International Gallerie - Vol. 23, No. 2, 2020, 'AOTEAROA: NEW ZEALAND'

In this issue

Kia ora! This is the first Mãori word of greeting I learnt on emabarking on this very special 46th Gallerie issue on the arts and culture of Aotearoa New Zealand; a region we want to know much more about. Like the refracted ray of light, what appears in all the features here, are a sum of what crossed time zones and Covid times to emerge as Aotearoa New Zealand, perceived through a distant but curious lens of seeking and finding – Editor, Bina Sarkar Ellias

PROTEST, REFORM, SOW SEEDS OF HARMONY, HARVEST PEACE...

As a migrant academic in Aotearoa New Zealand, who studies the intersections of indigenous struggles, racism, and social change, I have both witnessed and personally experienced the deep inequalities that make up this land.

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PM JACINDA ARDERN BORN TO INSPIRE

Lessons in Leadership in the Post-Truth Era

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MY PASSION FOR THE ARTS. JENNIFER LEALAND

Actor, Director, Nurturer of Performance Arts

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I AM AN INDIGENOUS MAN ON STOLEN LAND

At the heart of Chevron Hassett’s practice is community orientated concerns that stem from a Mãori foundation of whanaungatanga, or kinship. It inspires his creative direction to explore his childhood, his ancestry, cultural and social identity, and the urban Mãori experience. Hassett places the Mãori youth in a series of installations titled, ‘A Place TŪ Be’ [He plays with the Mãori word ‘t«’ meaning ‘situated’] in an urban, contemporary landscape, to provoke thinking of their early ancestral narratives and their current existence; to investigate ontological questions of the journey between then and now.

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