Arts Pasifika Awards

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Arts Pasifka Awards
Date1996 (1996) -->
Country New Zealand
Hosted by Creative New Zealand
Website Official website

The Arts Pasifika Awards celebrate excellence in Pacific arts in New Zealand. The annual awards are administered by Creative New Zealand and are the only national awards for Pasifika artists across all artforms. [1]

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The Arts Pasifika Awards include the awards for: Emerging Pacific Artist; Iosefa Enari Memorial Award; Pacific Heritage Art Award (from 2004); Contemporary Pacific Art Award; Senior Pacific Artist Award; Special Recognition Award (from 2013); [1] and Pacific Toa Artist Award (from 2019). [2]

List of award recipients

Emerging Pacific Artist

Iosefa Enari Memorial Award

Pacific Heritage Art Award

This award began in 2004.

Contemporary Pacific Art Award

Senior Pacific Artist Award

Special Recognition Award

This award began in 2013 to "recognise special contribution to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts in Aotearoa and/or internationally".

Pacific Toa Artist Award

This award commenced in 2019. It acknowledges the "contribution of a Pasifika artist with the lived experience of disability to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts nationally or globally". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Pacific Toa category announced for Arts Pasifika Awards 2019". Creative New Zealand. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "25th Annual Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards Recognise Excellence And Innovation | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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