03 Mar 2020

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Aotearoa delegation to Hawaii for Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture 2020 announced by Creative New Zealand

A diverse and talented delegation of Māori and New Zealand-based contemporary Pasifika artists and rangatahi leaders will represent Aotearoa, alongside 27 other Pacific nations, at the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture in Hawai’i in June 2020.

Considered the premier arts and culture event for the Pacific region, this is a government-to-government invitation, with the Māori Committee of the Arts Council of Creative New Zealand responsible for the Aotearoa representation.

Twenty-eight Pacific nations were invited to attend, and the Arts Council extended an invitation to New Zealand-based contemporary Pasifika artists to present a voice of Aotearoa within Te Moana-nui-kiwa.

“We’re extremely pleased with the quality and range of emerging and established artists, selected from a deep, rich pool of applicants, to represent Aotearoa at the 2020 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture,” said Dean Whiting, co-head of the delegation and Chair of the Māori Committee. Dean and Arts Council Deputy Chair Caren Rangi will share the head of delegation role.

“Together with our Pasifika whanau we will showcase some of our country’s best Māori and Pacific art, supporting the vision of our Māori Arts Strategy, Te Hā o ngā Toi, to see ngā toi Māori everywhere, that is highly valued in Aotearoa as part of our distinct identity, and is recognised and admired globally. The festival provides a valuable opportunity to share and celebrate indigenous artistry and skills and for the artists to also develop networks throughout the Pacific for future collaborations,” Dean said.

In total, 27 projects representing 65 artists were selected for the Aotearoa delegation, and $125,241 awarded to support these projects. Creative New Zealand received 134 eligible applications, representing 362 artists.

Those selected represent a breadth of artforms ranging from customary Māori arts such as uku (clay artistry), taonga pūoro (traditional Māori musical instruments), tā moko (Māori tattoo), weaving and whakairo (carving), through to contemporary arts practices such as dance, music, visual arts, moving image and sculpture, spoken-word poetry and theatre.

The delegation also includes kaupapa waka (waka knowledge, including navigation) and representatives of Ngā Tūmanako, the 2019 winners of national kapa haka competition Te Matatini. The winners of Te Matatini in the year before the festival are invited to be a part of the Aotearoa delegation each festival.

In a first for the event, the 2020 festival will include Ka Hao Te Rangatahi, a youth leadership ambassador programme. Six rangatahi were selected for the programme from 43 eligible applications. Connected to the arts and already making a difference in their communities, they will explore, discuss and debate language, culture, art, environment, politics and society with other young leaders from around the Pacific.

The Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture takes place every four years, bringing together 3,000 delegates and other cultural practitioners from Pacific nations. New Zealand has sent a delegation to every festival since 1972. Creative New Zealand will pay for delegates’ travel, meals and per diems and provide some project funding.

The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture will take place in Hawai’i from 10 to 21 June 2020. The festival’s theme is “E Kū i Ka Hoe Uli; a e Kohi i Ka Pale Kai” Take Hold of the Steering Paddle; And Press it Against the Boat’s Side (Steer free; steer your own course).

More details on the Aotearoa delegation to come late 2019/early 2020.

Media enquiries to:

Tere Harrison
Senior Communications Adviser – Māori
M: +64-27-2576821 | DDI: +64 4 473 9738 | E: tere.harrison@creativenz.govt.nz

Aotearoa delegation - Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture 2020

Māori artists

Urban Contemporary Street Art (visual arts)

Janine and (Bud) Charles Williams

Ngā Kaihunga Uku: Nga Ahi Ki Roto - The Fires Within (uku – clay artistry)

Baye Riddell
Rhonda Halliday-Inglis
Carla Ruka
Noelle Jakeman

Iwikuamo‘o, The Backbone of the Night Sky from Hokupa'a to Māhutonga (visual arts)

Nikau Hindin

Tā Moko ki Hawai’i (tā moko - Māori tattoo)

Te Makarini Solomon
Anikaaro Harawira
Joni Brooking
Henare Brooking

Tawata Productions - Fire In The Water, Fire In The Sky (theatre)

Miria George
Te Hau Winitana
Mapihi Kelland
Amanda Noblett

Celebrate Atamira (dance)

Jack Gray
Bianca Hyslop
Nancy Wijohn
Sean MacDonald
Matiu Hamuera

E Hinemoana, e Tangaroa | Facing the Rising Tide (literature)

Nadine Hura

Pūrākau (taonga pūoro - traditional Māori musical instruments, karetao Māori - Māori puppetry)

James Webster
Hinemoa Jones
Hinewirangi Morgan

Toi Āmai: Papa (theatre)

Juanita Hepi
Tola Newbery
Scotty Cotter

Hina whakamau tai - Hina the tide controller (craft/object)

Moanaroa Zagrobelna
Neke Moa

Te Rehia: SolOthello (theatre)

Amber Curreen
Regan Taylor

Toi Whakaata - Into the light (visual arts)

Jasmine Horton
Vanessa Edwards
Samantha Farquhar

Sis/Tita ... Ngā Tuahine - working title (painting)

Natasha Keating
Bethany Edmunds

Ngā Puu Tapatoru (craft/object)

Rangi Kipa
Hera Johns
Matthew McIntyre Wilson

Ipukarea| Ihumātao (photography)

Qiane Matata-Sipu

Traditional weaving

Te Atiwei Ririnui

Christina Wirihana
Edna Pahewa

Multimedia work

Amber Bridgman

Kapa Haka

Ngā Tūmanako

Haumi E (Storytelling)
Te Kahureremoa Taumata
Khali Philip-Barbara
Te Kahupakea Rolleston 

Ka Hao Te Rangatahi (Youth Leadership Ambassador) Programme

Māori:

Sonny Ngatai
Stevie Davis-Tana
Maia Abraham

Pasifika:

Etanah Fuimaono-Lalau
Zechariah Soakai
Emily Muli

Pasifika Artists

Contemporary Tatau Practice (visual arts)

Tyla Ta'ufo'ou

Poetry readings from “The Goddess Muscle”

Karlo Mila-Schaaf

Fine Fatale: Geish/Tuiga Hawai'i (dance)

Mario Faumui
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
Valentino Maliko
Raukawa Tuhura
Petmal Petelo

Peruvian Slave Trade (Black Birding) in Tokelau 1800s (sculpture)

Jack Kirifi
Moses Viliamu

DA-KU SET: Nostalgia_Ultra (graphics)

Alex Aoki
Darelle Teau

E toa lou loto? Do you have the WARRIOR spirit? (poetry)

Daisy Lavea-Timo

Podcasting with D.A.N.C.E. art club (storytelling)

Ahilapalapa Rands
Tuafale Tanoa
Vaimaila Urale

Visual Arts 

Anton Carter

Photography 

Raymond Sagapolutele