Talks

Keynote, Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival Symposium [2015] – Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Guest Lecturer, Curatorial Strategies (Master of Arts Management) [2014] – AUT University, Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Department of Art History [2013] – University of Auckland
Presenter, Pacific Arts Association 11th International Symposium [2013] – University of British Columbia, Canada
Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Education [2013] – University of Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Department of Art History [2012] – University of Auckland
Panelist, Younger Than Jesus, 2012 Curatorial Symposium [2012] – St Paul St Gallery, Auckland
Panelist, Emerging Entrepreneurs, PACIFICA National Conference [2012] – AUT University, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Soul Food [2012] – Media Design School, Auckland
Panelist, Faculty of Creative Arts Orientation Symposium [2012] – Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Curatorial Strategies (Master of Arts Management) [2012] – AUT University, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Manukau Institute of Technology Faculty of Creative Arts Graduation [2011] – Botany College, Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Fono Tagata Pasifika [2011] – Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Department of Art History [2011] – University of Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Curatorial Strategies (Master of Arts Management) [2011] – AUT University, Auckland
Discussant, Failing, Falling, Flying – Rebecca Ann Hobbs exhibition Public Programme [2010] – St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Panelist, Visual Arts Lab, ARTspeak Pasifika [ 2010] – Auckland Town Hall, Auckland
Panellist, Emerging Trends in Contemporary Maori and Pacific visual arts in Aotearoa New Zealand, Art in Oceania: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Issues [2010] – City Gallery Wellington, Wellington
Guest Speaker, Curating Pacific Art Forum, 2010 Manukau Pacific Arts Summit [2010] – Fo Guang Shan North Island Temple, Auckland
Ema Tavola in conversation with Shigeyuki Kihara, 4th Auckland Triennial Public Programme [2010] – ARTSPACE, Auckland
Panelist, Curating with Brown Hands, Toi Whenua Maori Artists Wananga [2010] – Te Mahurehure Marae, Auckland
Panelist, Visions of building Pacific representation through the arts, ‘An Oceanic Imagination: A Tribute to the life and Mind of ‘Epeli Hau’ofa’, Pacific Research Cluster Symposium [2009] – University of Otago, Dunedin
Guest Lecturer, Elam School of Fine Arts [2009] – University of Auckland
Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Pacific Art [2009] – University of Auckland
Presenter, Urban Pacific Art in Aotearoa New Zealand, 97th College Art Association conference [2009] – California, USA
Guest Speaker, Center for Race and Gender, University of California Berkeley [2009] – California, USA
Guest Speaker, Art History Department, University of California Santa Cruz [2009] – California, USA
Guest Speaker, The Arts at Marks Garage [2009] – Honolulu, Hawaii
Presenter, Pacific Island Media Association conference [2008] – AUT University, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Fiji Art & Artists [2007] – O’Kaioceanikart Gallery, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Fiji Youth Careers Expo [2007] – University of Auckland
Guest Speaker, Urban Pacific public programme [2007] – Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Auckland Fiji Youth Forum [2006] – Onehunga, Auckland
Guest Lecturer, The Message [2005] – Manukau School of Visual Arts, Auckland
Presenter, Emerging Leaders’ Forum [2005] – Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, Suva, Fiji
Guest Lecturer, Indigenous Issues [2004] – Manukau School of Visual Arts