Moments | Satellites Archive

2020s

A wall with a grid of flags printed on canvases

People of ColourExhibition

A blue sign that says 'OPEN HOMES' stands in front of a lush garden dotted with yellow flowers

Open HomesExhibition

An illuminated car in a dark art gallery, next to a video work showing a woman in a pink dress singing.

The Inner Lives of IslandsExhibition

A woman in a bold red suit poses confidently against a white background, overlaid with stylized text reading 'The First Prime-Time Asian Sitcom'; credits for writer Nahyeon Lee and director Ahi Karunaharan appear in pink.

Premiere Season of The First Prime-Time Asian SitcomPerformance

Three Asian dancers, dressed mostly in black rehearsal clothes, practising in a mirrored dance studio.

The Asian Artists’ Fund is createdEvent

An art gallery with large paintings and blacka nd white photographs displayed.

The house is fullExhibition

A decorative grille is painted onto a wall, next to a green low stool with a pineapple and mandarin sitting on top.

Elsewhere and nowhere elseExhibition

Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2023Event

The COVID-19 pandemic beginsEvent

A colourful exhibition space with a full-wall mural of a beach in the Pacific and a video work projected on a screen.

Yuki Kihara is selected to represent Aotearoa at the Venice BiennaleAward

Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2022Event

Premiere Season of Scenes from a Yellow PerilPerformance

Bright green text of mutated ADD letters on a teal background, with partner logos.

Asian Diaspora DialoguesEvent

Chris Tse wears a green suit and stands next to carver Jacob Scott who is holding a tokotoko that they are both admiring.

Chris Tse becomes New Zealand Poet LaureateAward

Poster for an event titled 'Kiss Taraf' on a soft pink background. 'Kiss Taraf' is written in a dark pink with a watercolour effect that slopes downward. The rest of the texts are in black, including writing in Hindi, which is just above the centre of the page.

Kiss TarafExhibition

A group of people sitting cross-legged in a marae having a discussion

Asian Aotearoa Arts 2024Event

2010s

A group of Asian castmembers are posed for a group photo on a programme cover, with the title 'Losing Face'

Playmarket launches Asian InkEvent

A group of about 10 South Asian writers and actors sit around a table, talking and looking at a script.

The first South Asian Writers Festival takes placeEvent

MOAMOAExhibition

White cover with blue and red text.

ST PAUL St 2013 Curatorial SymposiumExhibition

Three rows of Chinese artists, some standing, some kneeling, pose for a group photo.

Chinese New Zealand Artists Hui 2013Event

Inside concrete silos a video work plays on a screen while a seated person watches.

These stories began before we arrivedExhibition

Photocopied articles and reading and writing materials scattered across a table.

The Asia-Pacific CenturyExhibition

A TV screen with a video work is in a supermarket trolley in front of a shiny curtain and a wall covered in photos.

lei-pāExhibition

A stage with a chorus of seven women raising their hands to the sky. Three men stand in front of them, blue light washes over them

Premiere Season of The Bone FeederPerformance

Seven South Asian actors in different garbs and time periods stand in a field of green tea crops, facing various directions.

Premiere Season of TeaPerformance

A smiling Kerry Ann Lee does the peace sign with her fingers in front of a large poster for the hui, featuring the work of Ant Sang.

Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2018Event

Shelving in a library with a zine display and Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui banner.

Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2019Event

Five South Asian actors in warm-toned Desi Cowboy outfits pose direct to camera, throwing peace signs, prayer signs and finger guns against a bright orange background.

Premiere Season of My Heart Goes Thadak ThadakPerformance

A crowd of about a hundred people gather on the stairway in the Aotea Centre.

Allan Xia starts ChromaconEvent

Taniwha & Dragon FestivalEvent

A small to-scale house made of paper sits inside Auckland Art Gallery

The 5th Auckland TriennialExhibition

A long boat filled with people cuts across the water in front of an island.

FIELDS: An itinerant inquiry across the Kingdom of CambodiaExhibition

A couple stand on an open field

Premiere Season of The Mooncake and the KūmaraPerformance

Two anthropomorphic vases lean towards each other, eyes closed and lips puckered for a kiss.

Sorawit Songsataya wins the National Contemporary Art AwardAward

A row of bookshelves

华夏人与长白云故乡 Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journeyExhibition

Four photos of Asian people in a room, sitting on the floor and on chairs, engaged in discussion

Asian Aotearoa Artists Hui 2017Event

Two women smile at the camera together. One is tall with curly black hair and glasses, wearing a dusky pink adidas top and holding a 'gumboot' award, and the other is in black holding the Billy T towel

Angella Dravid wins the Billy T AwardAward

A man with shoulder-length hair sitting on the ground with a microphone recording his heartbeat in a dark space in front of a projection of his video work

Fluid Borders Exhibition

View of an exhibition with a large colourful tapestry on the back wall and many sculptures.

Guy Ngan: HabitationExhibition

Two women with their back to us stand looking at shelves with photos of works by Guy Ngan laid along them.

Guy Ngan: Either Possible or NecessaryExhibition

A person holds a lit candle while another lays flowers against a row of already-laid flowers

March 15 terror attacks take place in ŌtautahiEvent

2000s

Illuminated Chinese lanterns hang above a crowd of people surrounded by trees

First public Lantern Festival is heldEvent

Indian dancers in colourful garments dance on a stage

First public Diwali FestivalEvent

Golden yellow flyer with a line drawing of three Chinese kids riding a dragon around the world.

The 'Going Bananas' conferencesEvent

Five Asian people of different ages and genders, dressed formally, pose for a group photo at an event.

NZ Government apologises for the poll taxEvent

A light brown cover of a square book with a line drawing of cherry blossoms.

Cultural SignalsExhibition

A row of illuminated lanterns with shades covered in white fabric and plastic hibiscus flowers.

The Maui DynastyExhibition

1990s

The Asia New Zealand Foundation is establishedEvent

A collage of photos of artists travelling around Hong Kong.

Fusion — Hong Kong Auckland Artist Exchange, 交溶點Exhibition

Four Square man artworks where he is wearing turbans, bindi and other South Asian garments and adornment.

I think I know who you areExhibition

A grid of handheld fans each printed with ann eye, mouth, nose or ear.

The Nervous SystemExhibition

Newspaper clipping with photo of Yuk King Tan with arms crossed in front of a lit-up artwork in the museum.

The Oriental RoomExhibition

1980s

Immigration Act 1987Legislation

1900s

A ship at the port with smoke rising out its chimney

The SS Ventnor sinksEvent

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