Who are we?
the Hine Ngākau
FRAMEWORK
Nurtured by a collective of mystics, māreikura, autodidacts, carers & māmā who are practitioners of performance art, spoken word, well-being, food sovereignty, sound and somatic healing, kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, astronomy, and accessibility, death care, grief care, philosophy, theology and community development - who are or have been settlers of the Kulin Nations.
We pool our creative, spiritual and relational skill sets to develop learning ecosystems of kinship, shared-language and protocol, five generations deep.
Because we always could.
What are we learning together?
we honor matrilineal systems
We discuss contemporary issues from an Indigenous worldview.
We weave together with those navigating cultural resurgence.
We embed creativity and spiritual wellness into our shared protocol
We stay attuned to the natural environment and Traditional Owner movements.
We learn to build whanaungatanga (kinship) to land & sky.
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an excerpt from the ako room…
We redistribute
We bridge research, personal experience, and inter-generational wisdom.
We redistribute knowledge, access and resources through creative forms, that can be but are not limited to visual art, film, poetry and performance art, or community gardens, gatherings and ritual.
We make knowledge exchange accessible to those marginalised by traditional education systems, through aforementioned creative forms.
Slow, steady, Devotion
We are a spiritual kaupapa dedicated to building spiritual resilience and wellness.
By practising creativity and creative thinking as a spiritual practise, we acknowledge Indigenous ways of reading, moving and cleansing our life force.
We develop in the art of decision making from our creative portals, to deepen our celestial relationship to the natural environment.