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Narrative as Rongoā: Indigenous Women's Storytelling and Its Role in Healing Intergenerational Trauma

Monday, October 21, 2024
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM
Room 1

Overview

Qiane Matata-Sipu, Founder, Director, QIANE+co, NUKU


Speaker

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Qiane Matata-Sipu
Founder & Director
QIANE+co, NUKU

Narrative as Rongoā: Indigenous Women's Storytelling and Its Role in Healing Intergenerational Trauma

Abstract

The independent NUKU movement has led with the experiences of Indigenous women at its forefront. Amplifying the diverse Indigenous voice, the multi-media social enterprise spent three years collecting 100 women’s stories of reclamation, revitalisation, lived experience, inter-generational wisdom, success, overcoming, critical cultural and women’s knowledge and, self-discovery. Exemplifying resilience, empowerment and a deep connection to Indigenous knowledge and practice, the voices collected through NUKU became a source of healing for thousands of others. Those seeking their own cultural connection and identity, those navigating trauma, mothers, grandmothers, women cultivating their strengths and striving for meaningful change within their own lives and, further influencing the generations around them. This inspired the recent year-long research kaupapa led by Qiane Matata-Sipu (supported by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment - MBIE) to seek deeper understanding on how the narratives of our Indigenous women are rongoā (healing, medicine), and, what elements need to be present to ensure safety in story sovereignty to enable the healing to manifest across generations. Through this work Qiane and her team have analysed the 100 Indigenous voices, conducted wānanga across Aotearoa and using an Indigenous storywork approach, seek to develop a rongoā framework to support Intergenerational systems transformation and change for Indigenous women of Aotearoa.

Biography

I live in Auckland, NZ and was born and raised in the coolest multi-cultural, village-metropolis of Māngere. For 11 years I have worked across media, photography and communications. I'm pretty damn good at it, too. I write, from magazine features, to copy and profiles for businesses and organisations. And, I am a photographer. I work with phenomenal brands, amazing couples and families, wonderful organisations and, leading publications. I do it all with an honest documentary and storytelling style to my craft.I’m a wife, a māma, an artist and, a passionate social activist. My life experiences have given me a special set of diverse skills, making me perfect for almost any project you are working on. For me, I’m all about the people. People are wonderful, intriguing, crazy and unique and, have the coolest stories. People can change the world, and that excites me. Naturally inquisitive, and a sucker for good conversation over great food, I love to meet, write about and, photograph people and the things they live for.
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