Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, Manukau City. Samoan performer, De La Salle College

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Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, Manukau City. Samoan performer, De La Salle College

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Description

Even after weeks of practice, anxious students can still need reassurance from their tutors on performance day. Competition is intense at the Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival (now ASB Polyfest). The annual three-day event, which began in 1976, helps sustain the cultures of Pacific students – almost all of whom are born in New Zealand – and builds their confidence and pride. This image exemplifies Glenn Jowitt’s use of the camera ‘in a gentle way; I do not...

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Image

Date created

2001

Creator

Glenn Jowitt

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1224387

Related subjects

Teenagers / performing artists / Feathers / men / Teachers / Necklaces / Manukau (New Zealand) / Sāmoan / ink / paper / colour photographs / inkjet prints / works of art / documentary photographs / colour photography / Contemporary / Manukau

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