A collaborative project carried out as part of Commonground Festival 2017:Groundwater. Feb 25- Mar 4, 2017

‘Waterways precede and sustain our existence in the present.’

JOHANNA MECHEN, ANGELA KILFORD AND ALIYAH WINTER

Walks and a screening around Waiwhetu that explored how water can be valued in different ways. Connecting two different bodies of water (the stream and aquifer), water aging and whakapapa, the project involved Te Atiawa o Waiwhetu, local community and GNS Science. Voiceover and script: Teri Puketapu.

For more information visit: http://commongroundfestival.org.nz/portfolio/wairua-wai-rua/

or listen here: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201831132/water-art-at-common-ground-festival

Photographs by Dionne Ward