Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987
Yuki Kihara at her exhibition A Song About Samoa at Pataka Art Museum

Yuki Kihara: First Pacific artist to represent NZ at ‘Olympics of the art world’

Samoan-Japanese artist Yuki Kihara hit headlines last year when she was named New Zealand’s representative at the next Venice Biennale – regarded as the Olympics of the art world.

Reporter Johnson Raela caught up with Kihara at her solo exhibition at Pātaka Art Museum in Porirua last month, which brought together Samoan siapo and Japanese kimono.

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Yuki Kihara annouced as New Zealand’s artist for 2021 Venice Biennale

Source: Creative New Zealand Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is New Zealand’s artist for the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia – Venice Biennale – in 2021, The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa announced today. Of Samoan and Japanese heritage, Kihara is renowned for delving into the complexities of postcolonial histories in

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Youth Transitions providing a viable alternative for students leaving school without qualifications

Youth Transitions providing a viable alternative for students leaving school without qualifications Tagata Pasifika TVNZ. Ancel Tolomaki – Student. Jannitta Pilisi – Best General Manager. Emma Heavey – Student. Steven Joyce – Minister of Tertiary Education. Va’aiga Tuigamala – Guest Speaker. Susana Talagi – Reporter.

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