Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Pasifika Arts Aotearoa

This is the project page to improve content of New Zealand Aotearoa based Pasifika Arts. The goal is to increase biographies in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons with a target of 50% new articles being women or non-binary folk.

New resource
A new book has been published called Pacific Art Aotearoa (2023) edited by Lana Lopesi which is a valuable resource for information with contributions from more than 120 artists, curators and community voices. It was published in association with Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa as part of the Pacific Arts Legacy Project from the Pacific Arts Strategy. "The powerful and dynamic legacy of Pacific arts in Aotearoa, as told by the artists themselves. Pacific Arts Aotearoa tells the dynamic and powerful story of Pacific arts in Aotearoa New Zealand."

Participants
Wikipedia editors

Please add your username here with three tildes to add yourself to the project. You will get sporadic messages on your talk page.

Please indicate any articles you are working on to avoid any edit conflicts and link any draft articles once they are ready for others to contribute to.


 * Kowhaiarewhana (talk)
 * Lajmmoore (talk) 10:13, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * NEOLANI2022 (talk) 07:07, 25 January 2022 (UTC) -
 * Friagatewayfinder (talk)
 * User:Poly eyes
 * MurielMary (talk) 09:52, 10 February 2022 (UTC) - happy to help with biographies
 * Ambrosia10 (talk) 20:30, 10 February 2022 (UTC) - Very happy to help support/train new editors and contribute editing time to the project.
 * AuteWayOfWeaving
 * User:Definedtriangleer
 * Lightspear451

About the project
In 2021 Lisa Maule (Pakoire (talk)) was funded by the Wikimedia Foundation to run the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject, and this project built from that in 2022, but seeking emerging Pasifika editors to explore possibilities of Wikipedia. Lisa is Pākehā, of Scottish and English descent from Wellington, Aotearoa with a background in performing arts and events. You can email queries about the project to: lisamaule.info@gmail.com

In 2023 the project has a new coordinator, Kasi Valu who is taking it to new heights including the attendance at Wikimania Singapore of six Pasfika artists and editors.

Creative New Zealand Residency
The Pasifika Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject included a pilot residency component (Wikipedian in Residence) with Creative New Zealand that started in December 2021 and finished on 24 April 2022.


 * Working with Wikimedia Foundation and through its Pacific Arts Wikipedian in Residency pilot, Creative New Zealand aims to amplify globally the profile of its Arts Pasifika Award winners and other notable Pasifika artists, increasing knowledge of their creative careers and the valuable contribution they make to Aotearoa New Zealand.
 * Through the Pacific Arts Wikipedian in Residency pilot, Creative New Zealand is supporting three Pasifika artists to become Wikipedia editors, documenting the stories of its Arts Pasifika Award winners and other notable Pasifika artists, while also building and developing capability through their increased knowledge and skills, and shared professional development.
 * The residency contributes to Creative New Zealand’s work to develop ‘Tagata’ arts leadership, a strategic focus of its Pacific Arts Strategy 2018-2023, and is part of its #DigitalMoana response to the impacts of COVID-19.

Outcomes of the residency
The Creative New Zealand residency in 2022 created 20 new articles with ten of these being created beyond start class by the three editors new to Wikipedia. The three residents also improved 13 Wikipedia articles, created and expanded 19 Wikidata items and uploaded 4 images to Wikimedia Commons. There was an outreach target and between them the residents attended a number of New Zealand-based Wikipedia group meetings and one secured a sponsored place to the New Zealand Digital Forum, representing the project to GLAM workers. Each resident spoke to practitioners within the Pasifika Arts community in Aotearoa about their learning and the goals of the project.

Some reflections from the editors: "Looking deeper into the future I hope we begin to build frameworks outside of Wikipedia, a database that best reflects our lens and cultural practices that is true to the way we catalogue information from our ancestral practices deeply rooted in oratory.""I am an avid user of Wikipedia, and most of my reading has been through music and film deep dives over the years so it's nice to experience Wikipedia from this perspective as a contributor."

Wikimania Singapore 2023 - Aotearoa Pasifika performance
Some emerging Pasifika Wikimedians presented at Wikimania Singapore 2023 in the Entertainment programme. A cutting edge showcase that wove multiple disciplines within Pacific arts. As proud descendants of Te Moana Nui-A-Kiwa, a group of young artists from Aotearoa, New Zealand, illustrated the distinct voices of Tonga, Samoa, and Niue, through traditional and contemporary visuals, movement and song at Wikimania Singapore 2023

Follow their experiences in the new website TALAWIKI.ORG

Suggested articles needing creation or improvement
Pasifika Arts Aotearoa in this project is broadly defined as fine arts, crafts, music, dance, theatre, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary arts by Pasifika heritage artists based in Aotearoa. The Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards have been running since the early 2000's, and when this project was proposed in October 2021 over half of the notable winners don't have Wikipedia articles. Arts Pasifika Award winners and people in the Pacific Arts Legacy Project in Pantograph Punch are the starting place for suggested articles. The Pacific Island Legacy project is curated by Lana Lopesi and includes notable artists from many disciplines.


 * Link: Guide for suggested articles - a list from the Pacific Arts Legacy Project with online references included


 * Arts Pasifika Award winners of the Senior Pacific Artist Award: 2014 Steve Ma Ching, 2008 Igelese Ete
 * Arts Pasifika Award winners of the Special Recognition Award: 2019 Glenda Tuaine, 2017 Noma Sio-Faiumu, 2014 Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe
 * Other winners: O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group, Samson Setu, John Ioane, Anonymouz (Matthew Faiumu Salapu)

Draft space articles
Add articles here that are in progress and ready for contribution and support by participants:


 * Draft:Benjamin Work

Articles created
Please add (to the bottom of the list) any new articles you create:


 * 1) Marilyn Kohlhase
 * 2) Lana Lopesi
 * 3) Kaetaeta Watson
 * 4) Ema Tavola
 * 5) Pati Solomona Tyrell
 * 6) FAFSWAG
 * 7) Andy Leleisi'uao
 * 8) Suli Moa
 * 9) Natalia Mann
 * 10) Stone Maka
 * 11) Lusi Faiva
 * 12) Edith Amituanai
 * 13) Louisa Humphry
 * 14) Emma Kesha
 * 15) Pacifica Mamas
 * 16) Jasmine Togo-Brisby
 * 17) Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
 * 18) Cora-Allan Wickliffe
 * 19) Pelenakeke Brown
 * 20) Pati Umaga
 * 21) Tupua Tigafua
 * 22) Gina Cole
 * 23) Telly Tuita
 * 24) Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
 * 25) Nina Tonga DYK
 * 26) Tanu Gago
 * 27) Michel Mulipola
 * 28) Samson Setu
 * 29) Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe
 * 30) Opetaia Foaʻi
 * 31) Qiane Matata-Sipu
 * 32) Tuāfale Tanoa’i

Articles improved
Please add any articles you improve to the bottom of the list.


 * 1) Victor Rodger
 * 2) Karlo Mila
 * 3) David Eggleton
 * 4) FAFSWAG
 * 5) Teresia Teaiwa
 * 6) Grace Taylor (poet)
 * 7) Roseanna Raymond
 * 8) John Pule
 * 9) Fāgogo
 * 10) Phylesha Brown-Acton
 * 11) Tui Manu’a
 * 12) Tusiata Avia
 * 13) Lemi Ponifasio
 * 14) Tupe Lualua
 * 15) Fatu Feu'u

Wikidata
The following list is of new and suggested Wikidata items. Please add new or improved articles & Wikidata QID.


 * 1) Mele Suipi Fakatava Lātū - QID:
 * 2) Metuliki Fakatava - QID: Q110920754
 * 3) Louisa Humphry - QID: Q111018920
 * 4) Jasmine Togo-Brisby -
 * 5) Lyle Penisula - QID: Q110920546
 * 6) Raymond Sagapolutele - QID: Q110921219
 * 7) Stacy Leilua - QID: Q110920735
 * 8) Benjamin Work - QID: Q111017932)
 * 9) Iona Gordon-Smith - QID:Q110920547
 * 10) Glenda Tuahine -
 * 11) Pacific Dance New Zealand - QID: Q110967774
 * 12) Measina Festival - QID: Q110940583
 * 13) Le Moana - QID: Q110967808
 * 14) Vivian Aue - QID: Q111137033
 * 15) Tyla Veau -
 * 16) Ridge Ponini -
 * 17) Samson Setu - QID: Q111137197
 * 18) Tupumaiaga A Niue Trust -
 * 19) Cora-Allan Wickliffe -
 * 20) Ronnie Tua - QID: Q111137326

The following are examples of how people items are modelled. Use these to find statements relevant for other Wikidata item you are expanding. These include a range of different authority controls to look for your subject.

Resources
Useful links and references:

'How to' edit:
 * Find New Zealand Artists (https://findnzartists.org.nz/)
 * Coconet TV - (https://www.thecoconet.tv/)
 * TheatreView - performing arts reviews (https://www.theatreview.org.nz/)
 * Tiaki, the Alexander Turnbull Library's catalogue (& National Library of New Zealand)
 * Digital NZ Ā-Tihi o Aotearoa
 * Digital Pacific - (https://digitalpasifik.org/)


 * How to set up an account: YouTube video – How to Edit Wikipedia – a 2018 tutorial (47:44) (the first few minutes)
 * Make some edits by adding a citation - follow along to this (preamble finishes at 11mins): Webinar by LIANZA and Mike Dickison
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * New Zealand group of editors online - regular meetings: Meetup/Aotearoa New Zealand Online

Notability guidelines
From Notability (people) People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.

Additional biography

Fast links:
 * 1) The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times; or
 * 2) The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field; or
 * 3) The person has an entry in a country's standard national biographical dictionary (e.g. the Dictionary of National Biography).

Notability (people) - directors, writers, choreographers, designers, artists

Notability (people) - actors and also assume dancers