Nu’u Newsletter: Issue three
Editor’s Note
Talofa lava!
Welcome to the third issue of Nu’u Newsletter.
I created this weekly publication with the intention of facilitating meaningful connections between Moana communities and creative opportunities for learning, collaboration and cultural nourishment. My hope is that Nu’u Newsletter draws you closer to the people, places and experiences that feed you. We eat better when we’re together.
Please email your Moana arts news to nuunewsletter@gmail.com.
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Alofa tele,
Dani Kionasina
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See
- Wellington Pasifika Festival, 12pm – 6pm, 8th of February, Waitangi Park, Wellington Waterfront
- Turumeke Harrington, Home Ground / Kororiwhatepō, continues through 25 January at Page Galleries in Pōneke.
- WHANAU EXHIBITION (Tracey Tawhiao) opening hours: WED to SAT 12pm - 6pm, 559 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland.
- Mana: Protest in Print
Feel the Mana of 1970s protest in print, in the new exhibition that spotlights the groundbreaking
newspaper that platformed Māori and Pacific voices across some of Aotearoa New Zealand's
most defining years in activism.
SAINSBURY HORROCKS GALLERY, LEVEL 2
Auckland Museum
- Tangata o le Moana: The story of Pacific people in New Zealand
Celebrate the culture and history of the Pacific. Tangata o le Moana tells the story of Pacific people, past and present.
LEVEL 4
Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa
Read
- Tatatau: Living in the Aftermath of a Tongan Cultural Apocalypse and Moving Towards a Decolonial Future by THIES AMELIA MORAN-VAIHO
- Māori Literature Teaching Resources for Senior Secondary Students
- Josiah Morgan’s response to Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu
New response online today, in which Josiah Morgan is pōhara on a haerenga with Michelle Rahurahu’s ‘Poorhara’ and its haerenga.
“Poorhara is a novel about being overloaded by the past and all the baggage you’ve accrued. In a very Māori way, it is also a novel in which the characters have to enter deeply into their accrued baggage in order to suss it all out.”
Listen
- Brown Town presents: WAVES, ŌTAUTAHI’S NEWEST AND WETTEST PARTY DEDICATED TO PUTTING THE HOTTEST TANGATA MOANA TALENT ON FOR AN ARVO OF RECKLESS ABANDON UNDER THE SUMMER SUN FEATURING KING KAPISI 🌊 POPPA JAX 🌊 SOUTHSIDE-T 🌊 AAKI, 26th of January
- Auckland Record Fair, 10am - 2.30pm, 8th of February, Freemans Bay Hall
Learn
- Filemu x MOANA FRESH Zine Workshop, Saturday 25th of January, 11am - 1pm, 64 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Aukilani
- ROUTINE MAGIC: DJ Course, 28th - 31st of January
- FIBRE FONO: SIVA DANCE CLASS, 6pm - 8pm, 20th of February, Te Puke ō Tara Community Centre
- Attend the Crescendo Open Day (10am - 2pm, 25th of January) to find out about the youth music programmes they are offering in 2025 (Te Puna Creative Hub, 8/14 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland 0612).
Work
- Window Gallery is seeking three new curators for 2025. Applications close at 5pm on the 24th of January.
- Dunedin Arts Festival is looking for a Volunteer Coordinator and a Social Media Coordinator. If you think that either of those sounds like you, then email them at info@dunedinartsfestival.co.nz for a chat.
- Speech New Zealand are on the search for a motivated, creative and collaborative Marketing Coordinator.
- Model casting for Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa March 2025 is now open!!
Submit
- Applications are open for the 2025 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship. The deadline for applications is the 31st of January.
- Window Gallery is now accepting proposals for 2025. Applications close at 5pm on the 14th of February.
- Basement Theatre’s Winter/Matariki season submissions are now open! Submissions for the Winter/Matariki Season close 9 Feb at 11.59pm.