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Final Outcome: Kaitiaki

Kaitiaki

Our board game aims to educate users of Mā­ori culture in the form of the complex and deep concept Kaitiakitanga. The main goal of the game is to obtain and understand a range of knowledge and concepts derived from Mā­ori culture to restore and replenish your natural world (Kaitiakitanga). Each player is represented by a Kaitiaki (guardian) which are designed around culturally significant beings to Mā­ori, iwi, and hapu. The Kaitiaki is the vessel in which the user will travel around the board and obtain resources and knowledge with.

Using a beautiful aesthetic and well thought out design we were able to achieve a nice balance in design styles and practices, blending into one achieving the end games style. This is done while holding fast to Mā­ori culture and not at all disrespecting it in any way shape or form. We knew it was important throughout the design process to remain true to Mā­ori culture so that the game is successful but also aligns with Tikanga, remaining correct and true to the values and system it is derived from.

All together I believe the game is very successful and achieves the end goal and idea we wanted to communicate from the get go. Now it needs to help guide people to want to understand more about Mā­ori culture and practices of Kaitiakitanga that they can implement in everyday life.

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Final outcome of characters

Really happy in how they turned out as they look amazing and really cute. They have reanimated true to the aesthetic of the board game while also not disrespecting the cultural significance of the characters.

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3D printing character pieces

Chose 3D printing due to the hearty and enduring material. Also is cost effective as total cost of printing the pieces was $2.50. The material that is printed is PLA (polylatic acid) which can be melted back down and turned back into PLA filament wire which can be reprinted. Ensuring that these characters are both Kiatiakis of the natural world but align with Kitiakitanga in their physical form.

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Digital Renders of Characters

I am tasked with designing and making 3D characters for our Kaitiakitanga based board game. I’ve decided to design characters based off of Kaitiakis in  Mā­ori culture and looking at certain iwi and hapu’s Kaitiakis.

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First generation of Kiatiaki Characters

Printed in pink PLA due to it being the only colour available at time of printing.

All round I like how the character has come out and that it doesn’t deduct from the cultural significance of the Kaitiaki of the Piwakawaka.

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Week 10

Rose Lu

Normality in media; white, blonde hair, blue eyes (aryan race like!)

Misrepresentation of Asian characters in media accessible by youth

Felt alien as a child due to her not acting, looking, or speaking normal and continued to be seen as different by everyone else

Read a lot to help bridge the gap between her and normality

Rejected her Asian culture heritage and roots. Ultimately hated the idea of being Asian and China in general

Didn’t understand what her culture truly meant until experiencing it first hand by herself.

Only then did she understand the beauty, character, and individuality of Chinese culture

Help normalise representation of TRUE Asian characters, with zero stereotypes attached

Help other realise that it is OK to look, sound, or be different as we all New Zealanders

New Zealander a diverse range of races.

BALAMOHAN SHINGADE

Bollywood depicting New Zealand natural beauty through amazing landscapes and charm

creating the desiring fantasy of an ideal home

New Zealand Indians feel as if they are some what truly represented in NZ media unlike pop culture examples, Apu and Raj

Normalising other cultural points of view, in particular Bollywood. Its an individual genre of cinema that does not base itself off cheap fake knock offs of popular film/TV

NZ Indians are an established identity within NZ and have a strong sense of belonging

Breaking the mold forced upon due to modern-day untrue stereotypes

Acknowledgement of their identity and that they are as much of a New Zealander as you and me.

Kerry Ann Lee

Everyone slotted into categories in New Zealand

Asian is a specific nuance, she sees it as Cantonese and Chinese heritage

Longing to belong, “Where are you from?”

No one initially assumes you’re from NZ

Asian perspectives on New Zealand’s design DNA, referring to them not being part of New Zealand design DNA

Identity, understand what terms mean and the effect of misidentifying

We always need to establish a term/category to define and identify someone

Many don’t fit in/associate with general identity categories

Asian invasion, first wave mostly men and small population in 1800′s, second wave after WWII (many Europeans come as well), and third wave is the property market with idea of rich Asian investors buying up all the property. 

1888-1944 Asian prevention acts brought into law in NZ, doing everything in their power to prevent Asian Invasion

The myth that Western countries were bountiful and beautiful life during gold rush, reality it was a harsh demanding life

Exclusion - not just Tangata Whenua but ALL those who feel as if they don’t belong in New Zealand 

“Idea of the OTHER”

How they must conform to normal culture, and discriminated if you didn’t conform

Inhabiting an Identity that isn’t your own

Voicing and uproar of the OTHERNESS

Who names people in categories

Not a New Zealander if you don’t look Pakeha

Rebelling against to obtain vast creative outputs which challenge change

We as designers hold the strength to create change 

Artworks are only sign posts not forcing change but more evokes the idea

Find others to resonate similar ideas and understanding why!

Assumption to having a connection to homeland

There is no individual or singular identity many have a range of vast cultures that they associate with

Key Ideas

Rose Lu - Conforming and losing true identity of ones self, losing and reestablishing Asian culture and heritage

Balamohan Shingade - Embracing the diversity in New Zealand and not restricting New Zealand Indians to generic stereotypes

Kerry Ann Lee - Establishing your purpose and identity in New Zealand and disestablishing preset and uneducated identities

Linking

All emphasise the idea of an identity crisis towards races and nationalities in New Zealand. The general population of New Zealand tend to assume that those who don’t look normal are not from New Zealand by are from somewhere else. We are forcing people to feel uncomfortable in their own culture by assuming it is not normal to act in ways when in reality it does in their culture.

REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE NORMAL!

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Initial character design

Designing the character game pieces for our Kaitiakitanga board game. The idea is to base them off Kiatiaki in Māori culture, like; kiwi, piwakawaka, whai, and tuatara.

I’ve aimed to make them look cute and appealing to match with the aesthetic of the board game. Keeping in mind that I don’t appropriate these animals and disrespect them in anyway shape or form.

I believe by designing in this style the retain their natural beauty and do the animal justice without disrespect Māori culture.

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Week 9

Group split pages, mine 1-8

Towards a New Oceania

Oceania is a world of social networks that intersect all across Pacific Ocean(includes NZ, AUS, USA, & Canada)

Vibrant and independent cultures

Liberty from the generalisations of past, present, and future

Instill their belonging to their island by creating their own brand of culture

Fall off the map into the deep blue hole called the Pacific Ocean

Oceania islands are a region of individual colony created countries

Diversity is key to disrupting colonising culture juggernaut

Strengthens ancestry bonds which overwhelm sovereignty

Diversity is a key asset to the identity of Oceania

Identity with nationality, race, and cross culture friendships

Students study to benefit their community not the region. Community focused more than individual selfish intentions

Pacific people part of worldwide class community

People slotted into pigeonholes, labelled descriptions of who they were

Many given different names for the region

South Pacific label placed on during cold war. Didn’t encapsulate the diversity and people present in each individual communities

UN has places Asia-Pacific label 

Identity continues to be misunderstood by external parties

Always tried to lump a whole group of individual countries together and disregarded identity.

Essay topic?

Our tool key topic is Kaitiakitanga, the concept of guardianship towards the natural land, but what I have found out is that there are underlying topics that provide backbone to Kaitiakitanga.

I want to aim towards looking at the idea of effectively implementing Kaitiakitanga in everyday life while analysing the idea of understanding and including these background ideas.

Looking at how our board game is ending up by including a range of topics in Māori culture I believe that this idea for an essay topic hits home the idea our tool is trying to present.

Opening Statement?

In todays Aotearoa there is a disconnect between “general” knowledge, indigenous concepts and values, resulting in large scale impacts on culture and the natural world

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Week 8

Māori Women: Caught in the Contradictions of Colonised Reality 

Group split pages, mine 5-end

Acknowledgement of Māori women in history especially when protesting the Treaty

Māori women are an identifiable group in the New Zealand population with individual needs. But continue to be forgotten and unrepresented

There is extremely poor acknowledgement of Māori women in laws

Māori Women absent from consulative and advisory bodies. Large injustice towards Māori women.

Vulnerable to overwork from pressures from whanua and work

Stereotypes only make this worse!!!!

Breakdown the fuel of the stereotypes = No representation of stereotypes

Inequality has become part of every race’s culture

Māori women are impacted by Pakeha law

Pakeha and Māori are fighting individual fights but both are aspiring for the same goal.

Working together will help strengthen the group 

Māori had no prior conceptions towards when only Pakeha did and they brought these values into NZ society

Reject Pakeha tradition and Law!

Chosen Resource

Harmsworth, Garth R., and Shaun Awatere. Indigenous Māori knowledge and perspectives of ecosystems, 2013

http://www.mwpress.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/77047/2_1_Harmsworth.pdf

This resource analyses the view points Mā­ori have towards culture and the natural world. It showcases the ideals that Mā­ori believe in balance in which if one side is affected the rest of the system will follow suit ultimately resulting in negative impacts to the natural world. Cultural viewpoints serve as the framework and the ecosystem of everything in the natural world.

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Tool Ideas

As a group we have chosen to analyse the Mā­ori concept of Kaitiakitanga, guardianship of the natural world, through the form of a board game.

A board game is an interesting way to engage with people through interaction and play. Our minds learn more when a task is seen more as play than work, and with the depth and complexity of Mā­ori concepts such as Kaitiakitanga this is essential. Play is an important part of our brains learning process and also allows information to remain part of our own individual knowledge for a lot longer, reinforcing how well a board game will suit Kaitiakitanga.

I know personally the only time I have ever tried to learn and understand Mā­ori culture it has only ever been in an educational environment which has resulted in myself obtaining a negative connotation to ever trying to learn Mā­ori culture. I believe a board game will be extremely effective to help provide people with a basic/general understanding of Mā­ori culture in regards to Kaitiakitanga.

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Week 7

Maori have the right to maintain and control their heritage and culture, they are the Kaitiaki of their culture.

Two translations of treaty have different meanings/phrasing in terms of authority and control of treasured items

Maori hid many Taonga to ensure the protection and authority of said item. They feared the discovery of these items would lead to them being abused and inappropriately used.

Taonga have a relationship between Kaitiaki and the Taonga

Taonga works - Treasures of Maori culture, have a whakapapa which is the history and ancestry enriched and embedded into the Taonga

Not just old historical pieces can be modern day examples, like the modern day haka 

NO matter the age a Kaitiaki is required to protect and maintain control and authority of the Taonga.

Interface of Contemporary and Traditional world

Te Triti

First article

No mention of protecting Māori from colonising parties

One states protection of land culture and pride but other doesn’t state any of that

Māori are seen as her subjects

Queen has power and control that Māori chiefs once had in NZ

Chiefs ceded power to her majesty the queen

Chiefs had no authority over the colonising parties from England and Australia

Second Article

Māori had to sell land to the queen

Why force the sale in signing a treaty of protection from the lawless nature of her majesty’s subjects

Land has great mana embedded into it which Māori regard very highly, also pets of land have great tapu significance but that will be disregarded by her majesty

Third Article

Forcibly imposing Māori are subjects of the queen and that they will be treated as English.

Imposing English culture onto Māori

Summary

English used complexity and non sense to persuade Māori into signing a treaty that barely benefited them with anything. Taking advantage of Māori by using words that don’t even translate to anything similar to Māori concepts.

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My Practical component to the assignment

The painting is represent the disconnect between Modern day Maori and the deep and rich history and heritage due to colonisation. 

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Feedback from Presentation

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Week 5 Independent Study

Task 1

One thing I took from last weeks Independent study is that there is no correctness to any language in the world. But the way it can come across can set a distinct idea of someone in your head. We never treasure the uniqueness and variety that is across any language and instead form a hate and discontent towards improperness. Any language is a treasure and we don’t respect that enough to value the gift we have, a voice and a language.

Task 2

Predefined me as a kiwi/New Zealander

Who controls New Zealander portrayal

Who benefits from such portrayal

Nations commonly thought as defined physically by nature, not identity

Identity of a nation is only an imagination 

Kiwi identity, casual way

Identity based off patriarchal colonisation

Flagging supports nationalist extremes

Used to collectively encourage a nation

Flags key source of nationalism; pride, history, and honor

Background noise

Kiwi & this country terms are used a lot in media

Hail the viewer in National Identity

Expect viewer/subject to be a kiwi/ identify as

Reproduce our national image/character

Use banal nationalism

Outdoor NZ imagery

You’’ll never be a kiwi til you love our Wattie’s Sauce

Tip Top showcasing the country is PC mad

Appealing to the majority against being PC

Soft is NOT kiwi

Masculinity common with nationalism

Men usually seen as national identity

Tip Top challenges banal nationalism 

Not selling social structures instead of using statements that question our identity

Power to convince without doing anything

Identity is still being fought for till this day

Extreme nationalism may occur 

Marginalising those who aren’t kiwi (mosque MUSLIM shooting)

Not kiwi margin

The way its structured, First section is explaining nationalism and identity and imagined communities, Second section is about the ads themselves promoting kiwi identity, and the Third section is about the impacts to us and the world around us.

Robyn used Anderson and Billing reinforce his ideas and create a strong backbone for his argument. These resources helped explain the complex term of Imagined communities with a focus on the identity formed due to this behavior. Anderson and Billing both provide great in depth and purposeful discussion around nationalism allowing Robyn’s idea of the kiwi identity to be express. 

Task 3

My Practical Response

Compared to other times I have painted being inspired by Shane Cotton I have made sure the subject matter, placement, and colour is correct and has purpose and meaning in this painting. I focused on using bright bold colours on the Maori culture and dull monochromatic tones on the Western features.

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Week 5

Crumpy and Scotty Ads

Whitewashed 

two contrasting characters, one the true blue kiwi BLOKE and the other your white middle class man

rummaging and destroying bush without a care in the world 

trying to play on the heartstrings of kiwis to tell them you ain’t a true kiwi unless you drive a big tough ute.

White man wrecking havoc, (hmmmmm colonisers??)

Exciting times to be boys destroying the bush

Bank of New Zealand Ad

Calm and soothing 

Man of the house, always referring to you as a male

Colonial ideals, having you’re piece of the land

Patriotic, nationalist by flag flying at the end

Saying you can’t be a kiwi if you don’t have a bach in a beautiful part of NZ

Most probably couldn’t afford to buy a bach in NZ

TO ALL NEW ZEALANDERS

Advert Documentary Notes

NZ originally modeled itself after the BBC

Look and sound BRITISH

everyone preferred the British style

Kiwi life was never acknowledged 

Our money was even designed around the american dollar

Greg’s ad was one of the first to embrace the pacific people and being kiwis

There was a kiwi accent in the ad

Ads plays on the NOT A REAL KIWI unless you have that product

BNZ real kiwi ads

Being a New Zealander was more about physical side, NOT CULTURAL

Scary how strongly this is nationalist propaganda

Powerful nostalgic images

BNZ was later sold to Aussies

Japanese car brand Toyota settled in NZ

Outsiders telling US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE KIWI

Barry Crump did ad because he wanted a Hilux Ute

Discussion

Nostalgia

Get played on so often especially in advertising

Sold to White middle class, particularly MEN

Bachs are second homes, while many kiwis can’t even afford or get into their first home (housing crisis)

English reading material being a major part of kiwi childhood and life

Imperialism still a common element

No proper connection to the Tangata Whenua

Car ads haven’t changed at all over time, almost as if no one has ever brought it into light, is there another way to showcase car without damaging bush or nature.

Made from a difficult time

TV commercials pushing outdated ideals

Look at more contemporary ideas

Flag referendum

Stimulating idea of patriotism

We can adapt our own sense of National Identity

Find and Include your own community

Room for ideas such as laser Kiwi

British Antarctic Vessel

Competition to name a boat

Officially named Boaty McBoatface

related to the laser kiwi idea from our flag referendum

Social media saved the world???

By just participating in social media saved a country??

People investing in colonisation is what we see

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED

USE YOUR OWN VOICE TO SHAPE YOUR WORLD

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Week 4 Independent Study

Task 1

After the independent study for Week 3 I understood that in Maori culture there is a method to what can be seen as madness(at times) and just like other cultures there are correct an proper ways to do something. Tapu refers to something being sacred and that they must remain sacred in their own domain and not cross contaminate into other domains, e.g, any part of the body is tapu and spaces where food is prepared is also tapu, so sitting on tables is a BIG NO!

Task 2

Mana in broad is subtle influence of supernatural origin that exist throughout the universe

Individually - works to promote qualities such as; integrity, dignity, and self respect

Mana looks for and appreciates other Mana

Can’t claim or bestow Mana on yourself, comes from achievement and acknowledgement by others

Mana is linked to other worlds in broader sense

Meaning of powerful, prestigious, and governing

Foundations of authority and leadership

More cultural affirmation and achievement

Influences spiritual powers in natural domains

Mana can be lost and restored (repair after a break)

Mana can be passed through heritage

Expressed though empowerment as an individual and groups

Mana Reo

values and ethos embedded within language, central identity and social well being

Mana of Maori culture is bound up within its language

1840 culture came under pressure by influence of Western culture

Language had to adapt from oral to print & written

Language was in rapid decline in 1970′s - Te Reo would disappear

Mana could’ve been lost, affecting past, present, and future generations

Concerns became movements became change

Language isn’t about speaking words but culture and Mana

Full immersion schools (primary, secondary, and tertiary) crucial for both culture and Te Reo

Official language of NZ in 1987

Oratory comps, kapa haka, and language resources, helping make culture mainstream

Increasingly present in NZ, physically and verbally

Mana was starting to be restored

To be viable needs masses of fluent speakers in all ages

Language in taonga!

Paragraphs

Today I feel as there is a major revival of Te Reo both the language and culture through every aspect of life. Signage and advertising is more willing to include Te Reo Maori phrases and words, art is more inclusive towards Maori values, and the language has become more sort after. People now days have a sense of guilt and regret that they never properly took Te Reo more serious/further in life (myself included). As a country/nation have become aware of the lack of attention we had towards a native language of NZ, and now realise that there is a great richness and Mana in Maori Culture and language.

Education is suddenly become more inspired and more inclusive of Te Reo Maori. With many schools no longer seeking correspondence (outside providers) but have an internal teacher and a proper course for Te Reo Maori. BY having it all properly done it makes the language and the course more enjoyable making people hungry for more. Having a hunger for something results in passion resulting in growth. Growth is what will drive the language into New Zealand’s everyday culture making it embedded into us.

 Task 3

Kete Aronui

Basket of knowledge of aroha, peace and the arts and crafts which benefit the Earth and all living things - one of the three baskets of knowledge. This basket relates to knowledge acquired through careful observation of the environment. It is also the basket of ritual, of literature, philosophy and is sometimes regarded as the basket of the humanities.

Maramatanga

Enlightenment, insight, understanding, light, meaning, significance, brainwave.

Manaki

To support, take care of, give hospitality to, protect, look out for - show respect, generosity and care for others.

These three words relate to design due to designing with purpose and thought. My process when designing is taking over all care about what I am doing it for and to do so I must care and understand the situation at hand. 

Task 4

Language does not define

it does not refine.

It is not sacred 

but causes hatred.

We seek a world where we are all the same,

not ashamed and full of restraint.

English is seen as universal 

in fact it is just contextual

It doesn’t matter who you are

ultimately you sound from afar

The further afar, the more THEY will scar

Language is not a race

Its only a face

a face to hide

           to connect

           to express

           and most importantly

           to speak

Task 5

previous times I have used Shane Cotton (back in yr11 at high school)

Practice doing his falling birds

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Week 4

State House Rules

State housing in NZ

How this work is a complete polar opposite to the reality it is based on

The harsh reality of State Housing in NZ

“Its newer and shiner than the houses its modeled on”

Everything is added/installed for a reason

There are no fillers

Very open for interpretation

Notes from other resources

Tina Ngata

Captain Cook was a White Supremacist

Doctrines of discovery- the legalisation to enslave, torture, and kill

Rationalising Supremacy

Chadwick Allan

Indigenous art is seen through a Western perspective

Important to change lens in post colonial context

Art/Design can change context

Ellis Marino

Resurrect and recentre, away from West?European males

Polynesian groups are connected (Collective)

Terms Of Art and Design

Rewrite in terms of medium in which fits our own individual understandings of the context

Visual ideas have a greater impact than written (more memorable)

Tama Iti Notes

Raised on Maori values

Mana; everyone has some sort of Mana, Mana roots past present and future, all understand Mana(eye to eye)

All on the same level

Maori not to be spoken in school grounds

They thought it was dumb and stupid

Disobeyed the instructions

Forced to chose either picking up manure or write “I will not speak Maori” x100 as a punishment

Learning at home was a polar opposite to learning at school (nursery rhymes and mathematics)

Don’t be afraid to challenge someone

They don’t have more Mana than you by trying to assert their authority

Other cultures share similar stories; stolen land, police brutality, military rule

GLOBAL ISSUE

Activism - draw attention to the issue and make them uncomfortable, have your voice, TEST MANA

Constantly remind them we are here and are going no where

“Had my blanket but still had the land”

His voice was hung up as a piece of art instead of acknowledging it

Charged them to remind them

Political social movements shaping NZ

After eye to eye

Mana of the people is the same as any authority

171 years later finally receiving the respect they deserve