Sione Tuívailala Monū and Edith Amituanai: Toloa Tales

Next date: Saturday, 22 November 2025 | 10:00 AM to Sunday, 01 March 2026 | 04:00 PM

In 2023, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū commissioned two major new video works from Tāmaki Makaurau-based artists Sione Tuívailala Monū (Aotearoa, Australia, Tonga) and Edith Amituanai (Aotearoa, Sāmoa) for the exhibition Toloa Tales. Later that year, the artists travelled to Sāmoa with cinematographer Ralph Brown to film their projects. The powerful moving image works that resulted touch on themes of migration, identity and belonging, and are relevant to broad audiences.

Image: Sione Tuívailala Monū Lanu Moana is the Warmest Colour 2024 and Edith Amituanai

 

 

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Usual opening times: Tuesday to Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm. Weekends and public holidays including Waitangi Day, King's Birthday and Matariki 1:30pm - 4:00pm. Closed Mondays (unless a public holiday).

Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400, View Map