Speakers/chairs: Lagi-Maama Academy & Consultancy (Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai and Toluma‘anave Barbara Makuati-Afitu), with contributors Kaetaeta Watson and Louisa Humphry MNZM (Tungaru / Kiribati); Pairourou H. Larry Raigetal (Lamoireg, Federated States of Micronesia); Dr Veronika T. Kanem (Muyu Tribe, West Papua); and Professor Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina and Meleseini Haitelenisia Fifita ‘O Lakepa Lolohea Fetu‘u Tuai (Tonga)
Our Ocean of Islands (August 2026 – March 2028) is a landmark exhibition bringing together the Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices of 24 Moana Oceania island nations, including Tangata Whenua and all 17 island nations with diaspora communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Developed by Lagi-Maama in partnership with Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa New Zealand Maritime Museum, and co-curated with key contributors from each island nation, it celebrates embodied knowledges and practices that connect Indigenous peoples to their lands, seas and skies. This session gives an overview from Lagi-Maama and contributors from four island nations.
