Teoarani Maxwell

 

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Name

Teoarani Maxwell

Iwi

Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Porou

School

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga

Year

12

Title

Taonga

Media

Photography

Statement

My investigation was about looking into the deeper meaning of what taonga is. Is it just an inanimate object? Is it a living entity? Or is it something that we give life to? In my investigation, which resulted in a series of photos, I discovered that taonga has many different meanings, levels of value and worth to different people. It is the taonga that holds and reflects these values of the people that treasure them. My final work is of one of our mokopuna, holding our whānau taonga that reflects my mother’s moko kauae. He Taonga.

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