This is the first time Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust in Auckland has collaborated with a gallery in Australia for a shared exhibition.
On view from November 15 – December 1, 2019, the exhibition Tautai x Black Dot will showcase cutting edge works by nine Oceanic artists, four that currently practice in Aotearoa New Zealand and five Oceanic artists based in Australia. Read More

Written byOscar Kightley and Simon SmallDirected byTanya Muagututi’aCharles isn’t just arriving into New Zealand – he’s arriving into another life. But READ MORE >

Video Credit: Tagata Pasifika  Written in dramatic prose and verse by Tautai director Courtney Sina Meredith and stunningly illustrated in graphic READ MORE >

First Fridays is about sharing knowledge and bringing the community together. It is a FREE event series that invites the Oceanic arts community to come together once a month, with creative presentations and performances. Read More

Over winter, Tautai will host three workshops with the purpose of developing together as artists and as a community.The series READ MORE >

Over winter, Tautai will host three workshops with the purpose of developing together as artists and as a community.The series READ MORE >

For one evening only, join Tautai for a performance art showcase curated by Katharine Atafu-Mayo. Tautai, 300 K’Road, Level 1. Thu 17 Oct, 6pm–7pmRead More

In association with Tautai, Adam Art Gallery is pleased to host First Fridays July.
These monthly events showcase Pasifika talent while creating opportunities for Pacific communities to come together through an evening of creative presentations and performances.Read More

First Fridays feature’s current New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh, Will ‘Ilolahia and a performance by the Black Friars. Hosted by Daren Kamali at the Central City Library, 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland.Read More

Offstage is Tautai’s annual moving image and live performance event. In its 9th iteration, Offstage continues to provide a space for experimentation, offering a night of edgy and thought-provoking niu work. Read More

First Fridays feature Tigilau Ness and Pauline Smith, presenting Dawn Raid stories, with a performance by Ufitia Sagapolutele. Hosted by Lana Lopesi and held at Artspace (Level 1, 300 Karangahape Road, Auckland). This is a pre-cursor to the upcoming Dawn Raid exhibition, at Fresh Gallery Otara.Read More

Tautai, in partnership with the Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin School of Art, are proud to announce that Jasmine Togo-Brisby is the successful artist for the 2019 Dunedin School of Art – Artist in Residence.Read More

First Fridays (FF) is a niu event series that invites the Oceanic arts community to come together once a month for talanoa and inspiration. Read More

Artists Siliga David Setoga and Jasmine Togo-Brisby with John Akomfrah, Fernando Arias, Regina José Galindo, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Runo Lagomarsino, Sarah READ MORE >

From the Shore considers the influence of Māori filmmakers Barry Barclay and Merata Mita on a current generation of artists READ MORE >

Artists Salome Tanuvasa and Quishile Charan have created an exhibition that upholds stories of Pacific female resilience. In this way READ MORE >

“The Future is Death explores our place as migrant people in a colonised land,” says curator Leilani A Sio aka Panda. “It asks, as manuhiri in Aotearoa, to consider our role and responsibilities, to write our own future. The Future is Death presents work by five emerging Pasefika artists that reimagines a new existence for their people, to reveal their images of what will follow.”Read More

Hau pervades the whole body yet is not located in any particular part of the body. Read More

And Then What? explores political agency in art and how colonialism shapes identity. The Tautai exhibition is curated by leading artist Rosanna Raymond and features works by eleven Auckland and Wellington tertiary students.Read More

12 June – 11 July
Milford Galleries
DunedinRead More

31 May 2018 – 15 Jul 2018
Corban Estate Arts Centre
AucklandRead More

1 June – 15 July
The Corban Estate Arts Centre 
AucklandRead More

2 June – 23 June
Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

May 8
The 312 HUB
Onehunga, AucklandRead More

10 May – 2 June 2018
Enjoy Public Art Gallery
WellingtonRead More

1 May – 2 June 2018
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
AuklandRead More

28 May – 17 June
White Space
AucklandRead More

8 May – 2 June
Circa Theatre
WellingtonRead More

5 May
Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

18 May – 27 May
Te Tuhi Offsite (Silo 6, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland)
AucklandRead More

7 April  –  15 April
Centrepoint Theatre
Palmerston NorthRead More

20 April – 28 April
Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

5 April – 14 April
Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

19 Apr 2018 – 1 Jun 2018
St Paul Street Gallery
Auckland Read More

Apr 21 – May 26
Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

11 April
The Trusts Arena
HendersonRead More

19 April 2018 – 1 June 2018
ST PAUL St Gallery
AucklandRead More

7 April
Te Oro
AucklandRead More

Saturday 14 April 2018
Te Tuhi
PakurangaRead More

24 March – 28 April
Papakura Art Gallery
AucklandRead More

Tuesday 13th March
Stark White
AucklandRead More

19 March – 21 April 2018
Fresh Gallery
OtaraRead More

14 March – 17 March
Manukau Sport Bowl
ManukauRead More

17 – 18 March
Te Papa
WellingtonRead More

Saturday 17 March – 14 April
Blue Oyster Art Project Space
DunedinRead More

23 – 24 MarchMangere Art CentreAuckland A ground-breaking live performance led by music and sound producer Anonymouz, 4 THA LUMANA’I finds READ MORE >

3 March
Gus Fisher Gallery
AucklandRead More

 Whānui is a celebration of Tāmaki Makaurau and our creative neighbourhoods.   For 2018 the Whānui theme is creative intergenerational conversations: where READ MORE >

“you kids should only experience this for a moment – don’t be here for life like me”
10 March – 22 July
Te TuhiRead More

17 March – 24 March
Mangere Arts Centre
MangereRead More

March 1 – April 7
Verge Gallery
SydneyRead More

10 March – 14 April
Mangere Arts Centre
MangereRead More

9 March – 18 March
Auckland Arts Festival
Loft Q Theatre
AucklandRead More

8 March – 14 March
Mangere Arts Centre
MangereRead More

7 March – 11 March
Hannah Playhouse
WellingtonRead More

23 Feb – 4 March
New Zealand Festival
WellingtonRead More

7 February – 3 March
Tim Melville Gallery
AucklandRead More

2 March – 28 April
Gus Fisher Gallery
AucklandRead More

3 March – 9 September
Southland Musuem & Art Gallery
InvercargillRead More

8 March – 12 March
Rangatira Q Theatre
AucklandRead More

28 February – 4 March
Hannah Playhouse
WellingtonRead More

4 February
Academy Cinemas
AucklandRead More

27 February 4:30pm
Te Marae, Te Papa
WellingtonRead More

2 February – 31 August
MIT Manukau Campus
ManukauRead More

4 January – 14th January
Waitaia Nursery
CoromandelRead More

25 January – 28 January
Nathan Homestead Gallery
ManurewaRead More

21 February – 15 April
Adam Art Gallery
WellingtonRead More

17 February – 2 March
Nathan Homestead Gallery
ManurewaRead More

30 January – 24 February
Melanie Rogers Gallery
AucklandRead More

20 January (12pm – 6pm)
Wellington Pasifika Festival
Odlins Plaza, Cable StreetRead More

21 – 23 February 2018
Te Papa
WellingtonRead More

15 December, 2017 – 11 February, 2018
Opening Thursday 14 December, 6-8pm
Corban Estate Arts Centre
AucklandRead More

28 October 2017 – 28 October 2018
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
ChristchurchRead More

12 December, 5:30 – 8pm
Tautai
AucklandRead More

2 December, 3pm – 8pm
Faculty of Creative Arts, Manukau Institute of Technology
AucklandRead More

8 December 2017 – 19 January 2018
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
AucklandRead More

15 December, 5:30pm

Strange Haven

AucklandRead More

8 December – 5 June
MTG Hawke’s Bay
GisborneRead More

9 December, 4pm
Objectspace
AucklandRead More

7 – 9 December
Pātaka Art & Museum
PoriruaRead More

12 December – 11 February
Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
Auckland
Read More

23 November – 10 December
Blak Dot
MelbourneRead More

8 December – 18 February
Objectspace
AucklandRead More

30 November – 3 December
Elam studios, George Fraser Gallery
AucklandRead More

Saturday 25 November 11am – 4pm
Whitecliffe
Parnell
AucklandRead More

Preview: Friday 24 November at 5.30pm
On view 25 November – 24 December
Physics Room
ChristchurchRead More

23 – 26 November
Unitec
AucklandRead More

Thursday 23 November, 5:30pm
UNITEC
Mt Albert
AucklandRead More

Thursday 23 November, 5 – 8pm
The Golden Dawn
AucklandRead More

Saturday 18 November, 1pm

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery

AucklandRead More

29 November – 1 December
Playhouse Theatre
Glen Eden
AucklandRead More

21 November – 16 December
The Diversion Gallery
Picton Read More

Saturday 18 November, 2:30pm
Malcolm Smith Gallery
Uxbridge Arts and Culture
HowickRead More

8 December 2017 – May 2018
MTG Hawke’s Bay Tai Ahuriri
Hawke’s BayRead More

3 November – 9 December 2017
Nathan Homestead
Auckland SouthRead More

Saturday 2 December, 3pm-5pm
Time Out Bookstore
Mt Eden
AucklandRead More

24 – 25 November 2017, 7.30pm
Te Oro
Glen InnesRead More

21 November – 25 November 2017
Basement Theatre
Auckland CentralRead More

17 November – 17 December 2017
Carriageworks
NSW, AustraliaRead More

15 November – 2 December 2017
Warwick Henderson Gallery
NewmarketRead More

11 November 2017 – 20 January 2018
Mangere Arts Centre
Auckland SouthRead More

11 November 2017 – 14 January 2018
Shepparton Art Museum
VIC, AustraliaRead More

Thursday 9 November 2017 6pm – 7pm
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

6 November – 2 December 2017
Malcolm Smith Gallery
Uxbridge Arts and Culture
HowickRead More

Saturday 4 November 2017, 4 – 5.30pm
Te Oro
East AucklandRead More

Pollywood Pasifika Film
Sat 4 November & Sat 18 November 2017
Mangere Arts Centre & Auckland Art GalleryRead More

3 November – 10 December 2017
Flaxmere Community Centre
FlaxmereRead More

31 October – 11 November
Basement Theatre
Central AucklandRead More

27 October – 31 October 2017
Kelston Girls’ College
West Auckland Read More

27 October – 10 December
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Henderson
AucklandRead More

26 October – 2 December 2017
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
Auckland SouthRead More

21 October – 18 November 2017
The Arts Centre – Christchurch
ChristchurchRead More

21 October – 25 November 2017
Papakura Art Gallery
Auckland SouthRead More

20 October – 29 October 2017
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
TaurangaRead More

18 October – 21 October 2017
Q Theatre
Central Auckland Read More

13 October – 21 October 2017
Auckland Central Library
Auckland CentralRead More

12 October – 30 November 2017
FHE Galleries
Central AucklandRead More

The Peter Turner Memorial Lecture
Wed 11 October, 6.30pm
Te Papa Tongarewa
WellingtonRead More

9 October -14 October 2017
Somervell Presbyterian Church
Remuera
East AucklandRead More

9 October – 30 November 2017
Bergman Gallery
Rarotonga, Cook IslandsRead More

7 October – 15 October 2017
Various locations
AucklandRead More

7 October – 15 October 2017
Artweek
Central Auckland Read More

7 October – 21 October 2017
Karanga Ink
Central AucklandRead More

5 October – 27 October 2017
Anna Miles Gallery
Central AucklandRead More

30 September 2017, 5.30pm
Artspace
Central AucklandRead More

27 September – 27 October 2017
Geoff Wilson Gallery
WhangareiRead More

20 September – 30 September 2017
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
WellingtonRead More

21 September
Galerie103
Honolulu, HawaiiRead More

21 September – 15 October 2017
Martin Browne Contemporary
SydneyRead More

18 September – 4 October
Northart
North AucklandRead More

14 September – 1 October 2017
Blak Dot Gallery
Melbourne Read More

8 September – 26 November 2017
Toi Moroki Centre of Contemporary Art
ChristchurchRead More

8 September – 14 October 2017
Artspace
Central AucklandRead More

8 September – 22 October
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

5 September – 12 November 2017
The Pah Homestead
Auckland Central Read More

8 September – 22 October 2017
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

2 September – 19 November 2017
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
West AucklandRead More

1 September- 13 October 2017
Old Government House
AucklandRead More

1 September – 29 October 2017
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
HamiltonRead More

30 August – 23 September 2017
Blue Oyster Art Project Space
DunedinRead More

28 August – 26 November 2017
Whangarei Art Museum – Te Manawa Toi
WhangareiRead More

26 August – 19 November 2017
City Gallery Wellington
WellingtonRead More

26 August – 3 December 2017
Waikato Museum
HamiltonRead More

26 August, 7pm – 9pm
Hollywood Cinemas
AvondaleRead More

21 August – 15 September 2017
PG Gallery 192
ChristchurchRead More

23 – 27 August 2017
AvondaleRead More

Sat 19 August, 11am – 12pm
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

21 – 25 August 2017
ILT Stadium Southland
InvercargillRead More

15 – 19 August, 8pm
Basement Theatre
Central AucklandRead More

16, 23 & 30 August, 6 & 13 September 2017
Tautai office
Central AucklandRead More

19 August – 9 September 2017
RM Gallery
Central AucklandRead More

12 August – 19 November 2017
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington
Read More

4 August – 2 September 2017
Artspace
Central AucklandRead More

5 August 2017, 3pm
Tautai Offices
Central AucklandRead More

8 August – 9 September 2017
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
Auckland SouthRead More

4 August 2017 – 8 September 2017
ST Paul St Gallery
Auckland CentralRead More

1 August – 12 August 2017
Basement Theatre
Central AucklandRead More

1 August – 5 November 2017
The Ian Potter Museum of Art
MelbourneRead More

20 July – 10 August 2017
Studio One Toi TÅ«
Central Auckland Read More

31 July – 19 August 2017
Lime Espresso Bar & Eatery
ŌtāhuhuRead More

29 July – 1 October 2017
Te Uru Waitakare Contemporary Gallery
West Auckland Read More

Friday 14 July 2017, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
The Bowery Theatre,
MelbourneRead More

21 July – 3 September
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

29 July – 22 October 2017
Art Gallery of New South Wales
SydneyRead More

23 June – 10 December 2017
Tairawhiti Museum
GisborneRead More

12 July – 17 September 2017
Cairns Art Gallery
Cairns
Queensland, AustraliaRead More

11 July – 11 August 2017
In and around Central Dunedin
DunedinRead More

10-28 July 2017
Lime Espresso Bar & Eatery
ŌtāhuhuRead More

6 July 2017
Karangahape Road
Auckland CentralRead More

4 – 8 July 2017
Basement Theatre
Central AucklandRead More

4 July – 23 July 2017
Sanderson Contemporary Art
Auckland CentralRead More

29 June – 22 July 2017
Enjoy Gallery
WellingtonRead More

7pm Friday 30 June 2017
ST PAUL St Gallery
Central AucklandRead More

24 June – 20 August 2017
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
West AucklandRead More

24 June – 17 September 2017
Espace Solido
FranceRead More

23 June – 27 August 2017
Chisenhale Gallery
London E3 5QZRead More

21 June – 15 July 2017
Melanie Roger Gallery
Central AucklandRead More

17 June – 3 September
Hastings City Art Gallery
HastingsRead More

15 June – 22 June 2017
Little Island Press
AucklandRead More

15 June – 13 July 2017
Geoff Wilson Gallery
WhangareiRead More

15-24 June 2017
Mangere Arts Centre – Nga Tohu o Uenuku
Central AucklandRead More

13 June – 1 July 2017
Warwick Henderson Gallery
Newmarket, AucklandRead More

10 June – 20 August 2017
Centre of Contemporary Art
ChristchurchRead More

8 June – 21 June
ST PAUL St Gallery
Central AucklandRead More

8 June – 1 July 2017
OREXART
Central AucklandRead More

2 – 24 June 20-17
Kia Mau Festival 2017
WellingtonRead More

1 June – 20 June
Silo 6
Waterfront AucklandRead More

27 May – 2 June 2017
Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
Māngere
AucklandRead More

25 May – 15 June 2017
Studio One Toi TÅ«
Galleries One, Two, Three & Four
Central AucklandRead More

20 May – 13 August 2017
Pātaka Art and Museum
Porirua CityRead More

20 May – 13 August 2017
Pātaka Art and Museum
Porirua CityRead More

20 May — 15 Oct 2017
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
AucklandRead More

Saturday 3 June, 1pm to 7pm
Corban Estate Arts Centre
West AucklandRead More

The Gendered Lens
20 May – 14 Jun 2017
Milford Galleries DunedinRead More

15 May – 14 July 2017
Calder and Lawson Gallery
Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato
HamiltonRead More

19 May – 16 June 2017
Artspace
Auckland CentralRead More

17 May – 2 July 2017
In and around Central Dunedin
South IslandRead More

13 May 2017, 2pm
The Old Otahuhu Library
Otahuhu,
South AucklandRead More

13 May 2017 – 22 October 2017
Te Tuhi
Pakuranga,
East AucklandRead More

13 May – 26 November 2017
Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Giardini Marinaressa
Venice, ItalyRead More

10 May 2017, 9:30am — 4pm
Media Design School,
Central AucklandRead More

6 – 27 May 2017
OREXART Gallery
Central Auckland Read More

6 May – 9 July
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Art Gallery
West AucklandRead More

4 May – 12 May 2017
ST PAUL St Gallery Three
Central AucklandRead More

4 May – 12 May 2017
ST PAUL St Gallery Three
Auckland CentralRead More

2 May – 27 May 2017
Alcaston Gallery
11 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3065 AustraliaRead More

25 April – 14 May 2017
Whitespace
AucklandRead More

22 April 12pm – 4pm.
Corban Estate Arts Centre
AucklandRead More

14 April – 30 July 2017
The Dowse Art Museum, WellingtonRead More

Saturday 8 April 2017 11:00am – 6:00pm
Mangere Arts Centre – Nga Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

6 April, 2pm – 3.15pm
Campus Centre 307
University of Hawai’i at HiloRead More

31 March – 6 May 2017
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
Auckland SouthRead More

18 March – 3 September 2017
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Central AucklandRead More

15 – 25 March 2017

The Good, The Bad Gallery

Glen Innes,

AucklandRead More

10 March – 2 April 2017
Olly
Mt EdenRead More

14 March – 2 April 2017
Whitespace
Auckland CentralRead More

29 March – 1 April 2017

Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o UenukuRead More

18 March – 6 May 2017

Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o UenukuRead More

10 March – 10 April 2017
Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Waiheke IslandRead More

8 – 31 March 2017
ORA Gallery
51 7th Avenue, New York, NYRead More

8 March – 8 May 2017

Honolulu Biennial 2017

Honolulu, HawaiʻiRead More

8 March – 1 April
Blue Oyster Art Project Space
DunedinRead More

4 March – 1 April
ICL Building,
Level 7,
10 – 14 Lorne St,
Central AucklandRead More

10 March – 1 April 2017
Enjoy Gallery
WellingtonRead More

3 March – 23 July 2017
The Dowse Art Museum
Lower Hutt,WellingtonRead More

24 February – 31 March 2017
ST PAULS St Gallery
Auckland CentralRead More

24 February – 31 March 2017
ST PAUL St Gallery
AucklandRead More

17 February – 9 April 2017
25 February | Artists Talk
Corban Estate Arts Centre
AucklandRead More

17 Feb 2017, 8pm
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
111 Sturt Street, Southbank, VICRead More

16 February – 25 March 2017
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara,
Auckland SouthRead More

14 February – 12 March 2017
Whitespace
Auckland CentralRead More

28 January – 3 February 2017
Waiheke IslandRead More

27 January – 19 February 2017
Waiheke Island, Hauraki GulfRead More

21 January – 25 February 2017
Malcolm Smith Gallery
Auckland East.Read More

16 December – 12 February 2017
Corban Estate Art Centre
Henderson, Auckland West
Read More

18 November – 29 January 2017
Cairns Regional Gallery
North Queensland, AustraliaRead More

16 December – 12 February 2017
Corban Estate Art Centre
Henderson, Auckland WestRead More

13 December – 12 February 2017
Pah Homestead
AucklandRead More

2 December 2016 – 11 February 2017
Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara
Auckland SouthRead More

12 November – 19 March 2017
Te Tuhi
Auckland EastRead More

11 December 2016 – 15 January 2017
Māngere Arts Centre uckland- Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
AucklandRead More

17 – 26 November 2016
Tautai
Auckland CentralRead More

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally showcases works by young local artists and secondary school students on what Papakura means to them. Curator Amiria Puia Taylor, with tutors from Papakura High School, worked with young people to create works inspired by their social and cultural positioning within the Papakura area. Our Inherited Body features photographs, adornment pieces and filmed performances that demonstrate complex interactions between artist and object. “As makers and artists, we are interested in objects as recorders of accumulated history,” says Jasmine Te Hira.Read More

Art Sale for Phoenix curated by Pascal Atiga-Bridger is a fundraising event in support of Jason and Arna Suttie who are raising funds for the stem cell treatment of their little boy Phoenix who has cerebral palsy.Read More

The Tautai Fia Fia night will bring together the essential ingredients of a Fia Fia – Pacific culture, food, and entertainment – and celebrates Tautai’s Urbanesia programme. The night also gives our Pacific artists and central city community the chance to engage and connect with each other. The entertainment will showcase live art: film, tatau, dance, celebrating our unique Pacific identity and reflecting the vibrant neighbourhoods of K Road and Ponsonby Road. Read More

“The Changing Lanes project on the St Matthew-in-the-City site is an opportunity for people to enjoy and obtain artworks by contributing something to support people in need while also drawing attention to an important social issue,” Tiffany Singh says.Read More

Using woven silk ribbon with plastic mats, Serene Timoteo’s exhibition is a vibrant and hybrid take on traditional Pacific craft. The large scale and intricate hand woven pieces acknowledge the work of her grandparents in planting a beautiful garden for her family and also a beautiful life here in Auckland.Read More

On show for the exhibition Reading Middens, Tracing Lines new paintings, prints and bronze sculpture works that elevate objects such as shell and our native trees, metaphors for narrating as witnesses to past times and events and are the connection to the iwi of Te Motu Arairoa.Read More

Blak Dot Gallery presents ‘Fifty Shades of Blak’ as part of this years 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival, an exhibition exploring the voices of First Nations women from across Australia and the world. Read More

Kenneth Merrick’s practice forms a basis for broad enquiry into eclectic ideas across a range of media and methods. His latest exhibition, FLWS & AFCT extends from an evolving interest in archetypal imagery, hypothetical spaces, pattern and form.Read More

Benjamin Work has developed a bold visual language that relates to historic events and symbolism specific to Oceania. Cross-cultural encounters between European explorers in Tonga and the lasting effect of trade and exchange are examined in this exhibition. Read More

Contemporary artefacts by Chris Charteris is a collection of sculptural and adornment pieces that resonate with the old world and the new. Charteris draws on his own diverse ancestry to reflect on the interconnected nature of cultural forms in a time of increasing globalisation.Read More

A World View: The Tim Fairfax Gift celebrates a decade of artworks acquired through the support of a single generous benefactor. Including work from Yuki Kihara.Read More

Ioane Ioane’s journey of revitalisation began with a six thousand kilometre ride across the Pacific ocean to Guam on the Royal READ MORE >

INFLUX brings together diverse artworks that collectively push and pull our understanding of the Pacific from a perspective that is much larger than Aotearoa New Zealand. The Tautai exhibition of tertiary students’ work opens at Auckland’s ST PAUL St Gallery, AUT on 23 September – 28 October 2016 and at Wellington’s PATAKA Art + Museum 20 May-13 August 2017.Read More

Gina Cole’s debut book of short stories Black Ice Matter, will be officially launched by Selina Tusitala Marsh, who described READ MORE >

This year in it’s seventh iteration OFFSTAGE7 returns to Artspace and features eight video works and three live performances which will take place on the opening night. The works showcase and offers the audience, a snapshot of the diverse scope of interests and concerns of Contemporary Pacific art practitioners including gender, representation, class and embodied knowledge.Read More

This survey exhibition has been selected by an expert panel of influential art figures – curators, writers, and artists. The artworks in Contemporary Christchurch are all linked to the city, and have been produced in the past three years. The exhibition captures a moment in time, demonstrating the vibrancy of the local community and exploring the city as a stimulating environment for creative people. Read More

“To fit into Western frameworks, we are still trying to either deflect entirely from a Pacific aesthetic or embrace an exoticised version of Pacificness . . . Lonely Island is an attempt to reclaim or birth some semblance of cultural identity lost to colonisation.” – Natasha Matila-SmithRead More

Left to right: Joel Amosa, Kalauni Pouvalu, Noah Filimoehalaa & Benson Wilson 2016 Lexus Song Quest Winner   We Invite READ MORE >

“Moana, a film of incomparable calm and beauty, is not a documentary in the strict sense, but it remains a document of great historical truth: Here is how Flaherty and the Western world preferred to imagine that tribal cultures lived… How much is an accurate depiction of these lives?”Read More

The Whau Pacific Festival 2016 is a celebration of our diverse Whau Community. Four days of free events happening around the Whau. Food, art, music and Celebrations between young and old. The Whau Pacific Festival 2016 is a celebration of our diverse Whau Community. Four days of free events happening around the Whau. Food, art, music and Celebrations between young and old. The Creative souls project is a small community arts projects who work with young creatives offering opportunities to use and develop their talents.Read More

“Tautai provides an important platform between tertiary studies and the arts sector,” Ane Tonga says. “It does this in a variety of ways, such as mentoring with senior artists and industry professionals, providing opportunities to curate and exhibit, and sharing its expansive networks across Aotearoa and further abroad.”Read More

Head along to Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery for a selection of free public programmes presented in association with Janet Lilo’s READ MORE >

Resample GuÃ¥han is a 20 and a half minute long soundscape composition by South Auckland Urban/ Pacific/ Avant Garde Music Producer ‘Anonymouz’ (Matthew Faiumu Salapu), created entirely out of audio samples recorded on location from the various natural environments and performance events taking place around Guam at the recent 12th Festival of the Pacific Arts Guam 2016 (Guam FestPac 2016).Read More

Lonnie Hutchinson (Ngāi Tahu/Kai Tahu, Samoan, Ngāti Kuri ki Ngāi Tahu) is a multi-media artist who works across a wide range of media including moving image, performance, painting, sculpture and installation. The discipline of drawing always lies at the foundation of her practice and for Light my fire at Ramp Gallery, Lonnie has created a new series of drawings on paper.Read More

Yours to tell is a group exhibition engaging the art of storytelling through sculpture, video, photography and installation. Artists, curators, READ MORE >

Writer, producer and director Mīria George is the first Cook Islands artist to receive the Fulbright- Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency at the University of Hawaii.Read More

The artists have been announced for the outdoor sculpture exhibition, Waiheke Island’s headland Sculpture on the Gulf…Read More

This is a simple show about shows and showing, showcasing art created since the beginning of the millennium by a range of artists in Aotearoa New Zealand. There are photographs, paintings and sculptures, small and big, pictures of and things that just are. Including Kenneth Merrick. Read More

As the Adam Art Gallery exhibition Inhabiting Space draws to a close they are pleased to announce the following events this READ MORE >

The Studio One group exhibition includes the work of our very own Siliga David Setoga, who continues to provoke with questions of identity, politics, religion and social issues that are a constant for our Pacific people.Read More

OFFSTAGE is our annual moving image and live performance event. The one night only event offers Pacific artists the opportunity to showcase new and experimental work. The year OFFSTAGE 7 will open 3 September 2016 and will be curated by Louisa Afoa. Read More

Entry in the Miles Art Awards, Tauranga Art Gallery’s fourth biennial prize and exhibition, is now open…Read More

The JAFA Poetry Slam Presents Grace Taylor is in conjunction with Merge Cafe and Lifewise. Grace Taylor is a poet. Co-founder of the RISING VOICES YOUTH POETRY MOVEMENT, published her first collection AFAKASI SPEAKS in 2013 and writer and performer of poetic theatre show MY OWN DARLING. Read More

BLONDE MAIDEN a solo exhibition by Pusi Vaele Urale…Read More

…one culture/way of thinking can instantly transition into another, hence the title ‘Heliaki | In between worlds’.Read More

Objectspace warmly invites you to the opening of two new exhibitions, Handshake 3 and Samundar and Haldi…Read More

Painting Programme or ‘Prog’ for short is a mixed media exhibition that marks the end of an era in New Zealand Art, and the beginning of another…Read More

Brian Fuata’s practice is in text, improvisation and performance contextualised by his theatre history…Read More

Tautai’s next Fresh Horizons workshops are being held on 13-15 July 2016, at the Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic…Read More

Renowned hip-hop artist Scribe features with his father John and brother Matthias in this stunning new play – the true story of their family, the Luafutus.Read More

The Miranda Farm Gallery now has a premises in Thames and they are opening with ‘Fatu Feu’u and Friends’… Read More

Dravuni: Sivia yani na Vunilagi – Beyond the Horizon explores cultural transmission in the digital age…Read More

Sheyne Tuffery is an expert printmaker who uses a range of art forms to facilitate his visions of Pacific urbanisation. READ MORE >

Glen Innes local Czarina Wilson has been a regular…Read More

As part of the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts the Resample GuÃ¥han…Read More

Benjamin Work’s exhibition of new work ‘For King and Country’ features 9 paintings guarded by mythical Tongan warriors…Read More

Money can’t buy you happiness. No wait – maybe it can.Read More

The hilarious White Face Crew present the award winning show La Vie Dans Une Marionette…Read More

…a new solo exhibition from Dr Richard Shortland-Cooper…Read More

The festival is New Zealand’s first contemporary Pacific dance festival of its type…Read More

This exhibition of new large-scale photographic works draws…Read More

Janet Lilo: Status Update runs at Te Uru from 28 May – 28 August 2016…Read More

…bold visual language that references historical narratives…Read More

Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand’s premier showcase for contemporary art…Read More

Politics of Sharing / On Collective Wisdom features new works by Lonnie Hutchinson, a new performance by Kalisolaite ‘Uhila…Read More

The Festival of the Pacific Arts is held every four years since 1972, and brings together artists and cultural practitioners from around the Pacific…Read More

Raymond Sagapolutele will be giving a free talk at Auckland Art Gallery…Read More

Michael and Awhitia Tavioni are an artist couple based in Rarotonga…Read More

Uniform: Exchange present pieces memory and activate community building…Read More

In May 2016 we celebrate the 10th Birthday of Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara…Read More

Artist and Curator Ane Tonga will discuss her exhibition Men are from Maama, Women are from Pulotu with Ron Brownson…Read More

Join Siapo Cinema 2016 in Wellington, for a festival of moving images by, for and about Pasifika people and communities here and abroad.Read More

THE HIVE HUMS WITH MANY MINDS, PART TWO is a Te Tuhi Offsite exhibition…Read More

By engaging with the historical notions of Frida Kahlo and her iconographic relationship to Catholic symbolism and the metaphysical world…Read More

Mafile’o offers us multi-faceted documentation of the Tongan King’s coronation both expanding our view and inviting us to reflect on the complexities of life in Tonga.Read More

Ane Tonga’s exhibition Men are from Maama, Women are from Pulotu examines nifo koula (gold teeth) as a cultural phenomenon.Read More

A group exhibition at Whitespace which is curated by Marlaina Key and includes the work of artists Kenneth Merrick and Christina Pataili’i. Read More

Curated by Ema Tavola and Tarisi Vunidilo. Artists include Margaret Aull, Torika Bolatagici, Donita Hulme, Joana Monolagi, Dulcie Stewart, Salote Tawale, Luisa Tora.
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The 12th Pacific Arts Association International Symposium 2016 will be hosted by Auckland Museum…

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A bed stacked with family koloa is at the centre of this installation that pays homage…Read More

TAUTAI | NAVIGATE showcases a cross-section of some of the artists whose work has contributed…
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3 March – 2 April. Bath Street Gallery, Auckland.
Claudia Jowitt. Claudia is one of the most exciting young contemporary painters in New Zealand. Claudia’s carefully realised paintings capture an exploratory creative process that she describes as simultaneously “unfolding and becoming”.
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2 March – 6 March. Q Theatre, Auckland.
Directed by Nina Nawalowalo. Marama is a powerful call from women of the Pacific – the voices of a vanishing world. The devastating effects of deforestation on their homelands and culture are brought startlingly to life.
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Yuki Kihara. Large format photographs and a life-size projection are displayed alongside rare archives…

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A one hour inspirational conversation with Whau the People…Read More

Mele is just your average Samoan Jehovah’s Witness – except she’s a lesbian. After she comes out and embarks on a quest for true love…Read More

Within Auckland’s urban Pacific vernacular exist a sub-genre of terms…Read More

The programme for the PÅ«tahi Festival 2016 is out now…Read More

Angela Tiatia’s Survey / Fā’aliga is the first solo exhibition in Māngere for this emerging video performance artist.
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Kelekele mo’ui (Giving Life) is a new performance work by artist-in-residence Kalisolaite ‘Uhila…Read More

Jeremy’s exhibition Queen Victoria opens Thursday 4 February…Read More

Certainly Very Merry is a creative, diverse, joyful cross-section of work by GLBT visual artists…Read More

10 December – 16 December. 17 Tory Street, Wellington.
Mishelle and Tanya Muagututi’a. Mishelle and Tanya record their peers from the creative world for the Camera Broke Series capturing a small part of the artists life what happens behind the scenes.
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Sucu Mate/Born Dead is Thompson’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.Read More

OLOA ORA dynamic show in dynamic locale… Read More

FA’AAFA is a solo performance by Pati Solomona Tyrell and The Sound of the Ocean…Read More

5 December – 26 December. Miranda Farm Gallery, Miranda.
Rainforest is a solo exhibition by Fatu Feu’u including paintings, prints and sculpture.
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WWI had an enormous impact on New Zealand’s relationships with the Pacific Islands.  ManAtua — which translates from Samoan as READ MORE >

Made of Snow is a group exhibition featuring a new site specific installation from Ani O’Neill.Read More

The Pacific Dance NZ Holiday programme is an arts workshop series for children and young people. Read More

She was brought up to serve her culture, respect her elders and don’t talk back. She is to love the mean teachers at school, clean, wash the clothes, make the umu…Read More

The Plaza engages local audiences in Papatoetoe and Silo Park to bring to light the unsung heroes of every day encounters – shopkeepers.Read More

5 December – 23 January. Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland.
Andy Leleisi’uao. These images reflect ongoing issues within our communities that we need to address. Issues of malignant ignorance; hurtful to our loved and unloved.
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4 December – 1 February. Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland.
Tiffany Singh. Enshrine, the latest meditative and multi-sensory installation by Tiffany Singh is influenced by the teachings of Anicca, or impermanence and the repeating cycle of life, death and rebirth.
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27 November – 24 February. Caboolture Regional Art Gallery.
Curated by Léuli Eshraghi. Artists include Torika Bolatagici, Kirsten Lyttle, Salote Tawale, Angela Tiatia, Chantal Fraser, James Tylor, Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Taloi Havini, Cecelia Kavara Verran, Latai Taumoepeau, Lisa Hilli, Steve Fieldsend, Eric Bridgeman.
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27 November – 24 February. Caboolture Regional Art Gallery.
Curated by Leanne Joy Lupele Clayton. Artists include Grace Vanilau and Fono McCarthy. This exhibition is by local residents from the Samoan community who participated in workshops organized by the MBRC Art Gallery Network.
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25 November. Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery.
Leilani is a poet, social commentator, Pacific historian and former New Zealand diplomat. In 2013 she was the Fulbright / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence at the University of Hawai’i in Mānoa.
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21 November – 10 April. QAGOMA, Australia.
Includes Nicolas Molé and Rosanna Raymond. The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8) is the only exhibition series of the 160 biennials and triennials currently staged to focus on the contemporary art of Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
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19 November – 10 December. Studio One Toi TÅ«, Auckland.
Ioane Ioane and Lalovai Peseta. Ioane Ioane and Samoan-based tatau artist Lalovai Peseta will collaborate through painting, drawing, tatau and carving, sharing the journey of two Samoan artists.
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Chris Charteris and Jeff Smith. Tungaru: The Kiribati Project is a collaboration between contemporary New Zealand artists, Chris Charteris and Jeff Smith. The show incorporates sculpture, photography and interactive video.
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14 November – 28 February. Waikato Museum, Hamilton.
Yuki Kihara. The exhibition Undressing the Pacific draws attention to the central role of dress in the art of Shigeyuki Kihara. Her performance and photographic works utilize dress as a key signifier of identity and reveal the body as a site of cultural inscription.
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13 November – 28 November. Various locations across Auckland.
Experience over 70 events across Tāmaki Makaurau with Auckland’s contemporary Pasifika arts and culture festival. For a full programme visit www.urbanesia.org.nz
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13 November – 10 January. Nathan Homestead, Manurewa.
Curated by Elisabeth Alani. Artists include Louisa Afoa, Clinton Hewett, TK Hards, Daphiney Owens and Daisy Tavilione. You’re Local is an exhibition by five artists who all have a personal connection with the place, Manurewa.
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11 November – 12 December. Enjoy Gallery.
Includes work from Dilohana Lekamage, Faith and Leafa Wilson and Single Brown Female. This exhibition contains eight pieces of work: three on display in the gallery, three onsite performative/participatory works, and two offsite participatory works.
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7 November – 16 January. Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland.
Robert George, Diana Gordon, Jasmine Te Hira and Kenneth Merrick. ‘Oceans made from Sand showcases four Pacific artists who explore themes of identity, culture, death and a sense of place in a contemporary context.
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6 November – 7 November. ASB Theatre, Auckland.
For 20 years the explosive and pioneering work of Black Grace has taken local and international audiences on an epic journey into the best of Pacific Contemporary dance. To mark this milestone, choreographer Neil Ieremia brings the large scale new work Siva.
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6 November – 25 January. Ashburton Gallery, Ashburton.
Curated by Nina Tonga. The Ashburton Art Gallery is delighted to present Tonga ‘i Onopooni: Tonga Contemporary an exhibition of work by thirteen Tongan New Zealand artists toured by Pataka.
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4 November – 6 November. Le Havre University, France.
The conference will coincide with “Pacifique(S) Contemporain” featuring thirteen Māori and Pacific artists across many spaces in Rouen and Le Havre. The exhibitions explore and reconsider relationships between Europe and the Pacific.
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4 November – 19 December. Le Havre and Rouen, France.
Janet Lilo, Ane Tonga, Jeremy Leatinu’u, Rosanna Raymond, Robert George, Greg Semu, Angela Tiatia and Michel Tuffery.
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4 November. Titirangi Theatre.
Hosted by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
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4 November – 28 November. Bath Street Gallery, Auckland.
Includes work from Jeremy Leatinu’u and Talia Smith. Without to Within is an exhibition of four lens-based artists, who investigate and recontextualise known exterior landscapes through their interactions, from both sides of the lens.
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2 November – 22 November. Northart Gallery, Northcote.
Fidalis Buehler, Penny Howard, Kenneth Merrick, Tui Gillies and Sulieti Burrows.
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31 October. Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku.
Choreographed by Peresetene Afato and Terry Faleono. A dance performance as a tribute to mankind’s response to war. The ever changing world repeats yesterday, today, tomorrow.
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31 October. TAPAC, Auckland.
Join FCC for a play reading of Wild Dogs Under my Skirt by Tusiata Avia.

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30 October – 5 November. Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara, Auckland.
Emily Mafile’o. This series of photographs ‘God and Tonga are my inheritance’ presents images of Tongan people taken during the occasion of the 2015 Coronation, the official crowning of the King Tupou VI, ‘Aho’eitu ‘Uniaki’otonga Tuku’aho Tupou.
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24 October – 5 December. Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland.
Louisa Afoa and Anita Jacobson. Local Sound consists of two artists who grew up in Papakura and still have strong connections to people and communities within it. The project will be an exploration of a local time and space and the cultural memory embedded therein.
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24 October – 5 December. Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland.
Artists include Rosanna Raymond and Molana Sutton; Siliga David Setoga and Sean Terra Hill; Mandy Flood and Troy Egan; Vaimaila Urale and Dorothy de Lautour; Julian Chote and artist Ben Birks; Robert George and Reina Sutton.
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22 October – 29 November. Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland.
Angela Tiatia. Reflecting on the consequence of out-sourcing production overseas, Angela has filmed factory working life here and in China capturing the people behind the anonymous low cost labour force. Read More

17 October – 18 October. Q Theatre, Auckland.
Thomas Fonua. Malaga is a dynamic new work featuring performers from Australian Dance Theatre. Tracing back to the 19th century when Samoan men, women and children toured Germany as part of “human zoos” or ‘Volkershau”.
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17 October – 22 November. Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland.
Benjamin Work. Benjamin’s new works reference the ancient semiotic language surrounding chiefly lines found within Tongan artefacts housed in institutes across Europe and mixes it with his own impulses in a contemporary context.
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17 October. Alleluya Bar and Cafe, Karangahape Road, Auckland.
The SaVAge K’lub. The SaVAge K’lub invites you to indulge in an afternoon of conviviality featuring a variety of artful and literary entertainments. Exotic tea will be brewed, sumptuous treats will served, be sure to bring your own regalia.
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17 October – 17 April. MTG Hawke’s Bay, Napier.
John Vea. The show will include existing sculptural and moving image works alongside a new performance piece based on interactions John has had with people in Hawke’s Bay. The underlying thread of the exhibition is the notion of Talanoa.
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16 October – 22 October. Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland.
Grace Taylor. Grace made her directorial debut last year with Skin for Auckland Theatre Company’s Youth Season and in My Own Darling she brings her heart and soul to the stage inviting audiences to join her on an intimate journey.
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15 October – 19 October. The Plantation, Auckland.
Ioana Gordon-Smith and Lana Lopesi. Localise is a temporary newspaper publication that will be produced for the Whau Arts Festival 2015, a weekend festival of music, visual art, theatre and performance.
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15 October – 18 October. The Plantation, Auckland.
The Whau Arts Festival is an epic-community-art extravaganza that is one of the highlights of Auckland’s annual creative calendar. This year’s line-up will include visual art, theatre, poetry, music, workshops and more.
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12 October – 28 October. Northart Gallery, Northcote.
Includes Dagmar Dyck. An exhibition by current and past art teachers and students of Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys High Schools.
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10 October – 18 October. Various locations across Auckland.
Artweek Auckland has been developed by the NZ Contemporary Art Trust. The aim of the event is to grow Auckland’s visual arts audience through discovery and discussion.
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6 October – 7 October. Q Theatre, Auckland.
Includes Katerina Fatupaito and Chris Ofanoa. Emerging choreographers take on contemporary dance, mixing traditional forms with aerial circus, interactive props and Pacific folklore.
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28 September – 19 November. Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland.
Tiffany Singh. Her site-specific installations deal with notions of ritual and sacredness. They are multi-sensory works with swarms of ribbons, flowers and bells. Her interdisciplinary artwork at Uxbridge brings together the diverse communities.
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28 September – 4 October. Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
The theme of this conference offers a myriad of investigations into the role/s art has played in the exchange of objects, peoples, technologies, and ideologies in the pre-historic, historic, or modern Pacific, not limited to ‘physical’ exchanges.

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26 September – 26 October. The Vivian, Matakana.
Includes Chris Charteris.
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18 September – 19 September. Nathan Homestead Theatre.
Directed by Troy Tu’ua. Join Robin Hood on an hilarious journey through the greeny steamy woods as he gathers his Merry Men to combat the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham who plans to marry the lovely Maid Marian.
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16 September – 17 October. Various locations around Germany.
Yuki Kihara. The Samoans are back! A century after they were lucratively exhibited in German Zoos, three of them return to Germany in a folk-colonial spectacle by the Berlin choreographer Jochen Roller and the Samoan performance artist Yuki Kihara.
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10 September – 12 September. Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland.
The Pacific Institute of Performing Arts presents their Diploma One dance production with the presentation of two new group works and five duets.
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8 September – 8 November. The Pah Homestead, Auckland.
Includes Visesio Siasau (paramount winner), Lorene Taurerewa and Andy Leleisi’uao. These Awards are now the longest surviving and largest annual art awards of their kind in New Zealand, with a value amounting to over $195,000.
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22 August – 29 November. The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.
Lonnie Hutchinson. Bringing together diverse works from public and private collections throughout New Zealand, Black Bird is the first major survey of 16 years of Lonnie Hutchinson’s rich and varied practice.
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11 September – 24 October. Fresh Gallery Otara, Auckland.
Curated by Leilani Kake. Includes Cook Islands 15 Stars, Vaine Tini, Jane Anne Akamoeau, Renee Bevan, Teariki Engu, Robert George, Julienne Greig, Rua Henry, Clinton Hewett, Sylvia Marsters, Deborah McDonald, Courtney Meredith and Amiria Puia-Taylor.
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29 August – 26 September. Milford Galleries Dunedin.
Yuki Kihara. The series, A Study of a Samoan Savage (2015), is comprised of two broad themes – the histories of motion photography and anthropometry – explored together.
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27 August – 12 September. Big Willie Legacy Barber & Tattoo.
Leilani Kake, Niutuiatua Lemalu, Genevieve Pini, Pati Tyrell. This exhibition touches on cultural chameleonism, and the negotiation of difference across cultural and social environments, vernacular and humour, ways of being and seeing.
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22 August – 23 August. Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery.
Linda T. Tea Lounge is a collaborative installation featuring legendary video installation performance artist Linda T and Tasty Space Tea, a collective who aim to provide tea as a way of creating temporary and accessible community spaces.
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20 August – 22 August. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Includes Léuli Eshraghi. This year’s symposium is focused on expanding an ethics of curatorial practice, with a particular emphasis on alternative modes of education, research, and indigenous knowledge.

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8 August. Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The show will capture the heart and soul of the Pacific. Sharing our unique Pacific cultures with the People of central Europe, as well as to the people visiting Amsterdam from all over the world at no cost.
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7 August – 31 October. Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga.
Darcell Apelu. Darcell explores perceptions of the Pacific body through identification, specifically that of ‘being other’ within the social climate of New Zealand and the Pacific. Darcell’s work contests the position of constantly being ‘other’.
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6 August – 22 August. Big Willie Legacy Barber & Tattoo Studio.
Featuring Faafeu Kapeneta, Ana Lakusa, Qingze Nan and Genevieve Pini. The second exhibition in the #PIMPIWinterSeries subverts ideas around what (and who) defines ‘Pacific Art’.
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1 August – 21 February. Te Tuhi Billboards, Auckland.
Talia Smith. Talia Smith photographs vacant industrial lots and failed developments for the latest instalment in Te Tuhi’s Billboard series. In exploring these banal urban sites, Smith seeks to capture a quiet beauty in their transitional state.
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