Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists

Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists
Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists
Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists
Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists
Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists

Exhibition Details

A collective of Pacific and Māori fashion designers, artists and performers, the Pacific Sisters electrified 1990s Auckland, bringing the ground-breaking style of an urban, New Zealand–born Pacific generation to the mainstream. Through pioneering, daring shows, the Pacific Sisters overturned stereotypes about Pacific culture, ‘dusky maiden’ beauty and sexuality. A major retrospective, Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists showcases the collective’s innovative costumes and performances, which began as street style before expanding into multimedia experiences in venues from art galleries to night clubs.

Exhibition developed and toured by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.  

Photography by and courtesy of Vivienne Haldane. 

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Curated by
Nina Tonga

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To celebrate Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists closing weekend, the Gallery presents a panel discussion chaired by Nina Tonga, the exhibition’s curator from Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. 

Nina will be in conversation with members of the Pacific Sisters: Ani O’Neill, Rosanna Raymond, Suzanne Tamaki, Nephi Tupaea and Feeonaa Wall.