Theme & Programme

Theme

The conference theme is derived from the Māori proverb, ‘Kei muri i te awe kāpara he tangata kē’.  The literal translation of the proverb is, ‘Behind the tattooed face a stranger stands’.  For the purposes of this conference we have interpreted this to become, ‘Seeking understandings beyond first impressions’ and then one step further again, to become, ‘Recognising, engaging, understanding difference’.

The moko design work was created to represent this proverb by Māori moko (tattoo) artist, Tūrumakina Duleyz.

For fuller discussion on the Theme please see the next section entitled Explanation and Key Questions.

Programme

A detailed daily Programme of sessions will be confirmed at a later date once all Abstracts have been received and processed.

However, the traditional Māori welcome will take place at 1pm on Sunday 6th June 2010 at Waipapa Marae, The University of Auckland. The day will conclude by 8.30pm after a meal and opening presentations.

Plenary and parallel sessions will commence by 8.30am at the earliest, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They will conclude by 6.00pm at the latest on Monday and Tuesday and after lunch on the Wednesday.

There may be a cultural event on Monday evening. The conference dinner will be held on Tuesday evening.