Aotearoa artist delegation and Ka Hao Te Rangatahi youth ambassadors - Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture 2020 Closing date: 1 Mar 2019
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.
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. In addition, 6 rangatahi have been selected to participate in the Ka Hao Te Rangatahi (Youth Leadership Ambassador) Programme as part of the festival, from 43 eligible applications.
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Artist delegation
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 Hawaii (tā moko - Māori tattoo)
Derek Lardelli
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
Horomona Horo
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
Haumi E (storytelling)
Te Kahureremoa Taumata
Horomona Horo (also part of the Pūrākau work)
Khali Philip-Barbara
Te Kahupakea Rolleston
Ipukarea| Ihumātao (photography)
Qiane Matata-Sipu
Traditional weaving
Te Atiwei Ririnui
Christina Wirihana
Edna Pahewa
Multimedia work
Amber Bridgman
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
Daughter of a Housegirl (music)
Tere Rapley
Bill Urale
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'i
Vaimaila Urale
Ka Hao Te Rangatahi delegates (Youth Ambassador Leadership Programme)
A small delegation of Māori and Pasifika youth ambassadors will participate in the Youth Ambassador Leadership Programme at the festival.
Māori youth ambassadors
Sonny Ngatai
Stevie Davis-Tana
Maia Abraham
Pasifika youth ambassadors
Etanah Fuimaono-Lalau
Zechariah Soakai
Emily Muli
Kapa Haka
Ngā Tūmanako – 2019 winners of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival
Winners of Te Matatini the year before the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture are invited to be a part of the Aotearoa delegation.
Funding recipients