Monday, November 30, 2026

12:10 PM - 1:25 PM

RHLT2

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Overview

Stream: Moana Oceania heritage

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Details

Lead: Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai & Toluma‘anave Barbara Makuati-Afitu, Lagi-Maama Academy & Consultancy
Speakers: * Veronika Kanem, West Papua
* Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina, Tonga
* Meleseini Haitelenisia Fifita ‘O Lakepa Lolohea Fetu’u Tuai, Tonga * Toluma‘anave Barbara Makuati-Afitu
* Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai
A unique opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding of what heritage is from the views of Muyu Peoples of Southern West Papua and Tonga. Dr Veronika T. Kanem’s presentation is titled: Noken / Men, String Bags: Maintaining Human and Non-Human Connections from The Muyu People’s Worldviews. She will provide a holistic insight of the noken/men, string bags, that goes beyond its practical functions to its embodiment of cultural identity, social relationships, ancestral knowledge and connections between human and non-human worlds.
Professor Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina’s presentation is titled: Tongan Koloa Tukufakaholo Heritage: A Tāvaist Philosophical Critique. He will focus on the Tongan fangufangu noseflute, with bearings on poetry, music and dance in the context of Tongan Tā-Vā Time-Space Philosophy of Reality. Facilitated by Toluma‘anave Barbara Makuati-Afitu and Kolokesa Uafā Mahina-Tuai.