Uenukuterangihoka Jefferies

Uenukuterangihoka Jefferies (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a documentary filmmaker and scholar whose work is grounded in the revitalisation and protection of Māori cultural traditions. He is a PhD candidate in the School of Art and Design here at AUT. Uenukuterangihoka engages in practice-led research that intertwines Māori narrative traditions and filmmaking, known as He Tamaiti nā Tangaroa, He Ahuahu o Mataora: Documenting Puhoro. He employs the pūrākau methodology to explore the art of traditional Māori tattooing and seeks to reclaim and preserve this culturally significant art form and its associated rituals. Alongside his academic work, Uenukuterangihoka serves as Co-founder and Creative Manager at Aorewa Creative – an indigenous production studio – where he amplifies te reo Māori and kaupapa Māori through digital storytelling.

Ko Uenukuterangihoka tētahi kaihanga pakipūmeka/kiriata me tētahi tauira e tuitui ana i ngā kaupapa whakaū i te tikanga, whakamana i te reo Māori anō hoki mā roto mai i ngā mahi kiriata. He kaitono tohu kairangi ia i roto i Te Ara Auaha, tētahi o ngā manga auaha o Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau. He mea haere ngātahi ngā kōrero tuku iho me ngā mahi kaihanga kiriata e ai ki te rangakura matua a Uenukuterangihoka e kīia ana ko He Tamaiti nā Tangaroa, He Ahuahu o Mataora: Documenting Puhoro. Ka whakamahia e ia te pūrākau hei kawa o te kōrero ki te tūhura i te toi Māori, arā, te tā moko me te puhoro hei whare āhuru i ngā ritenga tawhito. I tua atu i āna mahi mātauranga, e hāpai ana a Uenukuterangihoka i te reo Māori me ngā kaupapa Māori mā tana kamupene a Aorewa Creative.