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University of Auckland in several roles including at the equity office, teaching in the Art History Department and as a Professional Teaching Fellow. She has taught at their Centre of Pacific Studies where she coordinated undergraduate courses in Pacific art, music and dance.
56:(Te Papa), the Curator Contemporary Art (2019-2023), the inaugural Curator Contemporary Pacific Art (2017â2019) and Curator Pacific Cultures (2014â2017). Tonga is the first Pasifika person to hold the Curator of Contemporary Art role at Te Papa.
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Part of what drives me as a curator and art historian is the need to write ourselves into the art history of
Aotearoa. We havenât always been seen or recognised outside of our own communities. (Nina Tonga)
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In 2014 Tonga curated an exhibition of work by thirteen Tongan New
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