Add to ORKGThe title, Oku Ou Talanoa Mo Hoku Loto, is a Tongan saying meaning talking with the inner self and communicating with the heart (Manu'atu, 2003). It reflects Aurora's 2008 theme - music of the spirit. The choice of a Tongan rather than an English title reflects a mental attitude of intercultural positioning. I want to acknowledge faka'apa'apa, paying respect to the two artists who helped the composer explore his leaning towards an aesthetic influenced by Asia-Pacific cultural expressions. They are 'Okusitino Māhina, a Tongan social anthropologist, philosopher and poet, based in Aotearoa/New Zealand; and Lotte Latukefu, mezzo-soprano and academic, of Tongan and German background, resident in Australia
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Performed as part of a livestream concert organised through SOUNZ. Commissioned piece for piano trio...
Since 1858, music has always been an integral part of the Kīngitanga movement in New Zealand. As thi...
Elone Samiuela. A Tongan Youth Hymn Book. Diak Helsinki, Autumn 2015, 49 p., 4 appendices and the pr...
To charm the loto is a (re)turn to our Indigenous Pacific knowings and becomings. Such a return is h...
The growing number of Tongan creators searching for a place of belonging and acceptance between the ...
This study is concerned with representation. It considers the nature of a culturally located, discur...
Commissioned piece for piano trio and taonga puoro. Premiered by NZ Trio and Horomona Horo for Mata...
Fakatapu mo e tangata‘i fonua ‘o Hawai‘i kae‘uma‘a ‘a kimoutolu katoa ka e ‘ata kia teau ke hoko atu...
In this thesis, Samoan music and identity are woven together and expressed simultaneously through ne...
Title in English: The meanings of some difficult words.; Includes Biblical names in the Tongan langu...
On the 15th August 2006, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (referred to in this paper as Te Arikinu...
RESEARCH QUESTION How can the investigation of faiva generate a contemporary Pacific architecture t...
ARIĀ Māori have always expressed themselves through the medium of song, and the various stanzas con...
This project examines how composing contemporary waiata (song) both musically and lyrically, provide...
TAGATA NIUE Tagata Niue are not a homogeneous group. Rather there are two main groupings – tagata N...
Performed as part of a livestream concert organised through SOUNZ. Commissioned piece for piano trio...
Since 1858, music has always been an integral part of the Kīngitanga movement in New Zealand. As thi...
Elone Samiuela. A Tongan Youth Hymn Book. Diak Helsinki, Autumn 2015, 49 p., 4 appendices and the pr...