Libraries and Arts

Talented local Artists

Leeann Morgan, District Librarian

November 2012

November is going to be an exciting time for Libraries and Arts on the Kāpiti Coast. Here are just some of the events brought to you by your Libraries and Arts team.

2012 Kāpiti Arts Trail — More than 250 artists and artisans were represented at the 2012 Kāpiti Arts Trail at the weekend. A huge range of arts and artisans’ works were displayed at 😯 sites from Ōtaki to Paekākāriki.

This was the 12^th annual Kāpiti Arts Trail, which has grown to become one of the most significant free public events on the Coast.

Live Arts @ My Place Join us at Kāpiti Coast District Libraries as we celebrate the arts during the month of November. Demonstrations, performances, workshops – there’s something for everyone! These are some of the twenty-three free events you can be part of:

Art demonstrations:Talented local artists will demonstrate their work in the libraries during November. These will be held at Paraparaumu on Tuesdays, Waikanae on Wednesdays and Ōtaki on Thursdays. All demonstrations are between 11.00am and 1.00pm.

E-Publishing workshop:Explore the exciting new world of self-publishing with two people who have multiple books published with Amazon and Smashwords. Bronwen Evans and Kris Pearson will guide you through the process of publishing your own book. This workshop will be held on Saturday Nov. 17^th 10am-4pm at Paraparaumu Library. Bookings essential.

Music and performance:The fabulous Henpicked will play at Ōtaki Library on Friday Nov. 9^th from 3.30 – 5.00pm.

On Saturday Nov. 10^th and Nov. 24^th from 11.00am-1.00pm there will be an open mic session at Ōtaki library. All are welcome to come along to sing, perform or play an instrument. And on Tuesday Nov. 13^th and 20^th Nov. from 11.00-11.30 am, Tu Meke Kapa Haka Group will entertain at Paraparaumu Library

We look forward to seeing you at these exciting events!

STORY OF THE WEEK

Kāpiti Coast councillors have toured of one of Aotearoa's unique buildings, the heritage - listed Rotunda at the former Otaki Health Camp, the country’s first.

Jeremy Smith reports that the 105-year-old, eight-sided rotunda predates the Health Camp.

It wasn't actually built in Otaki, but was one of two built in Rotorua in 1915 as part of a military hospital, on the site of Rotorua’s present public hospital.

Later they were taken to Otaki for the opening of the health camp in 1931.

Full story in the main column (December 19).

100 Years Ago — and the Maori Long March begins

Māori politics was dominated by the influential MPs (and sometime Cabinet ministers) Māui Pōmare ( Waitara statue photo above) and Apirana Ngata.

The 1920's also saw the rise of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s religious movement, and the emergence of Te Puea Hērangi in Waikato.

Ngata worked hard to foster Māori scholarship and education and preserve traditional arts and culture.

He convinced the government to establish a Board of Maori Ethnological Research (1923), a Maori Purposes Fund Control Board (1924) and a School of Maori Arts and Crafts in Rotorua (1927).

The Reform government also took the first, tentative steps towards settling longstanding Māori grievances.

Agreements with Te Arawa in 1922 and Ngāti Tūwharetoa in 1926 recognised their respective rights over the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō, and led to the establishment of trust boards with some government funding.

Commissions of inquiry which examined Ngāi Tahu grievances (1920–21) and the Waikato and Taranaki confiscations (1926–27) recommended that modest compensation be paid.

Kāpiti and Coast Independent

Talented local Artists

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