Arts news |
15 May 2008
Creative New Zealand announces delegation to attend 10th Festival of Pacific Arts
Creative New Zealand has selected a combination of accomplished and emerging artists from within the Māori and New Zealand based Pacific communities to attend the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa in July 2008.
The delegation of 120 artists (including Whangara-mai-Tawhiti, the 2007 winners of Te Matatini the national kapa haka competition) will represent customary and contemporary arts from Aotearoa alongside the other 26 participating Pacific nations.
The festival is recognised as the premier event for enhancing regional relations and preservation of the Pacific's cultural heritage. Artists were invited to submit expressions of interest to participate in the delegation.
Chair of Te Waka Toi, the Māori arts board of Creative New Zealand, Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku says the delegation is a unique opportunity for artists to showcase their work, network with Pacific artists from different countries and represesent Aotearoa.
"For the Māori artists attending the Festival of Pacific Arts, this is an opportunity to represent the uniqueness of the indigenous culture of Aotearoa. It is a wonderful forum to engage with other peoples of the Pacific and represent our country with pride".
Pele Walker, Chair of the Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand concurred, "The chance to participate in the Aotearoa delegation attending the festival comes around only once every four years, so it is a very special opportunity for artists. For the Pacific artists, both those who have immigrated to New Zealand and those born here, the festival presents a chance to reconnect with their Pacific origins while representing new perspectives that are informed by living in New Zealand."
The artists attending the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa 20 July-2 August 2008 are:
VISUAL ARTS
- 1. Cynthia Kapene (Te Arawa) Ohope, Bay of Plenty
- 2. Natalie Couch (Ngāti Tuwharetoa) Auckland
- 3. Cerrisse Fiahau Palalagi
( Niue, Tuapa Te Arawa, Ngaiterangi) Auckland - 4. Filipe Tohi (Tonga) Auckland
- 5. Graham Fletcher (Samoa) Auckland
- 6. Loretta Moauli Young (Samoa) Auckland
- 7. Stone Maka (Tonga) Christchurch
CARVING
- 8. Netane Wiki Singh-Lagah
(Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Uenuku Kopako) Rotorua - 9. Whiu Waata ( Ngāpuhi) Kaikohe
- 10. Te Warihi Hetaraka (Ngāti Wai, Tainui, Ngāpuhi) Whangarei
- 11. James Rickard (Ngāti Koate, Ngāti Hinerupe) Rotorua
- 12. Johnny Penisula (Samoa) Invercargill
CERAMICS
- 13. Manos Nathan (Ngāpuhi) Dargaville
- 14. Colleen Urlich (Ngāpuhi) Dargaville
- 15. Carla Ruka (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Whatua) Auckland
TAONGA PUORO
- 16. James Webster (Ngāti Mahuta) Whitianga
- 17. Horomona Horo (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Taranaki) Rotorua
WEAVING
- 18. Henni Kerekere (Ngāti Oneone) Huntly
- 19. Jessica Paraone (Ngāpuhi) Rotorua
- 20. Troy Joshua Gardiner (Ngāti Kahungunu) Hawkes Bay
- 21. Misa Emma Kesha (Samoa) Dunedin
THEATRE
- 22. Taki Rua - Paolo Rotondo (Italian New Zealander)
- 23. Taki Rua - Rob Mokaraka (Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe)
- 24. Taki Rua - Maaka Pohatu (Ngai Tamanuhiri/ Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa)
- 25. Dianna Fuemana (American Samoa, Niue) Auckland
MULTIMEDIA
- 26. Julie Kipa (Ngaiterangi, Ngai Tuwhiwhia) Ohope, Bay of Plenty
- 27. Janet Lilo (Samoa, Niue, Ngāpuhi) Auckland
- 28. Tuafale Tanoai (Samoa) Auckland
FASHION
- 29. Suzanne Tamaki (Maniapoto, Hikairo, Tūhoe, Te Arawa) Otaki
STORYTELLING
- 30. Joanne Tito (Taranaki, Tūhourangi - Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāti Pikiao) Gisborne
- 31. Joe Harawira (Ngaiterangi, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto) Huntly
- 32. Robert Ruha (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) Auckland
MUSIC
- 33. Dam Native - Daniel Haimoana (Ngāti Kahunungu) Auckland
- 34. Toni Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) Wellington
- 35. Dr Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal
(Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tanatera, Ngāpuhi) Wellington - 36. Kura Te Ua (Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Te Whakatohea, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri)
- 37. Pacific Underground - Pos Mavaega (Samoan) Christchurch
- 38. Pacific Underground - Tanya Muagututi'a (Samoan) Christchurch
- 39. Pacific Underground - Andrew Sione (Samoan) Christchurch
- 40. King Kapisi - Bill Urale (Samoa) Auckland
- 41. Teaukura A Upu - Chuck Upu (Cook Islands) Auckland
- 42. Teremoana Rapley (Cook Islands) Auckland
FILM
- 43. Rawiri Paratene (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi) Auckland
- 44. Iosefa Enari (Samoa) Auckland
MOKO
- 45. Turumakina Duley (Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Ngaiterangi) Auckland
- 46. Mark Kopua (Ngāti Ira, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāti Porou) Tologa Bay
- 47. Derek Lardelli - Ngati Porou - Rongowhakaata, Ngati Kanohi (Ngai Te Riwai), Ngati Kaipoho (Ngai Te Aweawe).
KAPA HAKA
- Te Whangara Mai Tawhiti - 40 artists
For further information about the delegation see the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts artist's section on our website.
