Event
Fans & Fangufangu Activations
Every Friday, 1 pm – 2 pm
Listen and remember. Connect and honour.
An offering of shared memorial.
Listen and remember. Connect and honour.
An offering of shared memorial.
U'ulu e toka-The stones droned, 2025 by Pā‘utu-‘O-Vava‘u-Lahi Dr Adriana Māhanga Lear invites members of the public to take a moment to listen and remember, connect and pay homage to an ancestor or a passed loved one in this collective memorial installation.
Ongo:(Re)sounding the Vā - an Exhibition featuring the works of Dr Rachael Hall, Dr Sione Faletau & Pā‘utu-‘O-Vava‘u-Lahi Dr Adriana Māhanga Lear
At Pātaka Art+Museum until 19 July 2026
(Re)sounding the Vā brings ancient Tongan music traditions, instruments and sonic pathways into the present, giving voice to ancestral ways of being, knowing and doing.
‘Oku toe fakafoki mai ‘ehe (Toe)fakaongo ‘ae Vā ‘ae ngaahi tukufakaholo hiva, me‘alea moe ngaahi halanga-fasi FakaTonga tupu‘a, kihe lotolotonga, koe le‘o kihe founga ‘iai, vakai moe fai tu‘ufonua.
