NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous women

NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous women

Qiane Matata-Sipu

ISBN: 9780473584313
Published by QIANE+co, November 2021
265mm x 205mm
344 pages, 120gsm Woodfree FSC stock
RRP $65

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See the full story of the NUKU 100 multimedia project here

Reviewed by Siena Yates for KeteBooks

The culmination of a three year multi-media project by photographer Qiane Matata-Sipu, in which she interviewed the wāhine included in NUKU; recording podcasts, videos, and photoshoots, organising live events and art exhibitions, creating a website, and publishing this book.

Short-listed for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Illustrated Non-Fiction (winners to be announced 11 May 2022).

“The power of storytelling is evident in our earliest pūrākau. Stories can change the world. It is how our tūpuna passed on their knowledge, the blueprint for living well, for generations.
Through telling their stories, the women in this book seek to influence the world around them. The youngest is 14 and the eldest is in her mid-70s. They are wāhine Māori, Moriori, Pasifika, Melanesian, Wijadjuri, Himalayan and Mexican”.

Reviewed by Siena Yates for Kete


 

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