1. Traversing Ancient Wisdom
Indigenous Symbology in a Tertiary Library

2. Mihi - Introduction
Te manu e kai ana te miro, nona te ngahere Te manu e kai ana te miro, nona te ngahere
The bird that feeds of the Miro berry, theirs is the forest
Those that draw sustenance from the tree of knowledge,
theirs is the world.
Multiple levels of ubiquity based on the laws of nature and the human condition.
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3. Te Pātaka Māramatanga Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Library
About Us
20,500 EFTS
Foundation to Masters
144 Sites
7 Libraries
27 Staff
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4. Te Pātaka Māramatanga Vision - Maramatanga Mission - Foster Ako
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5. Symbols
“a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process”
Oxford Dictionary
Multi-layered meanings embedded
Exchange required for knowledge and understanding
Sign – only has one meaning. Stop means. . .
Ancient Symbols
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6. Libraries as Transmitters of Wisdom - Māramatanga
Repositories of Information
Transmit Old Knowledge and New Knowledge
(K)new ways of knowing and being
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7. The Origin of Maori Knowledge
Nga Kete Matauranga: The Three Baskets of Knowledge
“.. the world in which we live carries multi levels of ubiquity based on the laws of nature and the human origin. Origins of Maori ways of knowing and being, and their functions are connected to Rangiatea, located in Te Toi o nga Rangi.”
P. Watene
Rangiatea – the Original Whare Wananga – the source of all knowledge
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8. Te Pātaka Māramatanga Reframing Past Experience
“Representing the growth and knowledge for all those who come to use the resources within Te Pātaka Māramatanga “our house of knowledge”, so that they may ‘blossom’ with new outlooks and fresh ideas”.
Nā Shawn Appel
Graphic Designer
Sales and Promotions
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9. Meaning
“Symbolises the potential in someone (or thing), which is at optimum development in this physical dimension, yet ever-ready to explore and rediscover other (inner) dimensions” Nā Prof. Kereti Rautangata
He Pātaka – the notion of Nurturing and Caring, of storing, or being the storehouse of knowledge
Symbolic of he tangata, he tauira (student) ,
He kaiako (tutor) poumahi (staff)
The pathway to Enlightenment (to acquire KNOWLEDGE)
He kākano, the seed (of an idea) - Hahū or Rangahau – Research

10. Te Pātaka Māramatanga
Reengaging Place and Space: create shared meaning
Familiar Colours: black, white and red of the kowhaiwhai
Web catalogue
logo
Familiar Objects
Pou whakairo – carvings
Rauangi – traditional and comtemporary art
Raranga
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11. Outside of the Building Artists interpretation of the Trinity
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12. Mareikura and Whatukura Feminine and Masculine
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13. Mareikura and Whatukura
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15. Online Catalogue
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16. Art
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24. Tukutuku Designs
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25. Whakairo Designs
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26. Whakairo
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31. Te Pātaka Māramatanga Reframing Past Experience
“Representing the growth and knowledge for all those who come to use the resources within Te Pātaka Māramatanga “our house of knowledge”, so that they may ‘blossom’ with new outlooks and fresh ideas”.
Nā Shawn Appel
Graphic Designer
Sales and Promotions
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32. Questions?
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37. Pedagogy of Engagement
Waka
Ngahere
Whakairo
Raranga
matauranga- a transformative waka for mohiotanga & maramatanga

38. Wananga
“Wananga is a quality of consciousness which enables the creative act to take place by which knowledge is created to achieve an outcome of maramatanga and particularly Aroha.”
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal
matauranga- a transformative waka for mohiotanga & maramatanga

39. Te Ao Marama Environment Indigenous Knowledge creation Wananga
matauranga- a transformative waka for mohiotanga & maramatanga

40. Tainui Wananga Rangahau
He Waka Matauranga
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