Māra

In Māori and European traditions, the Kūmara and Apple/Pomegranate are bodies, symbols which hold cultural knowledge.  Both travelled great distances to Aotearoa/New Zealand.  Here a biblical tree with shining yet forbidden fruit. The Kūmara, half-buried in the peat of old forests allude to alternative networks and models which challenge colonial power and privileged (hierarchical) knowledge.

Voices rise up from underneath the peat documenting a year of divisive racial politics, as well as moments of celebration and exchange. These recordings were taken from RNZ National Radio, Te Reo Irirangi O Aotearoa, throughout 2004, and include kōrero and waiata, Indigenous .perspectives, voices and oral traditions.