Name: KO AU TE AWA, KO TE AWA KO AU – I AM THE RIVER, THE RIVER IS ME | People + Water Series | NAF
Start: 2024-10-28T15:00:00+12:00
End: 2024-10-28T16:26:00+12:00
Location: The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū

$KO AU TE AWA, KO TE AWA KO AU \u2013 I AM THE RIVER, THE RIVER IS ME | People + Water Series | NAF$

Dive deeper into the relationship between tangata (people) and wai (water) with our mini documentary film festival; featuring Ko au te Awa, ko te Awa ko au – I Am The River, The River Is Me (Aotearoa, 2024).
The Whanganui River is the first river in the world to be recognised as a legal person, as a living adult indivisible being.
Māori river guardian Ned Tapa invites a First Nations Elder from Australia and his daughter, who are activists to saving their own dying river back home, on a five-day canoe trip down this sacred river. Both mirror and inspiration, the river unites all the travellers organically, where everyone has a voice to share stories of humour and light, and a space to heal from the darkness of the past, of enduring historical injustice.
Brought to you as part of the People + Water Series.
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Nelson Arts Festival
24 Oct – 3 Nov 2024
nelsonartsfestival.nz