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Māhina-Tuai is of Tongan heritage, from the villages of [[Muʻa (Tongatapu)|Tatakamotonga]], and [[Tefisi]] in [[Vavaʻu|Vava'u]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-25|title=Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai|url=https://amaternallens.com/kolokesa-mahina-tuai/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=A Maternal Lens|language=en}}</ref>
Māhina-Tuai is of Tongan heritage, from the villages of [[Muʻa (Tongatapu)|Tatakamotonga]], and [[Tefisi]] in [[Vavaʻu|Vava'u]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-25|title=Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai|url=https://amaternallens.com/kolokesa-mahina-tuai/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=A Maternal Lens|language=en}}</ref>


She was Curator of Pacific Cultures at [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa Tongarewa]] from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-08|title=Uike Lea Faka-Tonga – Tongan Language Week 2013|url=https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2013/09/08/uike-lea-faka-tonga-tongan-language-week-2013/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Te Papa’s Blog|language=en-NZ}}</ref> She also worked at [[Auckland War Memorial Museum|Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum]].<ref name=":0" /> Part of her curatorial practice at the was museum was to encourage the museum to change in order to be more welcoming to Pacific people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-01|title=Pacific curator Kolokesa Uafa Mahina-Tuai|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/dateline-extras/audio/201822076/pacific-curator-kolokesa-uafa-mahina-tuai|access-date=2021-08-04|website=RNZ|language=en-nz}}</ref> She also worked as an associate curator on [[Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki|Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki‘s]] “Home AKL: Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland” exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The mis-education of Moana arts {{!}} Garland Magazine|url=https://garlandmag.com/article/the-mis-education-of-moana-arts/,%20https://garlandmag.com/article/the-mis-education-of-moana-arts/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=garlandmag.com|language=en-AU}}</ref>
She has worked as a curator at [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa Tongarewa]], and well as at [[Auckland War Memorial Museum|Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum]].<ref name=":0" />


She was also a member of the Pacific Arts Committee for Creative New Zealand from 2011 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The mis-education of Moana arts {{!}} Garland Magazine|url=https://garlandmag.com/article/the-mis-education-of-moana-arts/,%20https://garlandmag.com/article/the-mis-education-of-moana-arts/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=garlandmag.com|language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2011 she was a member of Falehanga 'i Teleiloa, and project managed the production of a 22-metre [[ngatu ta'uli]], or black-marked [[barkcloth]], which was commissioned by [[Queensland Art Gallery]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2011-09-05|title=Giant tapa goes off to Queensland|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/5570642/Giant-tapa-goes-off-to-Queensland|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> The cloth took 600 hours to make.<ref name=":1" />
Her research focuses on the history of Tongan crafts, in particular textiles, and her research is based on the primary importance of Tongan indigenous knowledge.<ref name=":0" />

Her research focuses on the history of Tongan crafts, in particular textiles, and her research is based on the primary importance of Tongan indigenous knowledge.<ref name=":0" /> She was supported a continuation of the 'white sheet ceremony' where women who marry display a white sheet with blood on it, demonstrating that they were a virgin.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-18|title=Tongan white sheet ceremony practices in NZ 'appalling'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106172556/tongan-white-sheet-ceremony-full-of-contradictions|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>

== Historiography ==
In ''Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific,'' which Māhina-Tua co-edited with [[Sean Mallon]] and [[Damon Salesa|Damon Selesa]], was described as "a vehicle that contains invaluable images, histories, memories, artefacts and knowledge for future generations, in particular Pacific peoples" by [[Michelle Schaaf]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=SCHAAF|first=MICHELLE|date=2015|title=Review of Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44012100|journal=The Journal of the Polynesian Society|volume=124|issue=2|pages=209–211|issn=0032-4000}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

* Sean Mallon, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai and Damon Salesa (eds): ''Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific''. Wellington: Te Papa Press (2012).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mallon|first=Sean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUaVZwEACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific|last2=Māhina-Tuai|first2=Kolokesa Uafā|last3=Salesa|first3=Damon Ieremia|date=2012|publisher=Independent Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-877385-72-8|language=en}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==

* [[Auckland Writers Festival]]: [https://soundcloud.com/auckland-writers-festival/2020-winter-series-ep-11-kolokesa-u-mahina-tuai-leanne-shapton-neil-gaiman 2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 11: Kolokesa U Māhina-Tuai, Leanne Shapton, Neil Gaiman]

Revision as of 08:55, 4 August 2021

Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai is a Tongan curator and writer, who

Biography

Māhina-Tuai is of Tongan heritage, from the villages of Tatakamotonga, and Tefisi in Vava'u.[1]

She was Curator of Pacific Cultures at Te Papa Tongarewa from 2004 to 2008.[2] She also worked at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum.[1] Part of her curatorial practice at the was museum was to encourage the museum to change in order to be more welcoming to Pacific people.[3] She also worked as an associate curator on Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki‘s “Home AKL: Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland” exhibition.[4]

She was also a member of the Pacific Arts Committee for Creative New Zealand from 2011 to 2014.[5] In 2011 she was a member of Falehanga 'i Teleiloa, and project managed the production of a 22-metre ngatu ta'uli, or black-marked barkcloth, which was commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery.[6] The cloth took 600 hours to make.[6]

Her research focuses on the history of Tongan crafts, in particular textiles, and her research is based on the primary importance of Tongan indigenous knowledge.[1] She was supported a continuation of the 'white sheet ceremony' where women who marry display a white sheet with blood on it, demonstrating that they were a virgin.[7]

Historiography

In Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific, which Māhina-Tua co-edited with Sean Mallon and Damon Selesa, was described as "a vehicle that contains invaluable images, histories, memories, artefacts and knowledge for future generations, in particular Pacific peoples" by Michelle Schaaf.[8]

Selected works

  • Sean Mallon, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai and Damon Salesa (eds): Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific. Wellington: Te Papa Press (2012).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai". A Maternal Lens. 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ "Uike Lea Faka-Tonga – Tongan Language Week 2013". Te Papa’s Blog. 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ^ "Pacific curator Kolokesa Uafa Mahina-Tuai". RNZ. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ^ "The mis-education of Moana arts | Garland Magazine". garlandmag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  5. ^ "The mis-education of Moana arts | Garland Magazine". garlandmag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  6. ^ a b "Giant tapa goes off to Queensland". Stuff. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  7. ^ "Tongan white sheet ceremony practices in NZ 'appalling'". Stuff. 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. ^ SCHAAF, MICHELLE (2015). "Review of Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 124 (2): 209–211. ISSN 0032-4000.
  9. ^ Mallon, Sean; Māhina-Tuai, Kolokesa Uafā; Salesa, Damon Ieremia (2012). Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific. Independent Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-877385-72-8.
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