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Assembling
Monday, October 26th
Te Wānanga o Hina | Lunar Assembly at Space Place, Pōneke / Wellington
Te Wānanga o Hina | Lunar Assembly at Space Place, Pōneke / Wellington
Late October, before the elections, we will be meeting on protections for the moon in-person in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington scheduled for September 2026.
These gatherings are guided by Hina, as a friend and support in times of grief, transformation and renewal.
The Hina Wānanga brings together Māori, Moana Oceania and Pākehā knowledge holders, scientists, policy-makers, and space industry partners. The work builds on Aotearoa’s legal innovation in recognising the personhood of natural entities and the guardianship of communities.
These gatherings are guided by Hina, as a friend and support in times of grief, transformation and renewal.
The Hina Wānanga brings together Māori, Moana Oceania and Pākehā knowledge holders, scientists, policy-makers, and space industry partners. The work builds on Aotearoa’s legal innovation in recognising the personhood of natural entities and the guardianship of communities.
Why we gather?
Hina Wānanga is an invitation to come together in whakawhanaungatanga: a gathering for dialogue and growing relationships of collective care, to learn together how communities can act in solidarity across different movements for Land, peoples and justice.
As space activities expand on the Māhia Peninsula and lunar missions accelerate worldwide, we gather to explore how the Pacific can guide space futures grounded in kaitiakitanga and relational ethics. Following a presentation on Perspectives on the Rights of the Moon from Oceania for the International Astronautical Congress in 2024, the wānanga invites collaboration toward a long-term Pacific network of practitioners, artists and researchers for the protection of the lunar environment and wider celestial relations.
The project is imagined as a space to learn about, and work towards, lunar futures, in creativity and in relationship, deeply considering protections for the Moon and for the whenua of Aotearoa amidst increased space missions and developing space industry.
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Hina Wānanga is an invitation to come together in whakawhanaungatanga: a gathering for dialogue and growing relationships of collective care, to learn together how communities can act in solidarity across different movements for Land, peoples and justice.
As space activities expand on the Māhia Peninsula and lunar missions accelerate worldwide, we gather to explore how the Pacific can guide space futures grounded in kaitiakitanga and relational ethics. Following a presentation on Perspectives on the Rights of the Moon from Oceania for the International Astronautical Congress in 2024, the wānanga invites collaboration toward a long-term Pacific network of practitioners, artists and researchers for the protection of the lunar environment and wider celestial relations.
The project is imagined as a space to learn about, and work towards, lunar futures, in creativity and in relationship, deeply considering protections for the Moon and for the whenua of Aotearoa amidst increased space missions and developing space industry.
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