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Kahurangiariki Smith interviewed by Radio New Zealand for MāoriGrl exhibition

The very talented Kahurangiariki Smith was interviewed by Te Manu Korihi reporter John Boynton from RNZ last week about her #debutsoloshow MāoriGrl!

“Kahurangiariki made the game over a year as part of an art project, and with a limited background in gaming and programming she found the process tough.

I just wanted to bring back this knowledge about atua wāhine like Hine-nui-te-pō – her in particular because she’s been kind of demonised over the years.

I’d love to expand on this story and expand more on mum’s thesis and the atua wāhine she mentions there.”

 

Click here to read the full article on the RNZ website! 

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