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Gina Cole is
Chairperson and has been a trustee since 2000. She
is of Fijian/Scottish descent. Gina was admitted to
the bar as a barrister and solicitor in 1991 and now
practises law on her own account as a Barrister Sole
based in Beaconsfield Chambers in Grey Lynn which she
shares with another Barrister. Gina has broad experience
as a litigator in the areas of commercial, company,
civil, resource management, Maori land and family law
and her other governance experience includes three
years as an executive member of the Auckland Women
Lawyers Association. In the sharing of the chair role
Gina focuses on the administration related aspects.
Loloma Andrews
joined the Tautai board in June 2004 bringing the perspective
of a recently graduated artist to the Board. Loloma,
who majored in jewellery, graduated from Manukau Institute
of Technology with a Batchelor of Visual Arts degree.
During her student life she was involved with the Pasifikaha
club, which is a Pacific Island student initiative set
up to support Pacific students during their study. She
began her art relationship with Tautai when the trust
supported the Pasifika students with their Lopdell House
exhibition in 2003. Since then she has taken part in
other Tautai events such as the AK03 Sculpture Symposium
and Niu Dialogue Exhibition as well as assisting at
the Fresh Horizons workshops for secondary students.
Loloma continues her art practice from her own art studio
on Waiheke Island.
Ron Brownson,
who has been a trustee since 2001, is Senior Curator
New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery
Toi o Tamaki. He holds a Master of Arts (Honours) and
is on the advisory Boards of Auckland University of
Technology Faculty of Art and Design and Manukau Institute
of Technology School of Art and Design. Among his many
exhibition projects have been John Kinder Photographs;
Open the Shutter: Auckland Photographers Now; Eric Lee-Johnson
Opo the Hokianga Dolphin; Fixed in Time: Auckland Photographers
of the 1950s; Ross T.Smith: Hokianga; John Ioane: Falesa,
John Pule: People get ready, Marti Friedlander Photographs
and Gretchen Albrecht illuminations. Ron has also edited
numerous art publications and has a special interest
is New Zealand and Pacific photography.
Tui Hobson was elected
to the Tautai board at the AGM in 2005. Tui has been
a sculptor and carver for the past twelve years and
works primarily in recycled New Zealand native timbers,
hardwoods, stone and copper. As recipient of the 2004
Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award, Tui was
able to travel to Rarotonga, Atui,
and Aitutaki to
reconnect with her Cook Island heritage. Later she also travelled to Samoa. The journey consolidated many
of the Pacific themes already emerging in
her work.
Tui's sculptures reflect not only
the beauty of the Pacific Islands but her own cultural
diversity. Her mother was Cook Island, Maori and she
was raised by her European father who was a carver,
art teacher and cabinet maker. Tui, who is a full time
artist, works in both small scale as well as large
outdoor works. She is a regular participant in many
symposiums and exhibitions throughout New Zealand and
her work is held in numerous public and private collections
both in New Zealand and overseas.
Colin Jeffery
joined the Board in December 1999 and is Secretary,
having been Treasurer from 2000 until recently. Colin
is professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
He has a senior management and financial accounting
role with one of the largest companies in NZ where
his responsibilities include accounting for property
and other assets and control of the capital expenditure
and analysis of potential development and refurbishment
projects. He is a member of the NZ Institute of Chartered
Accountants and Chartered Institute of Corporate
Management. Colin with his wife, Christina
have a long-standing interest in the art of contemporary
Pacific artists and through those contacts they have
been supporters of Tautai since its inception.
Fuli Pereira,
who is of Tokelau descent, was born in Samoa and
brought up in Porirua, Wellington. She is the Curator
– Pacific at Auckland Museum, responsible for the care
of the Museum’s world class Pacific collections.
Although her work is primarily focused on the heritage
arts of the Pacific she continues to have a strong interest
in Pacific contemporary art. Fuli co-curated (with Ron Brownson)
the Le Folauga exhibition held at Auckland Museum in 2007.
She also co-authored Speaking in Colour 1997 with Sean Mallon,
and co-edited also with Sean Mallon Pacific Art Niu Sila 2002.
Along with these publications she has been involved with various
Pacific arts trusts, and was a member of the Pacific Arts Committee
of Creative New Zealand. Fuli was elected to the Tautai Board
of Trustees in 2007.
Ema Tavola
rejoined the Tautai board in 2007 after a two year break.
Ema is currently Pacific Arts Co-ordinator for Manukau
City Council based at Fresh Gallery Otara. Of Fijian
and Pakeha New Zealand descent, Ema began her art training
at the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture at the University
of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. Moving to Auckland
she went on to major in sculpture, completing her Bachelor
of Visual Arts degree through the University of Auckland at
Manukau in 2005. Holding roles as a Pacific Nations mentor
and co-ordinator of student support network, Pasifikaha,
Ema brings a good understanding of issues faced by emerging
Pacific artists undertaking tertiary education.
Ema is a practising artist and curator with interests in
the fields of contemporary Pacific arts and audiences,
and Pacific diasporic experience within the South Auckland context.
Leafa/Janice Wilson
(Samoan–Vaimoso/Taufusi&Siumu):
Currently Curator of Art /Concept Leader Visual Art -
Waikato Museum since 2004. Leafa is a member of the Undergraduate
Advisory Committee for the Mediarts Degree at Wintec,
Hamilton, where she lectured in design and was Maori and
Pasifika Kaiawhina. Leafa is a multi-media installation
artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally.
Her first independent curatorial work was Dolly Mix
(W)rapper in 2002 at the Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o
Waikato, assisted by Jakki Leota-Ete and with curatorial
consultancy with Jim Vivieaere. Leafa has also curated
HOMEBOY/HOMEGIRL 04 at the University of Waikato and
South Waikato District Council, Tokoroa and "Weird Names
for Girls" 2005 at PLATFORM01, Hamilton experimental
art space. Leafa has presented her work at Burke Museum,
Seattle Washington, and University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Her most recent solo exhibition was at SoFA Gallery, University
of Canterbury, Christchurch 2006. Leafa was elected to the Tautai board in 2007.
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