Turongo Collective

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Turongo Collective Native guardianship of indigenous practices. Indigenous mentorship sovereignty The collective facilitate “learn by doing” experiences.

Tūrongo Collective are first and foremost Whānau/Fanau oriented in indigenous teachings and principles. Performance activations, workshops, relationship facilitation, story telling, physical guidance response, alchemy, healing, weaponry in order to reinvigorate uncomfortable learning, sharing and processing to be accepted as a value. The collective have been connecting for the last 8 years but became a legal entity in the last few years. The processes have been shared within indigenous companies, teams, dance companies, institutes, schools, colleges, charities, trust funds and youth prisons. The collective are most commonly identified with working within the justice system as a support union for individuals to lean on. The collective have a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and therefore have no ONE identifiable culture other than the culture of learning how to amalgamate togetherness. Participants experience a whole - listic approach to physical arrangements of sequences, elemental vocal work, mau rakau contexts, Connection (martial arts) that have an authentic tone in the practices. These sequences are then encouraged to be translated to each individuals own contexts with the support of collective or group learning and trust.

04/10/2026

Ngākau Whiwhita - Ko tā mātou wiki mutunga tuatahi mō ētahi o ā mātou rangatahi. He whakanui hoki i te huritau kotahi tau 🎉 the work for us is not competitive. There is no competition in our spaces unless you’re in the ring or on the mat. The competition we raise is let go of versions of yourself you no longer want to invest in. Let them go before standing on the mat/ring/atamira. But that is learned and observed through time to be able to stand there before you’re ready. There is a time for Tū and there is time for Rongo. Each to their own and the roles may shift. Our work is embodiment of language. Some people may read a book and understand the visuals from the language in their body but it is read. Ours is understanding your personal embodiment from doing it which should be different to all your peers despite doing it together. No story should be the same.And in that…you fill yourself with conscious choices of one’s own learning. Another year passed and our work of conscious guidance and embodiment is away. Te Ara O Te Taki 🧬

01/10/2026

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29/09/2026

Ko ngā rangatahi o nāianei ngā rangatira mō āpōpō

Ngākau Whiwhita youth internship program begins this weekend where we as Te Whānau Āio gently foster learnings for our Rangatahi over a period of time experiencing a variety of ethics, cultures and practices indigenous to Oceania. A space of natural embodiment learning.

Our work is to embody the practices so that the body is the languages lived and breathed.

We had the opportunity to bring our rangatahi into the museum led by our Pou Whenua Huia King and Ke’arn Peters, to begin reflective encounters of cultural engagement to then their most recent experience of the ritual work of Wai Tawhito.

They were invited into reflecting on questions such as
- how did the experience make you feel?
- What message does this bring out in you?
- How does Wai Tawhito impact youth today?
- How did you feel about hearing all the languages and what did that do you?

And much more. This work is transformative universal and two weeks out from its inception now and the activation of its voice has embodied many, the work of live ritual and ceremony. Our work sits away from haka theatre, but lives in the river of Native Guardianship of Oceanic Practices. Here…is where our Rituals breathe sweat and evolve

Inā kei te mōhio koe ko wai koe, i anga mai koe i hea, kei te mōhio koe kei te anga atu koe ki hea🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Grateful and...
28/09/2026

Inā kei te mōhio koe ko wai koe, i anga mai koe i hea, kei te mōhio koe kei te anga atu koe ki hea

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Grateful and honoured to receive such a beautiful review of our work with Wai Tawhito, but most importantly thankful to Te Pou and Kōanga for having our ritual work be held by giving us a space to share its inner activation.

We look forward to where it grows to next as a part of its

https://www.theatreview.org.nz/production/wai-tawhito/

Inā kei te mōhio koe ko wai koe, i anga mai koe i hea, kei te mōhio koe kei te anga atu koe ki hea🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Grateful and...
28/09/2026

Inā kei te mōhio koe ko wai koe, i anga mai koe i hea, kei te mōhio koe kei te anga atu koe ki hea

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Grateful and honoured to receive such a beautiful review of our work with Wai Tawhito, but most importantly thankful to Te Pou and Kōanga for having our ritual work be held by giving us a space to share its inner activation.

We look forward to where it grows to next as a part of its series🩸💧

Wai Tawhito reveals the fluid rhythm of our whakapapa. Our bodies are constantly communicating between beginnings and endings, holding an immortal key to who we are. The nervous system is our internal ecosystem, a living network that requires care and balance for us to truly thrive. Wai Tawhito invi...

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25/09/2026

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Creative New Zealand is delighted to celebrate 30 years of the Arts Pasifika Awards, marking three decades of celebrating Pacific excellence and achievement across the arts.

We are proud to mark this milestone by announcing this year’s recipients of the 2026 Arts Pasifika Awards.

Kia monuina and congratulations to the 2026 Arts Pasifika Awards recipients. Mālō lava for championing Pacific arts and inspiring future generations.

Click here to read more: https://creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/2026/09/24/22/59/52/creative-new-zealand-announce-the-2026-arts-pasifika-awards-recipients

📷 L-R: Julia Mage’au Gray, The Black Grace Trust, Tofiga Fepulea'i, Tu'ifonualava Kaivelata, Benjamin Work, Amosa Lene Isara, Taliaoa Jokani Umutaua, Manuha’apai Vaeatangitau.

25/09/2026

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