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SAY! 👋🏽 Meet the team behind Mana Arts Co. — a collective of artists, producers, storytellers and cultural advocates creating space for Pacific voices in the UK and beyond. From opera stages to television sets, from fashion to film, our backgrounds are diverse, but our kaupapa is shared: to build a platform where Pacific creativity, culture and community can thrive. Together, we’re bringing Pasifika Fest UK 2026 to life — a two-day celebration of arts, culture, entrepreneurship and connection in the heart of London. In the Pacific, a fale has no doors. It is open on all sides, welcoming all who enter. That spirit sits at the heart of everything we do. Whether you’re an artist, creative, business owner, partner, donor, or someone who simply wants to connect, you are warmly invited into our fale. Talofa. Kia ora. Mālō e lelei. Fakaalofa lahi atu. Bula vinaka. Mauri. Aloha. Ia orana. Welcome to the Mana Arts Co. aiga. 🌺 #takeyourmanawithyou #pasifikafestuk #manaartsco #tangatamoana by @mana.arts.co
Your village is here. Pasifika Fest UK 2026 on the 4-5 July at Goodenough College in central London 🇬🇧 All are welcome. Whether you’ve lived in London for 5 years, 50 years or even 5mins. Whether you are rooted in your culture, want to reconnect, or are just culturally curious! We got you. 🌺 Ticket link in bio or visit our website: www.manaartsco.com for more information by @mana.arts.co
PASIFIKA FEST UK 2026 🌺 “Pacific Colours wherever they may be…” 🎶 From Aotearoa to Samoa, Tonga to Fiji, the Cook Islands to Hawai‘i, and everywhere in between — Pacific colours will be gathering in the heart of London on 4–5 July 2026. Join us for Pasifika Fest UK 2026, the UK’s first Pacific-led arts and cultural festival of its kind, featuring performances, film, workshops, talanoa, visual arts, food, marketplace stalls and community celebration. 🌺 FREE festival entry 🎟 Ticketed feature events from £10–£20 📍 Goodenough College, Central London 📅 4–5 July 2026 Come celebrate the creativity, cultures and stories of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. For more information, visit www.manaartsco.com and explore the full festival programme, featured artists, and event updates. 🎟 Get your tickets through the Eventbrite link in our bio. All welcome. 🤍 by @mana.arts.co
🚨Hawaiian Printmaking Workshop — Tickets available NOW 🤗🚨 🎨Come get messy with us and learn about Hawaiian printmaking in this TWO part workshop 🤗 HUGE mahalo to @londonhulaori for hosting us 🎟️ONLY 20 SPACES!! Link to buy tickets in bio (and in the poster above) 🎟️ PART ONE : 📆Oct 10th ⏰ 2-4pm 📍London School of Hula and ʻOri 🖼️ Learn Hawaiian culture foundations, build your aloha ʻāina design with our custom stamps, make a print to take home! PART TWO: 📆Oct 24th ⏰ 2-4pm 📍London School of Hula and ʻOri 🖼️ Print your aloha ʻāina design on your clothes or fabric to give it new life! 🪸kilo kāpala is a mixture of traditional ʻohe kāpala and contemporary block printing methods (ink up carved designs and print repeatedly to make a meaningful pattern) 🎨 designs made and carved by us, inspired by the aspects of nature we love and cherish most 🌊🗻 🪸reach out to us and check out our website for more info! by @mana.arts.co
@mana.arts.co were honoured to be invited to @londonhulaori summer showcase! We are super proud to support our āiga of the MOANA doing amazing things here in the capital! Here’s a reel without any trending sound because the mana and vibes say it all! We were blessed to have LSHO at @pasifikafestuk 2026 and we can’t wait to share videos from the festival!! EŌ!!! 🌺 by @mana.arts.co
Just home from the London premiere of @lomu.film at Battersea Power Station, feeling uplifted, motivated and incredibly humbled. There’s something so special about seeing one of our Pasifika stories celebrated on this side of the world. Seeing South Auckland — home, where I grew up — alongside Tonga really hit differently from here in London. And of course, I couldn’t stop myself humming along to Hala Kuo Papa 😅 Huge props to directors @vea_mafileo and @gavfitz_me and the entire LOMU team. What I loved most was how beautifully they showed that Jonah’s story was never just about Jonah — it was about his village. His family, his community, his culture and those who surrounded him with love. It was such a powerful reminder of how much mana we receive from the people who carry us and remind us who we are. Congratulations to @londonbreezefilmfestival and @sylverents for bringing this story to London, and a massive mihi to the @nzinuk for inviting me on behalf of @mana.arts.co tonight. It was also special spending time with both the Deputy NZ High Commissioner and the Tongan High Commissioner around a story that belongs so deeply to Aotearoa and Tonga. And so much aroha for our @ngatiranana whānau. We are incredibly lucky to have a whānau here genuinely centred around whanaungatanga, kotahitanga and manaakitanga. These aren’t just values we talk about — you feel them in how people show up for and carry one another. The mana was felt tonight. P.S. Yes, I know there are questions about the taʻovala 👀😂 Story time deserves its own post 🇹🇴 #LOMU #Pasifika #PacificStories #ManaArtsCo #Tonga by @mana.arts.co
Such a privilege to be hosting a kōrero with Mel Smith - on her incredible journey to global leadership, and what it means to lead as a wahine Māori on the world stage. Mel Smith CBE (Ngāpuhi) is Global CEO of ATG Entertainment, one of the world's leading live entertainment companies. She's also the founder of the Mokaraka Trust, supporting wāhine Māori pursuing business studies - building the next generation of Māori women in business, right alongside her own. This is a rare chance to hear firsthand what it takes to lead globally, without ever losing where you're from. 📍 Caravan Covent Garden 📅 Thursday 10 September · Doors 6:30, kōrero from 7pm 🎟️ £15 per ticket Tickets in bio. Get in quick. #VoicesAndVoyages #MelSmith #MāoriBusiness #PacificBusiness #Ngāpuhi GlobalLeadership by @mana.arts.co
Our fav moments from @mana.arts.co Pasifika Fest 2026! We thoroughly enjoyed photographing all the beautiful faces, performances, and talks earlier this month 📸🌺 by @mana.arts.co
Hinemihi: The House with the Golden Eyes “The Whare tupuna Hinemihi o Te Ao Tawhito saved Jim Schuster’s ancestors during the Tarawera eruption of 1886 but since then she has resided in an English country garden in Clandon Park, Surrey for the last 135 years. Now Jim and his whānau are returning to England to save her. It is time for the revered ancestress of Ngāti Hinemihi to come home to Tūhourangi. Home to Te Arawa. Join us for a screening of the documentary. Find out about Hinemihi’s journey and her significance to her iwi in Aotearoa and the diaspora community in Ranana. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion that explores the making the film and the ‘Exchange’ of Hinemihi from the UK to Aotearoa. Our panel is made up of the documentary’s director, Toby Mills, alongside master carver Colin Te Puhanui Tihi, Maina Tapiata-Thompson chair of Te Maru o Hinemihi and moderated by Lyall Hakaraia a Māori artivist and community leader. FUNDRAISING Please note that the proceeds from the screening will be donated to the ‘Te Maru o Te Hinemihi’ as they continue on with the mahi / work to get Hinemihi home. TIMINGS OF EVENT Doors open - 7.00pm Film Start - 7.30pm and is 60 minutes long Panel discussion - 8.30pm start and finishes at 9.00pm Doors - 9.30pm Tickets On Tickettailor Hinemihi:The House with the Golden Eyes Documentary Screening . https://www.tickettailor.com/events/temaruohinemihi/2305321 by @mana.arts.co
This time two weeks ago. 🥹 The first Pasifika Fest UK of many more to come. The embodiment of Tā-Vā here in the centre of the cultural capital of the Western world, London, UK. There is something incredibly powerful about creating spaces where our people can simply belong. Spaces that are not earned. Spaces that do not ask us to prove our worth, our service or our connection to our people. Spaces that ask nothing of us except that we come as we are. In the Pacific, a fale has no door. You are welcomed because you belong. A fale is not built in a day. It is built beam by beam, post by post, held together not only by craftsmanship, but by the people who gather within it. Pasifika Fest UK is still being built. What we shared two weeks ago was not its completion. It was its beginning. To witness our people gather in London to sing, dance, talanoa, laugh, learn, teach and celebrate one another on our own terms was one of the greatest privileges of my life. To see our people take up space in one of the great cultural capitals of the world was something I will never forget. Was it perfect? Absolutely not. It was our first festival. There are things we would do differently. There are things we will do better. The lessons have been learnt and our vision has only become clearer. But if there is one thing I know for certain, it is that our fale is here to stay. Pasifika Fest UK will continue to be a hub, a home and a fale for our Pacific communities here in the UK and beyond. We are not building an event. We are building a home. This is only the beginning. by @mana.arts.co
Pasifika Fest UK 2026 simply would not have been possible without the belief, generosity and tautoko of our incredible partners. To @goodenoughcollege , @creativenz and @cookislands — mālō ‘aupito, fa’afetai tele lava, meitaki ma’ata, ngā mihi nui and thank you for backing a bold vision and helping bring the first-ever Pasifika Fest UK to life. Your support enabled us to create a space where Pacific cultures, artists, businesses and communities could come together to celebrate, reconnect and be seen in the heart of London. We are deeply grateful to have shared this journey with you, and we look forward to building on what we’ve started together. 🌺🌊 📸: @studiopuluma #pasifikafestuk #goodenoughcollege #creativenz #cookislandstourism by @mana.arts.co
We’re proud to stand alongside @oceana and our Pacific communities calling on @cocacola to bring back reusable glass bottles to Sāmoa. As Mana Arts Co., we were honoured to contribute to this campaign through music, storytelling and by marching in solidarity for our Moana, alongside: @londonhulaori @sivamamana @solfamusic_samoa @grippingfilms @mpstudio.samoa @samoaconservationsociety @srwma_2018 @canpacificislands @breakfreefromplastic The Pacific contributes so little to the global plastic crisis, yet our islands continue to carry its burden. Reintroducing reusable glass bottles is a simple solution that already exists. 🌊 Watch the film (full video on YouTube) ✍🏽 Sign the petition (link in bio) 📢 Share the message. Together, we can help protect our islands for generations to come. #BringBackReuse #oceana #ProtectThePacific #manaartsco by @mana.arts.co

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