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and Teuke Malaga were two of the founders. The collective was formed from first-generation Pacific immigrants to New Zealand. There are many Pacific Island nations represented amongst the collective including the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga, Tokelau, Kiribati and Niue.
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Regular workshops are held by the Pacifica Mamas at their Pacifica Arts Centre. This includes a schools programme where students learn some Pacific weaving, drumming and dance. The centre's director is Jarcinda Stowers-Ama.
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Established in the late 1980s, the centre's vision is to develop and support Pacific arts and cultural projects, with a focus on Pacific heritage art practices. They are known as the
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is an arts collective based in Auckland, New Zealand, with the mission to pass on traditional Pacific arts. The arts collective are based at the Pacifica Arts Centre, located in the
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The Pacifica Mamas Trust governs the annual Pacifica Living Arts Festival held at Corban Estate that consists of arts, crafts, traditional food and school groups performing.
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Pacifica Mamas Arts and Cultural Trust and the Pacifica Arts Centre receive funding from Creative New Zealand as part of the 2020 Toi Uru Kahikatea programme.
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Pacifica Mamas & dignitaries at a Matairangi Mahi Toi reception at Government House, Wellington, New Zealand
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The collective has a home base called the Pacifica Arts Centre at Corban Estate Art Centre in
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Corrections Community Award (awarded to Mary Ama and the Pacifica Mamas)
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https://www.pacificaarts.org/who-we-are/the-pacifica-mamas/
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Pacifica Arts Centre, Corbans Estate, Henderson, Auckland
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The collective were based in a single room shed at the
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Some members of the collective are Maria Fastnidge (
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Mary Ama is smiling into the camera with her arms out. She hold a fan in one hand, has a beautiful woven head piece and is looking joyful.
https://www.pacificaarts.org/who-we-are/the-pacifica-mamas/
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Mary Ama
Corban Estate Arts Centre

West Auckland
Samoan
Rarotonga
Niue
Arts Pasifika Awards
Arts Access


"Experience Pacifica | Years 1 - 13"


"Turou - The call from our ancestors, the call to return home"
"Pacifica Mamas adorn the Town Hall with a giant ei as a gift of love"


Macdonald, Finlay
ISBN
9781869790080



"Matriarchal artists bring the traditional arts of the Pacific to Aotearoa"

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