Wayne Ngata
Biographic Data
| ID | 228213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wayne Ngata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wayne |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngata |
| SIGNATURE | NGATA W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chairperson, Toi Hauiti, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The terminology of Whakapapa
In the late 1920s and early 1930s Apirana Ngata wrote several texts based on his long-standing and extensive research into tribal genealogies or Māori whakapapa which, with the encouragement of Te Rangihīroa, were intended for a doctoral thesis on Māori social organisation. Although the doctorate was never completed, this fascinating fragment exploring the terminology of whakapapa, which survives in the Ngata family, the Alexander Turnbull Librar…
Houses of stories: The whale rider at the American Museum of Natural History
In April 2013, fifteen members of the Māori tribal arts group Toi Hauiti travelled to New York to reconnect with their carved wooden ancestor figure, Paikea, at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). They gave educational presentations to school groups, museum staff and members of the public about Paikea and the whare kōrero , or house of stories, which Paikea had adorned as a gable figure.Through a discussion anchored in the importance o…
Te Ataakura: Digital taonga and cultural innovation
The Te Ataakura project is among the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken by the Ma-ori tribal organization Toi Hauiti to revisit, rekindle and restore knowledge of their ancestral taonga (artefacts), many of which are now dispersed among collections throughout New Zealand and internationally. This article describes some of these earlier projects, which deployed digital technologies in innovative ways, as part of a broader strategy of art…
Te Ataakura: Digital taonga and cultural innovation
The Te Ataakura project is among the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken by the Ma-ori tribal organization Toi Hauiti to revisit, rekindle and restore knowledge of their ancestral taonga (artefacts), many of which are now dispersed among collections throughout New Zealand and internationally. This article describes some of these earlier projects, which deployed digital technologies in innovative ways, as part of a broader strategy of art…
The terminology of Whakapapa
In the late 1920s and early 1930s Apirana Ngata wrote several texts based on his long-standing and extensive research into tribal genealogies or Māori whakapapa which, with the encouragement of Te Rangihīroa, were intended for a doctoral thesis on Māori social organisation. Although the doctorate was never completed, this fascinating fragment exploring the terminology of whakapapa, which survives in the Ngata family, the Alexander Turnbull Librar…
Te Ataakura: Digital taonga and cultural innovation
The Te Ataakura project is among the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken by the Ma-ori tribal organization Toi Hauiti to revisit, rekindle and restore knowledge of their ancestral taonga (artefacts), many of which are now dispersed among collections throughout New Zealand and internationally. This article describes some of these earlier projects, which deployed digital technologies in innovative ways, as part of a broader strategy of art…
Houses of stories: The whale rider at the American Museum of Natural History
In April 2013, fifteen members of the Māori tribal arts group Toi Hauiti travelled to New York to reconnect with their carved wooden ancestor figure, Paikea, at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). They gave educational presentations to school groups, museum staff and members of the public about Paikea and the whare kōrero , or house of stories, which Paikea had adorned as a gable figure.Through a discussion anchored in the importance o…
The terminology of Whakapapa
In the late 1920s and early 1930s Apirana Ngata wrote several texts based on his long-standing and extensive research into tribal genealogies or Māori whakapapa which, with the encouragement of Te Rangihīroa, were intended for a doctoral thesis on Māori social organisation. Although the doctorate was never completed, this fascinating fragment exploring the terminology of whakapapa, which survives in the Ngata family, the Alexander Turnbull Librar…
Art (2 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancestor (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)