Haerenga by noa hāmana (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Toa) explores Māori migration and its continuation in the 21st century. Waves of dispersal across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa brought interludes of radical cultural adaptation, generating ancestral stories that hold mana and connect tangata Māori to whakapapa.
Migration holds a paradox of possibility and loss, raising questions of choice, push and pull – echoed today in movement from Aotearoa to Australia. Rooted in colonial economic histories, these cross-colony pathways have long carried the weight of displacement. Haerenga returns to submerged dreams and forgotten stories, revealing culture as fluid, interconnected and continually redefined.