whareNOW

whareNOW was formed as a partnership between British based Maori & Polynesian Community and University College London (UCL).  Its aim was to develop shared community research objectives that nurture, investigate, and document the developing relationships between Hinemihi and her people. This attempted to transcend Hinemihi’s physical isolation at Clandon Park, to ensure Hinemihi is incorporated more fully into the life of her people in New Zealand and her community in Britain. The structure of whareNOW reflected the priorities that were identified through a dialogue between the people connected to Hinemihi. “It is a part of sitting down and talking with the people and seeing what they want in the first place” (James Schuster 2010).