Nina Tonga
Arts around the country in level 2 (and online for Tamaki Makaurau)
Arts commentator Nina Tonga joins Lynn to talk about how galleries around the country have reopened their doors at level two - and got creative online. She'll look at Dane Mitchell's installation Post… Audio
Nina Tonga: Dawn Raids in the arts
Nina joins Kathryn to talk about the role art and artists play in voicing stories about the Dawn Raids, ahead of the government's apology this week to Pasifika communities affected by them. She'll… Audio
Best of The Arts with Nina Tonga
Curator of Contemporary Art at Te Papa Nina Tonga reflects on the relaunch of Urban Dream Brokerage in Poneke, Wellington. Also her highlights from this month and of 2020, including the second volume… Audio
'Museum beyond walls' becomes a reality
Arts correspondent Nina Tonga looks at how a sector goal to bring art to the people has unexpectedly been realised, thanks to Covid-19. She joins Kathryn to talk about how different galleries and… Audio
NZ arts ecology: The ever-changing role of artists
Arts commentator Nina Tonga joins Lynn to talk about the summer's festival season, with a focus on what to expect from the New Zealand Arts Festival which opens on February 21. She'll also look at the… Audio
Elisapeta Fononga and the fish shop uniform
The story of a nation is more than great works of art, turbulent moments of history and dramatic discoveries. Sometimes you can see the truth of a country in a piece of fish with a scoop of chips. Audio
Nina Tonga - Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists
Nina Tonga is an art historian and Curator Pacific Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongowera. She joins Kim to talk about the exhibition, Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists, opening this… Audio
Making a museum from the ground up
Doryun Chong is in New Zealand to be part of the judging panel for contemporary art award; the Walters Prize, and was previously Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at New York’s Museum of… Audio
Nina Tonga
One of the curators for the Auckland Art Gallery exhibition Home AKL featuring work by a group of contemporary New Zealand artists of Pacific Heritage. Audio
Nina Tonga
Guest co-curator of Koloa Et Al, an exhibition that explores the role of Tongan women in the community, on at Fresh Gallery. Audio