Exhibition
Fenoga Tāoga Niue I Aotearoa
Niue Heritage Journey In Aotearoa
18 Nov 2023 - 11 Feb 2024
WEST GALLERY
WEST GALLERY
Featuring projects and treasures made by Falepipi he Mafola Niuean Handcraft Group Inc, this exhibition honours over 50 loved ones who have since passed on and the wealth of knowledges, skills and wisdom of the current members – tāoga, treasures.
From the villages of Tuapa Uhomotu, Alofi, Namukulu, Makefu, Liku, Hikutavake, Hakupu, Avatele, Tamakautoga, Mutalau and Toi, the Falepipi he Mafola Group has been meeting at the Ōtāhuhu Town Hall Community Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland every Thursday from 10am to 2pm since 1993 and continues to do so. It plays an invaluable role in continuing, revolving and preserving the knowledges and practices of Niuean culture and heritage in Aotearoa.
The Fenoga Tāoga Niue I Aotearoa – Niue Heritage Journey In Aotearoa season at Pātaka represents a homecoming for some of the Falepipi he Mafola group, including founding member, Molima Molly Pihigia QSM, who spent many years living in Porirua.
Image : Falepipi he Mafola Niuean Handicraft Group Inc, 2022
Courtesy of Falepipi he Mafola Group Inc. Photography by Toaki Okano.
Ko e Tau fakaholoaga mo e tau Taoga ne matutaki e matakau Falepipi he Mafola ki ai kua manatu e tau lilifu ne molea e 50 he momole atu mo e ha lautolu a tau olatia lotomatala, tufuga lima mo e pulotu ne auloa mo lautolu ke lagaki e tau taoga mahuiga ai nei.
Mai he tau maaga ko Tuapa Uhomotu, Alofi, Namukulu, Makefu, Liku, Hikutavake, Hakupu, Avatele, Tamakautoga, Mutalau, mo Toi. Ne fakalataha tumau e matakau Falepipi he Mafola ke he Otahuhu Town Hall and Community Center i Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland he tau aho Tuloto he matahola 10 kehe matahola 2 tali mai he 1993 ke he magaaho nei. Kua matutaki ke fakamau mo e fakaholo ki mua e lotomatala he fakafetuiaga, tau gahua taoga motu mo e moui he tagata Niue he nofo i Aotearoa.
Ko e Fakatata “Fenoga Taoga Niue i Aotearoa - Niue Heritage Journey in Aotearoa” kua hoko mai ke he Pataka mo e falu he matakau Falepipi he Mafola fakalataha mo ia ne haitia mo e tamata ko Molima Molly Pihigia QSM ne leva foki hana nofo he maaga nei ko Porirua.
Image : Potu Laufā Kulati / Pandanus Mat with Wool, 2003
Courtesy of Falepipi he Mafola Group Inc. Photography by Toaki Okano.
EXHIBITION OPENING NOVEMBER 2023
Museum Worlds 2024(12) Journal, published by Berghahn Press, New York, features an article by Lagi Maama and Jacki Leota-Mua. Titled ‘Preserving Indigenous Knowledges and Practices as Moana Oceania Diaspora in Aotearoa’ the review focuses on the exhibition Fenoga Tāoga Niue i Aotearoa: Niue Heritage Journey in Aotearoa that was held in Pātaka. Read the full article here.
The entirety of Museum Worlds 2024(12) is available here: Museum Worlds 12
