What are the opening hours?

Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday 10am - 4pm Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 11am - 4pm

Tautai Pacific Arts Trust

Home
New Zealand
Auckland
Tautai Pacific Arts Trust

Tautai is a key organisation dedicated to the development and ongoing support of Pacific arts. Tautai receives major public funding from Creative New Zealand.

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust was constituted as a charitable trust in June 1995. In January 2008 Tautai was registered by the Charities Commission as a charitable entity. Tautai also receives significant funding from the ASB Community Trust which supports activities in Auckland and Northland. Tautai also obtains some funding from other sources including member and supporter annual subscriptions.

16/06/2026

Join us for the opening of ‘nobody belongs here more than you’ this Friday 19th June, 6-8pm. Featuring the works of Ayla Brockes, Portia Haddon, Carmel Aroha Salmanzadeh, Isaiah Swann, Teuila Va’aelua, and Miro Wrightson-Lyons.

nobody belongs here
more than you
19th June – 1st August

Click here for more info - https://www.tautai.org/nbhmty

Image courtesy of Isaiah Swann: November 2019 in the village of Tamakautoga, Niue

13/06/2026

Kam na bane ni mauri 🌊 Momentum is back for 2026!

Designed for Pasifika creatives, this free programme develops practical skills in leadership, communication, collaboration, and professional practice.

We’re kicking off this year with The Art of Conflict & Cultural Safety, a two-part workshop series led by long-time Tautai facilitator Dr Andrea Edwards.

This workshop explores practical tools for communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and cultural safety applied across creative, organisational, and community settings.

Whether you're an artist, collaborator, producer, or creative leader, this series will help strengthen your interpersonal skills and how to navigate conflict within your field.

Session One: Saturday 18 July 2026 | 11am–4pm
Session Two: Saturday 25 July 2026 | 11am–4pm

• All materials provided.
• Free parking for registered participants at Wilson Parking – 24 Mercury Lane.
• Participants are kindly asked to bring a plate to share as a koha.

Participants must be able to attend both sessions to register.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/momentum-art-of-conflict-and-cultural-safety

09/06/2026

We are delighted to announce the opening of our next exhibition; nobody belongs here more than you.

nobody belongs here more than you brings together works by six students from across Tāmaki Makaurau - Ayla Brockes, Portia Haddon, Carmel Aroha Salmanzadeh, Isaiah Swann, Teuila Va’aelua, and Miro Wrightson-Lyons.

Developed through an open invitation, the exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists to present work outside of their respective academic institutions, highlighting the breadth, diversity, and current concerns of Pacific creative practice at an early stage of development.

Across photography, moving image, sculpture, installation, and material experimentation, the artists explore questions of identity, memory, gender, grief, migration, housing, and belonging. Their works consider the traces left by absence, the politics of representation, and the ways personal and collective histories are carried across generations. Together, they reflect on the relationship between lived experience and the social, cultural, and institutional structures that shape it.

Join us for the opening on Friday 19th June | 6-8pm.

nobody belongs here
more than you
19th June – 1st August

05/06/2026

Mālō le soifua! We are excited to announce the successful Artists Across Borders recipients for 2026!

🛫(2) Leki Jackson Bourke – Taonaga Tufuga Fakamotu, Niue
🛫(3) Tui Emma and Sulieti Fieme'a Gillies and Burrows – The National Gallery of Victoria 4th Triennial, Melbourne
🛫(4) Pelenakeke Brown – Venice Biennale, Venice
🛫(5) Rosanna Raymond - APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Gallery, Sydney | Photo by Travis Grace
🛫 (6) Vasemaca Tavola - ‘Epeli Hau’ofa Gallery at the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, Suva | Photo by Robin Hickman
🛫 (7) ooshcon Masseurs & Jahra Wasasala aka CONJAH – BADVIBES Festival, Bangkok
🛫 (8) Sione Faletau – Dystopia Sound Art Biennial, Berlin
🛫 (9) Molia Alama-Tulafono – The Inaugural Tuvalu Arts Festival, Funafuti

Mālō le galue!

Watch this space as we share their international journeys over the course of the year.

31/05/2026

Tālofa lava!

We continue Pacific Language Weeks 2026 with Samoan Language Week.

This year’s theme is E afua mai i mauga tetele manuia o le nu'u - From the high mountains are the blessings of the village.

Across the motu, artists and communities are celebrating through exhibitions, workshops and performance:

⭐️ (2) Tōfā Mamao, Letter’s Home and Gaps of Silence; exhibitions by Taute Vaai, Fa’amele Etuale and Melissa Gilbert, on now at Studio One Toi Tū.
⭐️ (3) Fale Sweet Fale at Te Oro (3 June, 5–7pm), a collage and zine-making workshop with Atirak Noskcaj and Filemu Zine.
⭐️ (4) Tā: Siapo As A Living Practice with Florence Ulutunu. Studio One Toi Tū (2–3 June) and Te Oro (4–5 June). Tickets available via Eventfinda.
⭐️(5) Fanua Made at Basement Theatre (3–6 June), plus more through Basement’s Samoan Language Week programme, including From Samoa, 685 Night and Tiny Fala Vol. 2.
⭐️ (6) The 2026 Pacific Dance Festival opens 5 June at Māngere Arts Centre.

Swipe for more and explore the artists and orgs behind these events.

🇼🇸 Fa’afetai tele lava.

29/05/2026

Before we head into the long weekend, please be reminded that applications close for our 2026 Fale-ship Residency this Sun 31 May. We look forward to receiving your application!

For more info click here https://www.tautai.org/faleship2026-c4p

Work credit: p.Walters. Litanies from an Anti Karaiti body – After Mark Aguhar, 2025., Acrylic and Indian ink on vinyl.

26/05/2026

Tālofa lava 🌺

We’re calling on our creative communities across Aotearoa to share Samoan Language Week arts events, activations, workshops, exhibitions and gatherings happening next week.

Planning arts events for the rest of our upcoming Pacific Language Weeks in 2026? We’d love to hear about those too.

Please send through to us:
- Event image
- Event details
- Short description
- Social accounts to tag
- Relevant links

📩 [email protected]
🗓 Submit by Thursday 28 May for Samoan Language Week.

Selected events will be shared across Tautai’s socials.

Fa’afetai tele lava!

25/05/2026

REMINDER FOR ARTISTS:

Just one week left to apply for our 2026 Fale-ship Residency. Applications close this Sun 31 May!

For more info click here https://www.tautai.org/faleship2026-c4p

Work credit: Harrison Freeth. Another Way to Say Hello, 2025., Coir door mat and spray paint.

15/05/2026

REMINDER FOR ARTISTS: Applications for our 2026 Fale-ship Residency close in just over two weeks 👀

We look forward to receiving your project ideas and what you hope to explore, develop and achieve through our Fale-ship Residency!

For more info click here https://www.tautai.org/faleship2026-c4p

Image: Artwork by p.Walters

Address

Level 1, 300 Karangahape Road, Newton
Auckland
1145

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

+6493761665

Website

http://www.tautai.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Tautai Pacific Arts Trust posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Address
Telephone
Opening Hours
Alerts
Contact The Organization
Claim ownership or report listing

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in Auckland?