Faka-Tokelau: Living with Change

Faka-Tokelau: Living with Change
Faka-Tokelau: Nonofo ma nā Hūiga

Glenn Jowitt & Andrew Matautia

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington

15 February - 31 May 2020

Exhibition closed due to COVID 19 response, all NZ art galleries closed

Explore Tokelau’s unique way of life, faka-Tokelau, through the lenses of two New Zealand photographers. Glenn Jowitt visited in 1981, Andrew Matautia 36 years later, in 2017.

The 15 photographs on display reveal how change is constant on Tokelau’s fragile atolls. But faka-Tokelau is resilient, and locals tackle every challenge collectively, with inspiring ingenuity.