Nga Kaihanga Uku @ Driving Creek: Kūmara Ora with Amelia Blundell

About the Artist:   Amelia Blundell Ko Whangaroa te moana Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua me Maamari ngā waka Ko Ururoa te tūpuna He uri ahau no Ngāpuhi me Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa I tupu ake au ki te rohe o Te Uri o Hau me Te Roroa hoki No Ruawai ia tōku whānau Kei Whangārei e noho ana au Amelia, a student of the whenua, creates forms with uku that acknowledge our deep and integral connections to the whenua. A recent graduate of Toi Ngāpuhi's Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga series, Amelia has been learning from ringatoi nō Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu and developing her own uku practice. Guided by her whakapapa and inspired by her studies in horticulture, Amelia hopes to create work that embodies indigenous ways of being - relating to people and land, honoring both the wisdom and whakapapa embedded in te taiao. Please bring: Some kūmara inspired kōrero