CHRISTCHURCH ARTS FESTIVAL

Our Heart Beats
Ka Pātukituki Te Manawa

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is proud to be part of the 2011 Christchurch Arts Festival. For the past 12 years Te Rūnanga has been supporting Ngāi Tahu arts and artists and building relationships through the festival. This year the festival runs from 12 August to 2 October offering a rich and diverse programme with something for everyone every weekend at the low ticket price of $20.

This festival will have a distinctly Christchurch focus, with talented performers coming back to their hometown, and many events reflecting the city – a strong sense of family, community and creativity. This year Ngāi Tahu is pleased to support Pouwhenua – a billboard project in Hagley Park, musician Richard Nunns, Kiwi Kitchen Table Banquets featuring Richard Till and our own marae cooks as well as the Fathers and Sons concert and the theatre production He Reo Aroha.

Ngāi Tahu Presents: Pouwhenua

Pouwhenua are 'Markers on the Land'
— markers that Māori used as wayfinders or boundary markers.

POUWHENUA

Pouwhenua takes this concept and embodies it in a very commercial, contemporary form – the billboard. Leading Ngāi Tahu artists have been invited to create a billboard design in response to the theme "Te Haka a Ruaumoko — The Earthquake's Dance".

Pouwhenua continues a concept borne out of the Wanaka Festival of Colour with artists having three days to create their work. These will be displayed in the Events Village for the duration of the Christchurch Arts Festival and Rugby World Cup 2011.

VENUE

Armagh Street gates of Hagley Park

PRICES

Free outdoor exhibition
24 hours a day

MORE INFORMATION

Visit www.artsfestival.co.nz