Talofa lava PACIFIC SUPERHEROES, its been awhile since the last post, but I think Noho Hewa deserves the attention its getting with some heavy traffic coming through. But now to even more conquering CREATIVE MISCHIEFS out there who are PACIFIC SUPERHEROES in their own right.
Shigeyuki Kihara a performance and visual artists of Samoan and Japanese parentage, has allured the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art with tantalizing photographic colonial renditions with her dusky-geisha auspicious signature.
So I’m trying to sound like I know plenty about Yuki’s work from 24hrs 
, but aren’t you empowered and intrigued to see and hear this suga is in NYC town ripping the scene up on 5th Avenue!!! Waaattt!!! You heard!!! Yup, be proud PACIFIC SUPERHEROES be proud!!! Shigeyuki is in town!!! And a p.s to the editor of Vogue, just say yes!!!
‘In an outstanding career move, Auckland-based artist Shigeyuki Kihara will encounter one of the world’s foremost art institutions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art when her solo exhibition opens in October.
The exhibition ‘Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs’ is an
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PACIFIC SUPERHEROES it has been one year since the illegal raids on Tuhoe by the NZ Police with unfounded charges of terrorism that could not be held up in court! With that in mind who are you gonna vote for in these upcoming elections? Something to keep in mind not for just tangata whenua, but all those who believe in keeping their civil liberties!
In Hawaiian the kanaka maoli (tangata whenua) have repeatedly had their rights and ‘civil liberties’ abused, challenged and extinguished from the U.S governments occupation of Hawaii Nei. Documentary maker, producer/director Anne Keala Kelly of Hawaii has researched and documented the U.S militaries occupation of the Hawaiian Islands in a documentary titled NOHO HEWA: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii.
Noho Hewa had its debut screening at the HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008 this month and walked away with the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Documentary. The following article gives a little more insight into the documentary. This is a programme we need screened in Aotearoa!!! Fingers crossed we can get some funding for Noho Hewa to voyage to Aotearoa!!!
Also big ups to Sima Urale for her short film ‘Coffee & Allah’ which won best short film at the HIFF!!! Woohoo!!! Mauri ora PACIFIC SUPERHEROES!!!
This is a writeup from the Star Bulletin
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Yo PACIFIC SUPERHEROES, its school holidays and time to get your dance on and support whats all good in South Aucklands hood->DZIAH DANCE ACADEMY!!!
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Here we go PACIFIC SUPERHEROES, cause it makes us stronger 
we always are supporting urban pacific art up in here!!! So check, check, check it out for pplz who know their game!!! Mauri ora!!!
‘Auckland-based curator Giles Peterson has launched a new MySpace website under the title ‘Pacific Art’ - with images and slideshows of exhibitions, reviews, and magazine articles from his fifteen-year curating career. It’s another sign that social networking sites are now being used more creatively and efficiently to reach new audiences of art-goers. Giles’ site on MySpace is not his first venture to take contemporary art online. The new ‘Pacific Art’ site complements his standalone website projects, ‘Urban Pacific’ and ‘pacificart’, the latter having had over 19,000
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