Ko te KUINI QONTROL he kaupapa ipurangi i whakaritea e ngā kaiwhakahaere toi, e aro ana ki ngā iwi taketake. E tirohia ana te tuhinga, te toi me te oro hei patu tōrangapū i Aotearoa me te Pākīpika ki te Tonga, e whakahaerehia ana ngā tari i te wāhi hapori me te whare toi, ko WHEKE FORTRESS i Onehunga Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Ko tēnei blog e whakahirahira ana i ngā kōrero o: mana wāhine (ā mātou wāhine rautaki), ā mātou whānau LGBTQI me takataapui hoki, te auahatanga taketake i te ao, ngā hītori huna mai i tō mātou wāhanga ngaro o Ōceania, tō mātou whatunga whanaungatanga puta noa i te ao, me ngā kaihanga toi pātea katoa e hanga ana ki te patu i ngā tikanga tawhito i te wā e whakatūria ana ngā turanga mō te mea pono e hiahia ana mātou ki te noho.
KUINI QONTROL is an indigenous focused, independent, artist-run online project and creative agency. Exploring writing, art and sound as political weapons of choice in Aotearoa and the South Pacific, it’s headquarters are run from the community space and art studio WHEKE FORTRESS in Onehunga Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (AK, NZ).
This blog prioritises the narratives of: mana wāhine (our radical women), our LGBTQI/gender-fluid fam, indigenous creativity worldwide, hidden gentrified histories from our wavy quadrant Oceania, our kindred network across the globe struggling for sovereignty and all underground creatives creating to overthrow the old paradigms while laying the foundations for the reality we want to live in.
Blog edited and founded by Coco Solid (Ngāpuhi/Samoa)
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Ko te KUINI QONTROL he kaupapa ipurangi i whakaritea e ngā kaiwhakahaere toi, e aro ana ki ngā iwi taketake. E tirohia ana te tuhinga, te toi me te oro hei patu tōrangapū i Aotearoa me te Pākīpika ki te Tonga, e whakahaerehia ana ngā tari i te wāhi hapori me te whare toi, ko WHEKE FORTRESS i Onehunga Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Ko tēnei blog e whakahirahira ana i ngā kōrero o: mana wāhine (ā mātou wāhine rautaki), ā mātou whānau LGBTQI me takataapui hoki, te auahatanga taketake i te ao, ngā hītori huna mai i tō mātou wāhanga ngaro o Ōceania, tō mātou whatunga whanaungatanga puta noa i te ao, me ngā kaihanga toi pātea katoa e hanga ana ki te patu i ngā tikanga tawhito i te wā e whakatūria ana ngā turanga mō te mea pono e hiahia ana mātou ki te noho.
KUINI QONTROL is an indigenous focused, independent, artist-run online project and creative agency. Exploring writing, art and sound as political weapons of choice in Aotearoa and the South Pacific, it’s headquarters are run from the community space and art studio WHEKE FORTRESS in Onehunga Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (AK, NZ).
This blog prioritises the narratives of: mana wāhine (our radical women), our LGBTQI/gender-fluid fam, indigenous creativity worldwide, hidden gentrified histories from our wavy quadrant Oceania, our kindred network across the globe struggling for sovereignty and all underground creatives creating to overthrow the old paradigms while laying the foundations for the reality we want to live in.
Blog edited and founded by Coco Solid (Ngāpuhi/Samoa)
Kuini Qontrol illustration by Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho (Tūhoe/Ngāti Porou/Rongowhakaata/Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi/Ngāti Kahungungu)