Arts Pasifika Awards

Arts Pasifka Awards
DateSince 1996 (1996)
CountryNew Zealand
Hosted byCreative New Zealand
WebsiteOfficial website

The Arts Pasifika Awards celebrate excellence in Pacific arts in New Zealand. The annual awards are administered by Creative New Zealand and are the only national awards for Pasifika artists across all art forms.[1]

The Arts Pasifika Awards include the awards for: Emerging Pacific Artist; Iosefa Enari Memorial Award; Pacific Heritage Art Award (from 2004); Contemporary Pacific Art Award; Senior Pacific Artist Award; Special Recognition Award (from 2013);[1] and Pacific Toa Artist Award (from 2019).[2]

List of award recipients

Emerging Pacific Artist

Iosefa Enari Memorial Award

  • 2002 Ben Makisi
  • 2003 Daphne Collins
  • 2004 Bonadventure Allan-Moetaua
  • 2005 Ramonda Taleni
  • 2006 Aivale Cole
  • 2007 Sani Muamaseali’i
  • 2008 James Ioelu
  • 2009 Elisha Na’otala Fa’I
  • 2010 Pene Junior Pati
  • 2011 Marlena Devoe
  • 2012 Isabella Moore
  • 2013 Natalia Mann
  • 2014 No award given
  • 2015 Manase Tapuaki Mei Langi Latu
  • 2016 Madison Nonoa
  • 2017 Filipe Manu
  • 2018 Benson Wilson
  • 2019 Samson Setu
  • 2020 Moses Mackay
  • 2021 Ridge Ponini
  • 2022 Joshua Pearson
  • 2023 Hayden Afele-Nickel
  • 2024 Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono
  • 2025 Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono

Pacific Heritage Art Award

This award began in 2004.

Contemporary Pacific Art Award

Senior Pacific Artist Award

Special Recognition Award

This award began in 2013 to "recognise special contribution to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts in Aotearoa and/or internationally".

Pacific Toa Artist Award

This award commenced in 2019. It acknowledges the "contribution of a Pasifika artist with the lived experience of disability to the standing, and standard, of Pacific arts nationally or globally".[2]

Pacific Arts Business Award

* 2025 The Coconet / tikilounge Productions Ltd

References

  1. 1 2 "Arts Pasifika Awards". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Pacific Toa category announced for Arts Pasifika Awards 2019". Creative New Zealand. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "25th Annual Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards Recognise Excellence And Innovation | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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