Māngere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku explained

Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
Location:Corner Bader Drive and Orly Avenue, Māngere
Owner:Auckland Council

Māngere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku is an Auckland Council-owned and operated arts venue in the suburb of Māngere, in Auckland, New Zealand. The purpose-built facility was opened in 2010, and is considered by Auckland Council to be the home of Māori and Pacific visual art and performing arts in Auckland.

Facility

The centre was purpose-built, and opened in September 2010 by Manukau City Council.[1] [2] It is now both owned and operated by Auckland Council. The venue includes two gallery spaces, totalling 217m2, and a 230-seat theatre. In addition to the 390m2 performance space, there are a 56m2 studio space, three dressing rooms and a Green Room. An enclosed courtyard is used for outside performances. The facility also has a community kitchen and a cafe.[3] Attendance in 2018 and 2019 was more than 36,000 people annually.

Since 2013, Alison Quigan has been the Performing Arts Manager at the centre.[4]

Programme

The theatre produces an annual school holiday production in the April school holidays.[5]

Selected productions

Selected exhibitions

Pacific Sisters SOUTHSIDE: EyeKonik, as part of the 2011 Pacific Arts Summit.[10]

I will sea you in Hawaiki (2012) [11]

External links

Māngere Arts Centre Facebook page

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku. 13 August 2021. Auckland Art Gallery. en. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813020452/https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/mangere-arts-centre-nga-tohu-o-uenuku. live.
  2. Web site: Māngere Bridge, Māngere East and Favona Built Heritage Survey . June 2016 . Auckland Council. 24 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku. 13 August 2021. Eventfinda. en. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813020453/https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/venue/mangere-arts-centre-ng-tohu-uenuku-auckland-south-mangere. live.
  4. Web site: Alison Quigan Auckland Theatre Company. live. 13 August 2021. www.atc.co.nz. en. 17 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210217102911/https://www.atc.co.nz/auckland-theatre-company/people/alison-quigan/?pageId=1324.
  5. Web site: Auckland Council. Māngere Arts Centre. live. 13 August 2021. Auckland Council. en. 26 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926133206/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/arts/art-centres-galleries-theatres/Pages/mangere-arts-centre.aspx.
  6. Web site: The Kila Kokonut Krew celebrates 10 years of leading Pacific theatre in Aotearoa Creative New Zealand. 13 August 2021. www.creativenz.govt.nz. 17 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210517020940/https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/the-kila-kokonut-krew-celebrate-10-years-of-leading-pacific-theatre-in-aotearoa. live.
  7. Web site: December 7, 2017. Another Huge Year for the Auckland Theatre Awards. 13 August 2021. www.scoop.co.nz. 5 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605011322/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1712/S00122/another-huge-year-for-the-auckland-theatre-awards.htm. live.
  8. Web site: Moana Production Information – Theatreview. live. 13 August 2021. www.theatreview.org.nz. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813025956/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=6782.
  9. Fatuemaka mei falekafa: Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi.Survey part one at Mangere Arts Centre, 2011.
  10. Web site: Gill. Leahna. 6 April 2011. Pacific Sisters SOUTHSIDE reunion!. 13 August 2021. 2011 SOUTH AUCKLAND PACIFIC ARTS SUMMIT. en. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813025032/https://2011pacificartssummit.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/pacific-sisters-southside-reunion/. live.
  11. Web site: I Will Sea You in Hawaiki. 13 August 2021. Eventfinda. en. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813021647/https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2012/i-will-sea-you-in-hawaiki/auckland/mangere. live.
  12. Web site: 24 December 2014. Funded artists showcase Creative New Zealand. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20141224104808/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/funded-artists-showcase/chris-charteris?project=254. 24 December 2014.
  13. Book: Papau. Malama. Kolose, the Art of Tuvalu Crochet: Fafine Niutao I Aotearoa, Sunday 18 May-Sunday 29 June. Māhina-Tuai. Kolokesa Uafā. Papau. Lopiani. Papau. Violeta. 2014. Mangere Arts Centre. 978-0-473-28974-4. en.
  14. Web site: Ngā Ringa Raupā - Charlotte Graham. 13 August 2021. Māori Television. en. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813023045/https://www.teaomaori.news/nga-ringa-raupa-charlotte-graham. live.
  15. Web site: Hipkins. Gavin. 1 January 2015. Erewhon : Gavin Hipkins.. 13 August 2021. Erewhon : Gavin Hipkins. Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813023457/https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35793031. live.
  16. Gush. Nadia. 2018. Editorial. New Zealand Journal of Public History. 28. 1. 13 August 2021. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813034127/https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/449878/FULL-PUBLICATION-NZJPH6-2018.pdf. live.

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