae e tiakina ana, e tāmatatia ana te mātauranga me ngā taonga i ngā marae puta noa i Aotearoa.”

Ko te tiakanga me te rauoratanga o ngā mātauranga e tautokona ana ki ngā tahua pūtea ka tukuna atu ki a Te Papa, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision me Pouhere Taonga kia mahi tahi me ngā hapori mā ngā wānanga, tauira mahi, me te whakamatihiko i ngā taonga oro mōrearea kua rīkoatahia.

“Ka kōkirihia tonuhia ngā hinonga nō ngā tau e rua me te mahi ngātahi ki ngā tohunga, ngā ringa toi, ngā whānau, ngā hapū, me ngā iwi huri noa i te motu.”

Ko te whakangao hou nei e miramira ana i te takohanga a te Kāwanatanga hei hoa haere me te iwi Māori ki te tiaki, whakaatu me te whakaarotau i ngā mātauranga i ngā Toi, ahurea me ngā taonga tuku iho i Manatū Taonga. He whakaahuatanga hoki tēnei o te hiahia kia arupū ki te uaratanga me te hiranga kia kanorau ngā wāhi toi,” tā Carmel Sepuloni.

Ngā Kōrero a te Etita:

· Neke atu i te $2 miriona ka tuku ki te Tahua Pūtea Marae Ora

· Ka whiwhi hoki a Toi Aotearoa i ētahi pūtea anō kia horapa tonu i te tahua Toi Ake - Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku, he tahua totohe hei tautoko i ngā ringa toi Māori ki te tiaki, te tiritiri me te pupuri hoki i ngā mātauranga Māori e pā ana ki ngā toi Māori tuku iho me te āta hāpai i ngā toi kōhure me ngā kawenga ahurea, mātauranga hoki o ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

· Mā te horapatanga o ngā tahua pūtea nei e ahei a Toi Aotearoa ki te kawe tonu i ngā hinonga wānanga hei tautoko i ngā hapū, ngā whānau me ngā hapori Māori ki te tiaki me te horapa haere i ngā mātauranga e hāngai ana ki toi mōrearea, pēnā i te tārai waka me ngā taonga puoro.

· Ko Toi Aotearoa, ko Te Pouherenga Taonga, ko Manatū Taonga, ko Ngā Taonga, ko Te Matatini, ko Te Papa Tongarewa, me Te Tari Taiwhenua ngā tari whakahaere ka whai wāhi mai ki te hōtaka Matauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku.

· I ahu mai te ingoa o Te Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku i te manu kōtuku. He kaitiaki te kōtuku i te ao Māori e tohua ana mō tōna ātanga, mātauranga hoki. Koia e kīa ana te korero “Te Awe Kōtuku” – he kupu whakarite mō tō rātou mōhio me ngā mātanga e pupuri ana i te mātauranga mō ō rātou iwi.

· Ko Te Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku tētahi wāhanga o te hōtaka Rauora Mahi Toi me te Ahurea i ngā pānga o te Mate Korona. Nā te hōtaka Matauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku te $20 miriona i tuku i ngā tau tuatahi e rua kia tautoko i ngā hinonga 25 i ngā tari whakahaere. He hinonga poto ēnei hei hiki i te tāmitanga i ngā mātauranga i ngā whakaawenga o te Mate Korona.

· Ko te hōtaka whānui hei hiki tānitanga a Manatū Taonga hei e tuku atu ana i te $374 miriona mō ngā tau e whā hei āwhina i ngā tari toi kia tū, kia hāngai, kia ora pai.

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