Kā Paroro o Haumumu

He kaupapa toi whiriwhiri i kā tini pekaka mātauraka a Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows Coastal Incursions, ko timata i te tau 2012, ā moroki noa nei. Ka aro anō te kaupapa nei ki kā whenua me kā rawa ko haukaria mai i kā ahu otaota, i kā tauwhare me ētahi atu wāhi tata ki te takutai moana ki Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa (Fiordland), ki Te Waipounamu. He wāhi whakahirahira kā nohoaka tauwhare o Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa (torotoroa ai e kā tīpuna i ia tau, i ia tau, ko te mahika kai te take) ki te penapena weu i ā rātau mahi ki te takutai, nā te mea he wāhi maroke, i te nuika o te wā hoki he wāhi ukiuki ēnei nei ana, koia i whakamahuki ai e te mātaka whaipara takata a Ahoraki Atholl Anderson (Kāi Tahu).

He mea mīharo te mahi whai para takata ki Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa i te tini me te mano o kā waihotaka rawa pahuka, ahakoa Māori mai, Pākehā mai rānei. I kohia, i mahia e te Māori te weu me te taura, koia anō rā nā te harakeke me te tī kouka; he wāhaka harakeke ko whiria; he kiri, he rau manu me te kiri o te kurī; he kirirākau, me he wāhie pakapaka nā te pākaiahi; he maramara hoki nā te kau o te toki i tā rātau haka i kā taputapu rākau pērā i te kakau o te matau.

I waeka i kā tau 1968 ki te tau 1972, i haukaria e te mātaka whaipara takata, a Peter Coutts i kā taoka me kā rawa mai i kā takutai whakahara o Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa, tae noa tu ki Pātea (Doubtful Sound), ki Te Puaitaha (Breaksea Sound), ki Tamatea (Dusky Sound), ki kā tai matapari me kā takutai moana anō hoki, tae rā anō atu ki Hakapūreirei (Sand Hill Point). Ko kā taoka ko haukaria i kā ahu otaota ka noho ki te Niho o Te Taniwha Southland Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG) ki Waihōpai, ki Te Whare Tongarewa o Ōtākou Otago Museum (OM) me te Uare Taoka o Hākena Hocken Collections ki Ōtepoti hoki. Nā te manomano me te matatini o ēnei kohikohika, kāore anō kia whakarārakitia i te wā i whakaputua ai. Ki te kaupapa nei APT10, Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions ko whakatūria kia toru anō kā wāhaka: ko hakaia ki te whakaahua me he pāhotaka mataora e haere tou ana o te mahi whakarāraki; ko kā tuhika, ko kā mōkenu o tētahi kaihaukai i waeka i kā iwi taketake o te ao; ā, he kauhaka kiriata hōkere tini hoki. Kā āta tewhatewha i te whakaaka o kā hua ō ēnei whaihotaka nā te mahi kātahi, nā te whiriwhiri i kā tini pekaka mātauraka, ā, ka kitea tahitia ēnei mata e rua, hai mea whakaeke, hai mahi kino rānei, hai whakaoraka momoho.

Ko Alex Monteith rātou ko ērā atu o kā kaimahi kātahi o Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions ka tuku i te aumihi whakamānawa ki te manaakitaka, ki kā koha, ki te haereka toutaka o te mahi ki te Kōmiti Kaitakawaeka ā-Iwi o kā uri o kā Rūnaka o Awarua, o Hokonui, o Waihōpai, ā, o Ōraka Aparima hoki; o Te Niho o te Taniwha Southland Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG); ko Te Whare Tongarewa o Ōtākou (Otago Museum OM); te Mahi Kātahitaka ki te Hotaka Whai Para Takata o te Whare Wānaka o Ōtākou; Kā Rika Tunu Huiraki; Te Whare Wānaka o Queensland; me Te Whare Pukapuka Matua o Queensland hoki.

Ko Alex Monteith, i whānau mai i te tau 1977, Béal Feirste, Na Sé Chontae Airani ki te Raki; ko A R A P E T A, i whānau mai i te tau 1996, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Porou, Muriwhenua); ko Lana Arun, i te tau, 1989, Thames, Aotearoa (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawaa); ko Colleen Brennan, i whānau mai i te tau 1972, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa; ko Cathy Livermore, i whānau mai i te tau 1976, Poihākena, Ahitereiria (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu); ko Gerard O’Regan, i whānau mai i te tau 1967, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Kāi Tahu); ko Vicki Lenihan, i whānau mai i te tau 1971, Ahuriri, Aotearoa (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu); ko Rachel Shearer, i whānau mai i te tau 1966, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu); ko Kimberley Stephenson, i whānau mai i te tau 1984, Te Awakairangi, Aotearoa; ko Moana Wesley, i whānau mai i te tau 1958, (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu); KAIHAUKAI ART COLLECTIVE: ko Ron Bull Jr, i whānau mai i te tau 1967, Waihōpai, Te Waipounamu (Kāti Te Ākau), ko Simon Kaan, i whānau mai i te tau 1971, Ōtepoti, Te Waipounamu (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Kāti Irakehu, Kāti Māko) ki kā Rika Tunu Kai Iwi Taketake, ko Dale Chapman i whānau mai i te tau 1962, Te Pāpaka a Māui (Yuwaalaraay me Kooma); ko Chris Jordan, i whānau mai i te tau 1989, Te Pāpaka a Māui (Maclean ki te whenua o Bundjalung); ko Otis Carmichael, i whānau mai i te tau 2000, Te Pāpaka a Māui (Waanyi) ā, ko kā kaumātua; Togaib MacRose Elu, Te Pāpaka ā Māui (Torres Strait – Saibai); ko Joe Kirk me Colleen Hurley, Te Pāpaka ā Māui (Kamilaroi me Birra); ko Desmond Sandy, Te Pāpaka ā Māui (Yuggara); ko Peggy Tidyman, Te Pāpaka ā Māui (Gunggari). Ko kā mata o te hapori Māori: ko Tu me Maureen Thompson (Aotearoa); ko Nina Tauriki (Aotearoa) me Tu Thompson (Aotearoa).

Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions 2012–ongoing is a transdisciplinary art project that reconsiders landscapes and material removed from middens associated with tauwhare (shelters) and other sites throughout Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa (Fiordland) coastal and marine areas of New Zealand’s South Island, Te Waipounamu. The nohoaka rock shelters (connected with seasonal occupation or food-gathering) of Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa were significant for preserving fibres from early coastal activity in the area due to the dry and sometimes undisturbed nature of the caves, as explained by archaeologist Emeritus Professor Atholl Anderson (Kāi Tahu):

The archaeology of Fiordland … is remarkable for the diversity and frequency of perishable cultural remains, both Māori and Pākehā. Māori collected and processed fibre and cordage, especially of flax and Cordyline; pieces of woven flax articles, bird skin and feathers and skin from kurī; bark and burnt wood from campfires, chips from using adzes to fashion wooden articles such as fishhook shanks.

Archaeologist Peter Coutts, working in Aotearoa, made excavations between 1968 and 1972, collecting materials connected to a vast area of coast, including Pātea (Doubtful Sound), Te Puaitaha (Breaksea Sound), Tamatea (Dusky Sound), the lower fiords and the outer coastal regions, including Hakapūreirei (Sand Hill Point). The contents of these middens are held by Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o Te Taniwha (SMAG) in Waihōpai Invercargill, the Otago Museum (OM) and Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Due to the bulk and complexity of the collected items, they were not inventoried at the time of deposit.

For APT10, Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions is installed in three parts, comprising imagery and a live stream of ongoing inventory work; documentation and traces of a trans-indigenous food exchange; and a multichannel video essay. These works explore how transdisciplinary collaboration can address the effects of this legacy, which can be simultaneously viewed as invasive and damaging, or as fortunate salvage.

Alex Monteith and Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions collaborators acknowledge the generosity, contributions and ongoing work of the Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o Te Taniwha (SMAG) iwi Liaison Komiti comprised of members of kā rūnaka Awarua, Hokonui, Waihōpai and Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka; and partnerships with SMAG, Otago Museum (OM), Southern research collaboration with the University of Otago Archaeology Programme, Wandering Cooks, the University of Queensland and the State Library of Queensland.

APT10 Project Collaborators: Alex Monteith, born 1977, Béal Feirste Belfast, Na Sé Chontae Northern Ireland; A R A P E T A, born 1996, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Porou, Muriwhenua); Lana Arun, born 1989, Thames, Aotearoa (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawaa); Colleen Brennan, born 1972, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand; Cathy Livermore, born 1976, Sydney, Australia (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu); Gerard O’Regan, born 1967, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (Kāi Tahu); Vicki Lenihan, born 1971, Ahuriri Napier, Aotearoa New Zealand (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu); Rachel Shearer, born 1966, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu); Kimberley Stephenson, born 1984, Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand; Moana Wesley, born 1958 (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu); KAIHAUKAI ART COLLECTIVE: Ron Bull Jr, born 1967, Waihōpai Invercargill, Aotearoa New Zealand (Kāti Te Ākau); and Simon Kaan, born 1971, Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Kāti Irakehu, Kāti Mako); with First Nations Chefs: Dale Chapman, born 1962, Australia (Yuwaalaraay and Kooma); Chris Jordan, born 1989, Australia (Maclean on Bundjalung Country), Otis Carmichael, born 2000, Australia (Waanyi) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders Desmond Sandy (Yuggara), Peggy Tidyman (Gunggari), Togaib Macrose Elu (Torres Strait – Saibai) and Joe Kirk and Colleen Hurley (Kamilaroi). Māori community representatives: Manawaroa Rimene (Aotearoa New Zealand, Kāi Tahu), Nina Tauriki (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Tu Thompson (Aotearoa New Zealand).

Ko A R A P E T A (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Porou, Muriwhenua) i whānau mai i te tau1996 Aotearoa; ko LANA ARUN (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawaa) i whānau mai i te tau 1989 Aotearoa; ko VICKI LENIHAN (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) i whānau mai i te tau 1971 Aotearoa; ko ALEX MONTEITH i te tau 1977 Na Sé Chontae, Northern Ireland; ko GERARD O’REGAN (Kāi Tahu) i whānau mai i te tau 1967 Aotearoa; ko KIMBERLEY STEPHENSON i whānau mai i te tau 1984 Aotearoa

He kaupapa mahika kātahitaka taumano a He Mea Whakamātā – Repacking the Past e tirohia anōtia e te kanohi, e te whakaaro mana whenua kā rawa ko karia i kā ahu otaota, tae noa atu ki te āta titiro atu ki kā pāka kua puta i te nukuhaka atu o kā rawa ahu otaota mai i kā tauwhare ki kā whare pupuri taoka. I te mahi kātahi a Alex Monteith rāua ko Gerard O’Regan ki te whiriwhiri i te taura takata ki Te Niho o te Taniwha – Southland Museum and Gallery (SMAG), ki Te Whare Tongarewa o Ōtākou – Otago Museum, ki Waipapa Taumata Rau -Te Whare Wānaka o Tāmaki Makaurau, ā, ki a Vicki Lenihan me kā kaipupuri mātauraka o Kāi Tahu hoki, ki te tautoko i kā whare pupuri taoka me te whakarāraki o te mana whenua i te nuika o ēnei rawa e pupuritia ana e kā whakanōhaka ko mahi kātahi i kā tau e waru ko pahure.

I tautokona e kā pūmātauraka Māori te āta whāwhā atu o kā rawa ahurea, ā, nā kā Kaiwāhi Whenua a Atholl Anderson, a Gerard O’Regan rātou ko Rachel Wesley ki te taha o te Rika Toi, o te kaitohutohu tikaka a Vicki Lenihan i waihaka i te whakamahukitaka, i te rauhītaka o kā taoka i huraina ai i te mahika o tēnei mahi. I huraina e te mahi mātai whaipara takata i kā rawa nā te ahu otaota, i ētahi atu rawa kokakoka mano o te kai, o te matika, o te matapatete, o te mahi raraka, o te mōtete kākahu nā kā takata pora, ō ētahi atu mea anō hoki – he āhuataka o te mauri e noho ana hai hoa ki te whenua. Ahakoa he whāika a te kaupapa nei te whakaatutaka atu i ētahi āhuataka āro ana te takata, i ētahi āhutaka whakahirahira hoki i te putaka mai i ō rātou pouaka, me noho tapu tou tēnei mahi i te āhua tapu o ēnei taputapu, o te tapu hoki o kā wāhi i puta atu ai ēnei taputapu.

Hai te roaka o tēnei whakaaturaka ki APT10 ko Vicki Lenihan, ko Gerard O’Regan, ko Lana Arun rātau ko ōna hoa mahi nā te Hōtaka Mātai Whaipara Takata o te Whare Wānaka o Ōtakou ka arotake, ka whakarāraki, i taua wā tonu i kā rawa nā kā kohikohika e noho ana ki kā Whare Pupuri Taoka ki Murihiku, ā, ki Ōtākou hoki. Ka tāpiri ā rātau mahi ki te puna kōrero ko whakaritea kētia (tae noa atu ki ērā mahi whakarāraki i tū ki SMAG ki 2016, ki St Paul Gallery 2017, ā, ki DPAG 2019) kia rokihia kā rawa katoa i kohikohia, mai i konei ka para te huarahi kia rakahaua ai ēnei rawa ko puta i aua karika matua. He wāhaka matua o ā rātau mahi ko te whakapoapoa kōrero, ko te whakapoapoa pātai e hākai ana ki kā kaupapa ka rewa mai te mahi o te whakarāraki, ā, i a rātou i whai kōrero hou, i rokina ai. Hei te roaka o APT, ka whakaritea e He Mea Whakamātā i te wānaka, e āta ketuketu i te pāka mai o te ipuraki hai mea toko i te kōrero pūrākau, i te whakahono i kā hapori i ō rātau whenua.

A R A P E T A (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Porou, Muriwhenua) Aotearoa New Zealand b.1996; LANA ARUN (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawaa) Aotearoa New Zealand, b. 1989; (VICKI LENIHAN (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) Aotearoa New Zealand b.1971; ALEX MONTEITH Na Sé Chontae, Northern Ireland/ Aotearoa New Zealand b.1977; GERARD O’REGAN (Kāi Tahu) Aotearoa New Zealand b.1967: KIMBERLEY STEPHENSON Aotearoa New Zealand b.1984

He Mea Whakamātā — Repacking the Past is a long-term collaborative project that reappraises the excavated midden materials from mana whenua perspectives, including navigating the effects of the movement of midden material from tauwhare to museums. Artist Alex Monteith has worked with Gerard O’Regan initiating partnerships with Southland Museum and Gallery Niho o Te Taniwha (SMAG), Otago Museum (OM) and Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland (UoA) and with Vicki Lenihan and Kāi Tahu knowledge-holders to support the museums and mana whenua inventorying of much of the material held by the institutions in a collaboration that now spans eight years.

Māori scholars supported the safe handling of cultural material, and archaeologists Atholl Anderson, Gerard O’Regan and Rachel Wesley, along with artist and cultural advisor Vicki Lenihan, evolved the interpretation and curation of the taoka (taonga or treasures) that emerged during this work. The archaeologically recovered material comprised midden and other samples of thousands of fragments of kai (food), matika and matapatete (fishhooks and bone fishhook points), weaving, clothing fragments from settlers, among other items — aspects of a life force that exists in relationship with whenua (land). While an aim of the project has been to share elements of interest or significance as they emerge from their boxes, privacy has also been maintained in respect of tapu — the sacred nature of objects and place.

Over the duration of this exhibition at APT10, Vicki Lenihan, Gerard O’Regan, Lana Arun and collaborators from the Archaeology Programme, University of Otago will be performing a real-time process of assessing and inventorying material from the collections held at Southland and Otago Museums. Their research will add to an existing database (including previous phases of inventory work held at SMAG 2016, St Paul ST Gallery 2017 and DPAG 2019) that is building towards a record of the collection material, helping to enable future research into the materials removed through the original excavations. An important part of their activity is the way in which it creates space for initial conversations and questions to arise around the elements that surface throughout the inventory process, and as they are re-interpreted and recorded. During the duration of APT, He Mea Whakamātā will hold wānaka exploring how the internet might contribute to storytelling and link communities between the various locations.

Ko RON BULL JR (Kāti Te Ākau) i whānau mai i te tau 1967 Aotearoa; ko SIMON KAAN (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Kāti Irekehu, Kāti Mako) i whānau mai i te tau 1971 Aotearoa. ki kā Rika Tunu Kai Iwi Taketake, ko DALE CHAPMAN (Yuwaalaraay, Kooma) i whānau mai i te tau 1962, Te Pāpaka a Māui; ko CHRIS JORDAN i whānau mai i te tau 1989, Te Pāpaka a Māui, ko OTIS CARMICHAEL (Waanyi) i whānau mai i te tau 2000, Te Pāpaka a Māui; ki te taha o kā kaumātua o Kāti Moemoeā, me kā Iwi o te Moana o Torres: ko MACROSE ELU (Torres Strait Islands - Sabai) i whānau mai Te Pāpaka a Māui; ko JOE KIRK and COLLEEN HURLEY (Kamilaroi) i whānau mai Te Pāpaka a Māui; ko DESMOND SANDY (Yuggara) i whānau mai i te tau 1942 Te Pāpaka a Māui; ko PEGGY TIDYMAN (Gunggari) i whānau mai Te Pāpaka ā Māui. Ko kā mata o te hapori Māori: ko Tu me Maureen Thompson, Aotearoa; ko Nina Tauriki, Aotearoa;

Ka pērā tou te aro o Te Ohu Toi Kaihaukai (Ko Simon Kaan rāua ko Ron Bull Jr) ki kā putaka ahu otaota ko puta mai i kā karika, ā, ki te tikaka o kaihaukai, te tohatoha, te kurutete o te kai – tētahi tikaka whakahirahira o te Māori o Aotearoa – ka whakawhitiwhiti mātauraka, ā, e ora tou ana kā tikaka kai Māori, he tikaka e mōrearea ana. Ka whakaritea e te ohu nei i te kaihaukai i waeka i kā iwi o Kāi Tahu me te iwi Pueblo o Mēhiko Hou me ētahi hākari motuhake ki Aotearoa nei i whakaawe i kā kai ake o Kāi Tahu.

Ki APT10 ko whakakōkiri ētahi matapaki hou ki ētahi kaitunu Iwi Taketake, ko Dale Chapman (Yuwaalaraay Kooma), ko Chris Jordan rāua ko Otis Carmichael (Waanyi), ki te taha o kā kaumātua o Kāti Moemoeā, me kā Iwi o te Moana o Torres, ko Desmond Sandy (Yugarra) rātou ko Peggy Tidyman (Gungarri), ko Togaib Macrose Elu (Torres Strait – Saibai), ko Joe Kirk rāua ko Colleen Hurley (Kamilaroi). Ko te uru mai o ētahi o kā uri o Kāi Tahu kei Piripane ki ēnei kōrerorero, ki ēnei hākari hoki ko āhei te Ohu nei ki te tukutuku i kā tikaka, i kā kai hoki ahakoa kā taero o te urutā.

RON BULL JR (Kāti Te Ākau) / Aotearoa New Zealand b.1967; SIMON KAAN (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Kāti Irekehu, Kāti Mako) / Aotearoa New Zealand b.1971; with First Nations Chefs: DALE CHAPMAN (Yuwaalaraay, Kooma) / Australia b.1962; CHRIS JORDAN / Australia b.1989 and OTIS CARMICHAEL (Waanyi) b.2000 / Australia; Elders: MACROSE ELU (Torres Strait Islands – Sabai) / Australia; JOE KIRK and COLLEEN HURLEY (Kamilaroi) / Australia; DESMOND SANDY (Yuggara) / Australia b.1942; PEGGY TIDYMAN (Gunggari) / Australia; and Queensland Māori community representatives: NINA TAURIKI / Aotearoa New Zealand/Australia; TU THOMPSON Aotearoa New Zealand/Australia

Kaihaukai Art Collective (comprising Simon Kaan and Ron Bull Jr) continue to respond to the midden material displaced by the excavations with kaihaukai, or the sharing and exchanging of traditional foods (an important customary practice for Māori in Aotearoa); sharing knowledge; and continuing cultural practices around traditional foods — practices at risk of disappearing. The Collective has developed food exchanges between the people of Ngāi Tahu and the Native American Pueblo people of New Mexico, as well as a number of high-profile feasts within Aotearoa inspired by Ngāi Tahu customary food.

For APT10, Kaihaukai have initiated new conversations with First Nations chefs Dale Chapman (Yuwaalaraay Kooma), Chris Jordan and Otis Carmichael (Waanyi), along with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders Desmond Sandy (Yugarra), Peggy Tidyman (Gunggari), Togaib MacRose Elu (Torres Strait – Saibai) and Joe Kirk and Colleen Hurley (Kamilaroi).

The involvement of Brisbane-based Ngāi Tahu community members in these conversations and food events has enabled the Collective to actively share cultural practices and foods within pandemic-related restrictions.

Ko ALEX MONTEITH (Camera, Director, Editor) i whānau mai, Béal Feirste, Na Sé Chontae Airani ki te Raki, i te tau 1977; ko COLLEEN BRENNAN (Spatial audio design and audio mix) i whānau mai i te tau 1972 Aotearoa; CATHY LIVERMORE (Audio composition) (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) i whānau mai i te tau 1976 Te Pāpaka a Māui; RACHEL SHEARER (Audio composition) (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rangawhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu) i whānau mai i te tau 1966 Aotearoa; MOANA WESLEY (Karaka) (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) i whānau mai i te tau 1958 Aoteraoa.

He rikatoi, he kaihaka kiriata hoki a Alex Monteith. Ko te mātāwai o te kaupapa whakarāraki i te huhua o te rawa kua karia nā kā nohoaka tauwhare nei i puta mai i tā Monteith mahi kapo kōrero kupu tuku iho i te tau 2012.

Mā APT10, ka whakaaturia te kaupapa nei e te pakipūmeka poto, he hopu oro hou nā Rachel Shearer rāua ko te karaka nā Moana Wesley, he mahika kātahitaka me Cathy Livermore, ā, nā Colleen Brennan he hoahoa mokowā oro me he whakaritenga oro. Ka aro atu te kiriata nei ki kā tohuka ahurea nō Kāi Tahu whānui i te huakina mai a kā pouaka kohikohika a SMAG, ka tirotiro ki kā kōrero kupu tuku iho me te rakahau ā-rōpū ko puta atu. Ka mahia tonutia te mahi nei, he nui rawa ake te kaupapa i te kiriata kotahi: ko ētahi pea o ōna otika o te kaupapa nei ko te whakatokoto o ētahi tauira kia Māori ake ai kā tikaka o kā whare pupuri taoka, pērā i te tautoko i te mana motuhake o kā iwi, o kā hapū, o te mana whenua rānei ki ō rātau ake mātauraka.
 

ALEX MONTEITH (Camera, Director, Editor) / Na Sé Chontae, Northern Ireland/Aotearoa New Zealand b.1977; COLLEEN BRENNAN (Spatial audio design and audio mix) / Aotearoa New Zealand b.1972; CATHY LIVERMORE (Audio composition) / (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) Sydney Australia b.1976; RACHEL SHEARER (Audio composition) / (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rangawhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu) Aotearoa New Zealand b.1966; MOANA WESLEY (Karaka) (Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu) Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1958.

The project to catalogue a large volume of the material excavated from nohoaka rock shelters began in 2012 with artist and filmmaker Alex Monteith recording an oral history.

APT10 includes Monteith’s ongoing film essay with new original audio by Rachel Shearer, karaka composed by Moana Wesley in collaboration with Cathy Livermore, and spatial audio design and sound-mix by Colleen Brennan. It follows cultural experts from Kāi Tahu whānui as the Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o Te Taniwha (SMAG) Collection boxes are opened, giving insights into oral histories and the collective research that has emerged. It is a continuing journey, as the project is much larger than one film: its outcomes include possible future pathways for indigenising museological processes, such as supporting iwi-led (kinship group–led) cultural ownership and knowledge-sharing determined by mana whenua (hapū or iwi who hold historic and territorial rights over the land).