Monday, November 30, 2026

2:20 PM - 4:20 PM

RHMZ03

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Co-Leads: * Mark Southcombe, Associate Professor, Wellington University School of Architecture. He leads Design and Research Studios in the Interior Architecture programme. * Giuseppe Piovaccari, Sardinian Italian Architect, Researcher and Exhibition Designer based in Milan. Speakers: * Anthony Muroni, President, Fondazione Mont'e Prama * Viviana Pinna, Archaeologist, Fondazione Mont'e Prama * Peter Adds, Professor, VUW Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies * Ana Sciascia, Director, Pataka Art + Museum * Ilaria Orri, Archaeologist, Fondazione Mont'e Prama The intention of the Mont’e Prama Giants: Stories in Ancient Stone exhibition project is to create relationships and discussions between our people and their places in the Pacific and Mediterranean. Sardinia has rich layering of ancient history that attests to its colonisation in waves over time. A Sardinian cultural renaissance is reclaiming its Nuragic heritage, including the Mont’e Prama Giants, alongside a reemergence of indigenous language and creative arts. This resonates with Aotearoa New Zealand, also colonised and experiencing a strengthening Māori indigenous cultural renaissance. Brief presentations from exhibition designers from Milan and Aotearoa New Zealand will set the scene for presentations from the President and Sardinian archaeologists, and a New Zealand archaeologist and museum director. This will lead to a facilitated panel discussion between presenters and the audience, touching on migration, cultural identities, recovery of cultural taonga, living and multiple histories, relationality, and connections between place and people.