Pou Kapua Creations Trust

Country: New Zealand
Communities: Maori
Grant Awarded: 2013
Website: poukapua.com

Pou Kapua Creations Trust energizes, ignites and empowers traditional knowledge holders, educators, practitioners and artisans from the Pacific and around the world to come together and collectively expand our horizons of learning and practice. By incorporating aspects of teaching and learning, inspired creative design and sustainable social entrepreneurship, Pou Kapua assists Pacific and Indigenous peoples in their fight for recognition, human rights, cultural restoration and self-determination. This grant supported Pou Kapua in their work with Pacific Indigenous peoples in reviving traditional knowledge of language, symbol, carving, and canoe-building. Activities included the production and exhibition of environmental awareness materials in the Pacific, participating in Pacific Voyages, and the development of HAKAMANA: an Indigenous Evaluation System.