Te Uru Presents: Te Kaneati

Te Kaneati is a presentation of Banaban arts, culture and heritage by Tāmaki Makaurau’s Banaban community, presented alongside the exhibition Project Banaba by artist Katerina Teaiwa (Tabiang and Tabwewa) highlighting the resilience of the diaspora.

It follows a series of community-led, master-class workshops facilitated by Banaban elders with young Banaban community members that took place throughout 2021 and early 2022. The workshops were developed to strengthen Banaban cultural identity, language and creative arts, and to foster intergenerational relationships through sharing ancient knowledge and fostering connection to the homeland and its history.

Contemporary works made during these sessions will be exhibited at Te Uru, alongside bai aika kakawaki (treasures) from master-makers, co-curated by the Banaban Christian Fellowship Hub and Yuki Kihara. Together, these offer an account of Banaba’s unique cultural heritage, and of what it means to be Banaban in Tāmaki Makaurau today.

Te Kaneati is supported by Creative New Zealand.

Te Kaneati is on from 5 March 2022 - 29 May 2022.

Te Uru will remain open under the ‘traffic light’ Covid-19 Protection Framework. To keep everyone safe, all visitors over the age of 12 are required to scan in, display a valid vaccine pass, and wear a proper mask.

Te Uru is open to the public seven days during summer and autumn, 10am to 4.30pm and Tuesday-Sunday during winter and spring.