NZYWF 2024_Programme_FINAL_DIGITAL

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‘We sweat and cry salt water so we know the ocean is really

in our blood’ (Teaiwa, 2017). Writers of Te Moana-Nui-a

Kiwa swim with their words; our narratives are embodied,

visceral and deeply intertwined with our senses of self. In

this panel discussion, 2024 Guest Curator Ruby Macomber

(Rotuma, Ngāpuhi) talks to Emele Ugavule (Sauniveiuto,

Serua, Fiji vasu Nukunonu, Tokelau kei Alele, Hihifo, Uvea),

Zech Soakai (Poutasi, Upolu, Samoa & Pangai, Ha'apai,

Tonga) and Stacey Kokaua (Ngāti Arerā (Rarotonga), Ngati

Pāmati, Pākehā) about what it means to be geographically

separated from the heartbeat of their whenua but to write

in proximity to whakapapa, and to (re)imagine the moana

through the beauty and complexity of contemporary

diasporic identities. They also explore creative techniques

that keep their bodies and narratives in conversation.

The 1980s saw young writers from Ōtepoti pioneer the

stylings that would earn them international recognition:

the Dunedin Sound. For The Remix, MC Tate Fountain

enlists a line up of poets and musicians – Eliana Gray, Isla

Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Uenuku), Molly

Crighton and Tawhai Huriwai (Tough Guy) (Ngāti Porou,

Ngā Puhi) – to respond to the scene and its legacy in

the same city in 2024: with reprises, reverb, and perhaps,

indeed, a remix.

Moana Speaks from the South

The Remix

6.30pm-7.30pm @ Te Whare o Rukutia

8.00pm-9.00pm @ Te Whare o Rukutia

Conversation

Performance

FRI 13 SEPT

EVENTS

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