Te Whakairo is a short film by Elanti Media that documents the journey that James York (Ngāi Tahu / Ngāpuhi) and Poutama Hetaraka (Ngātiwai / Ngāi Tahu) took to carve and install a whakairo at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica.

Their whakairo gives form to a conversation about the importance of Antarctic science and research to understand and respond to climate change and the common values of mātauranga Māori and science to understand the complexity of the global ecosystem – of which humanity is just one part.

The film will screen here at 1pm Monday July 27 as part of the seminar series and will be publicly available afterwards.

If you would like to participate in the seminar series, wānanga and survey, please register here.