MOANA
TūHURA - explore, unearth, discover
Waipaparoa- Howick beach/Cockle Bay
Waipaparoa is the early Māori name for the general area adjacent to our schools. Throughout history, the local estuaries and waterways have been an abundant source of sustenance for the local people. Fish were plentiful, particularly flounder among other species. Seafood gathering played a large part in the health and growth of the area, fishing has always been the main focus for kai moana and is still very important in the lives of many residents today.
Practice-based visual inquiry. [4x a4 pages]
Research the local area for historical and cultural facts. Use sketching, imagery and photographs to reference your research
Do some simple research on our local marine area, Things to consider;
make note of what species are endemic to the Hauraki Gulf and Tāmaki Strait.
Are there species that were here historically but are not now?
in what ways were Kaimoana and KaiWai [fresh and saltwater food] important to Māori culture?
how have Ika been used in traditional arts and crafts of Māori culture [think taniwha & Hei Matau & Kowphaiphai patterns]
THIS IS NOT ABOUT LOTS OF WRITING - ITS VISUAL, SO
GLUE IN PHOTOS OF SPECIES MAKE NOTES,
DO QUICK OBSERVATION SKETCHES OF YOUR MOANA/WAI CREATURE AND HABITATS
MAKE NOTES ABOUT THE SPECIES/HABITATS/BREEDING/FOOD/HISTORY ETC
DO SMALL DETAILED STUDIES OF PARTS OF SPECIES
Taonga Kai
impressive growing conditions for seafood, NZ ocean serves as a food basket [kaimoana]. Kaimoana, meaning ‘food from the sea’, provides physical, cultural, and spiritual sustenance.
Pāua - abalone
Ika -fish
Kōura - crayfish
Kina - sea egg
Karengo - seaweed
Wheke - octopus
Pipi Tuangi - cockle
Kuku - Green lipped mussel
Mahinga Kai is food from freshwater
Kakahi [freshwater mussell]
Tuna [freshwater eel]
Piharu [lamprey eel]
Kaoura [crayfish]
kanae [mullet]
inanaga [galaxid fish]
Patiki [freshwater flounder]
WAIHANGA - Create
Explore Moana and wai through a range of wet and dry media media [2-4 x A4 pages]
Responding with Line
Using line only, record drawings of IKA and water environments
Responding with Value
working from photographs, capture four of your compositions [photographs] using tonal media. Use wet media for some and dry media for others. In some cases, it may be appropriate to use both.
Black/white pencil/charcoal/ink on brown paper
White on black paper
coffee or ink washes on watercolour
Aquarelle graphite
aquarelle crayons or colour pencil
Responding with Paint/colour
Select water creature found in the local area and create an A4 painting of it using Acrylic paint
