Piripi waretini biography of michael

Please join us on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 5pm EDT for a talk with Piripi Kingi Waretini and Simon C. Leeming.

Please register in advance for this lecture here.

This webinar session introduces some key aspects of Māori art and philosophy by artist, teacher, translator, and actor Piripi Kingi Waretini, a member of the Waikato Maniapoto Māori tribal confederation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Waretini will illustrate various ways of what “being Māori” means, as part of an “old and new world” and participating in consciousness-identifying relationships to each other and our environment, Te ira tangata, te rangi me te whenua.

Simon C. Leeming, a New Zealand lawyer involved in Māori culture and histories, will introduce Waretini.

Piripi Kingi Waretini (Waikato Maniapoto tribal confederation)  is a certified translator with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) whose translation w