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I Hinanao-ta: Journey of the CHamoru People
Performances | 13 - 22 August 2026
Guam Museum, Hagåtña
This summer sees a fourth annual celebration honouring Guam’s rich culinary, brewing, and cultural traditions with locally crafted tuba and setbesa, delectable chesa and Fina’mames, cultural performances, storytelling, and community fellowship in support of the Guam Museum Foundation. The event will also feature the premiere of I Hinanao-ta: Journey of the CHamoru People.
Following from this event is a series of performances inspired by the Guam Museum’s permanent exhibit, I Hinanao-ta: Journey of the CHamoru People. This theatrical production brings Guåhan’s story to life through music, song, dance, and storytelling providing a moving celebration of identity, resilience, and the enduring spirit of the CHamoru people.
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4th Annual Night at the Museum: Tuba, Chesa, yan Setbesa
Event | 11 August 2026
Guam Museum, Hagåtña
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Sina: Celebrating the return of the Oceania Dance Theatre and Pasifika Voices
Performances | 7 & 8 August 2026
Japan-Pacific ICT Lecture Theatre, University of the South Pacific, Laucala, Fiji
Sina marks the highly anticipated return of large-scale theatre at The University of the South Pacific’s Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies. Inspired by the beloved Pacific legend of Sina and the Eel, this original contemporary stage production reimagines a story shared across the Blue Pacific through powerful storytelling, dance, music, and visual artistry.
Bringing together the renowned Oceania Dance Theatre and Pasifika Voices, alongside the debut of the Oceania Dance Academy, SINA celebrates Pacific identity, creativity, and cultural heritage while showcasing the extraordinary talent of local artists.The countdown continues to the highly anticipated return of the Oceania Dance Theatre and Pasifika Voices to the stage.
Experience Sina, an original theatrical production inspired by one of the Pacific's most enduring legends, brought to life through powerful dance, music and storytelling.
Here's a first look at our ticket categories, so you can start planning your evening with us.
General Admission | $50
USP Students | $40 (with valid student ID)
Children (12 years and below) | $25
07 & 08 August 2026
7.00pm
Japan-Pacific ICT Theatre
The University of the South Pacific
Tickets on sale via TicketMax: www.ticketmax.com.fj/VTNGV
For more information, visit: www.usp.ac.fj/sina
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Our Ocean of Islands
Exhibition | Opening 15 August
Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa New Zealand Maritime Museum, Corner Quay and Hobson streets, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Our Ocean of Islands brings together the Indigenous knowledges and practices of 24 Moana Oceania island nations, including Tangata Whenua and all 17 island nations with diaspora communities in Aotearoa.
Developed alongside key contributors from each island nation, the exhibition celebrates the connections between peoples, lands, seas and skies through ancestors, cultural traditions, stories, creative expressions, and Indigenous voices. Our Ocean of Islands invites you to explore the diversity, creativity and living knowledges that continue to shape life across our ocean of islands.
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He Toi Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving
Exhibition | from 29 August 2026
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
This exhibition is considered to be of international significance as it contains more than 700 years of whakairo (carving), with works dating back to the 1300s.
It includes 147 taonga from Te Papa collection, including taonga never previously displayed publicly.
Works are carved in both traditional and contemporary materials, from wood, bone, stone, pāua, pounamu, and plant materials to uku (clay), steel, and modern solid-surface composites.
The oldest objects in this exhibition are a pair of Rei Niho Paraoa (chevron type sperm whale tooth pendants) dated around the year 1300 making them the oldest taonga in the exhibition.
The provenance of many historical Māori carvings was lost during the colonial era, which means many carvings that will feature in He Toi Whakairo were created by unknown makers and iwi (tribe) of origin.
The exhibition is guided by the whakatauākī (proverb) coined by Māori leader Piri Sciascia at the time of Te Maori: ‘He Toi Whakairo, He Mana Tangata | Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity’.
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