In a historic and overdue first, this year, New Zealand’s pavilion will be taken over by a South Pacific islander who identifies as Fa’afafine, which is Sāmoa’s third gender. Sāmoan-Japanese artist ...
Installation view of Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp in the New Zealand Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale (all photos Anna Souter/Hyperallergic) VENICE — Sāmoa is often depicted by outsiders as a ...
The New Zealand Pavilion at Expo 2020 has conducted a traditional dawn ritual to dedicate the pavilion’s ‘mauri’, or life-force, as the event gets underway. The ceremony, performed by Whanganui Iwi ...