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ATUA MĀORI SYMBOLISM

One-Day Introductory Wānanga

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This listing is intentionally shown as Sold Out because workshop dates are not released until a viable cohort has formed. The Wānanga itself is still available by arrangement. Once the minimum number of participants has been reached, Hau Tākere will confirm a Rotorua venue, propose suitable dates and release the available places through this store.

ABOUT THE WĀNANGA

Join Hau Tākere for a one-day introductory exploration of Atua Māori, the meanings embodied within Atua Māori, and the cultural principles and responsibilities that support their contemporary application.

Using the Atua Māori Symbolism Cards, participants will explore Atua Māori as living expressions of Taiao, knowledge, anatomy, behaviour, leadership and collective wellbeing.

Each participant will receive a pack of the Atua Māori Symbolism Cards when attending the Wānanga.

PARTICIPANT NUMBERS

Rotorua workshops are held on demand:

• Minimum of five participants
• Maximum of ten participants

Hau Tākere can also arrange a Wānanga in your community, organisation or Rohe. Workshops outside Rotorua generally require a minimum of ten participants. Please contact us to discuss your location and group requirements.

WĀNANGA CONTENT

Each Wānanga responds to the season, timing, location and needs of the participating group. The content may therefore be adapted while remaining grounded within the Atua Māori Symbolism framework.

The Wānanga may include the following areas:

ATUA MĀORI — ATUATANGA

Environmental Knowledge and Systems Mapping

• Understanding and working with the Atua Māori Symbolism Cards
• Exploring the Atuatanga framework and its guiding principles
• Introduction to selected or less familiar Atua and their contemporary applications
• Group exercises revealing collective knowledge, patterns and synchronicities
• Relationships between Taiao, environmental processes, human biology and anatomy

TE WAIWHAKĀTĀ Ā HINEKAUOROHIA

• Intuitive reflection
• Instinctive readiness
• Recognising and responding to subtle patterns, signals and Tohu

META MĀORI LEADERSHIP

• Understanding Meta Māori Leadership through Taiao and Atua Māori
• Clarifying and activating values to support meaningful change
• Atua Symbolism as a culturally grounded reflective and intervention framework
• Huahuatau exploration: drawing insight and meaning from lived experience

MAHI Ā TINANA

• Introduction to Bodywork through Atua Māori Symbolism
• Exploring relationships between Atua, anatomy, movement and embodied knowledge
• And more...

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

Hau Tākere will contact registered participants when the required numbers have been reached and the next dates are ready to be released.