Curated by Jade Hadfield, Mana Wahine is an exhibition grounded in the sacred, sovereign authority carried by Indigenous women of the Moana; daughters, aunties, fa’afafine, fakaleiti and takatāpui.

Exhibition open 21 April - 22 May 2026, Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM.

Across the Moana, Mana Wahine is the living expression of sacred, sovereign authority carried by Indigenous women; daughters, aunties, fa’afafine, fakaleiti and takatāpui.

Mana Wahine is care. It is leadership. It is resistance. It is creativity. It is community.

We define ourselves.

We carry sacred knowledge.

We are powerful.

We are sovereign.

Through ceremony and story, body and breath, the artists Ella Rowe, FAFSWAG, Folole Tupuola, Grace Vanilau, Irihipeti Waretini and Veisinia Tonga draw on ancestral lineages and lived experience. Their works speak to sovereignty, motherhood, whakapapa and collective strength, honouring the deep interconnections between land, ocean, identity and self-determination.

Mana Wahine is care and leadership. It is resistance and creativity. It is community.