Ans Westra and the Wellington Tongan community

Name: Ans Westra and the Wellington Tongan community
Start: 2024-11-18T16:45:00+12:00
End: 2024-11-18T18:15:00+12:00
Location: Corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand 6011

Schedule

Mon Nov 18 2024 at 04:45 pm to 06:15 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

Corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 | Wellington, WG

Help us identify the people and places in these photos by Ans Westra. Join us to explore 1980s photographs of local Tongan communities, taken at Wesley Methodist Church on Taranaki Street and in Pito-one (Petone), Lower Hutt.
Mālō e lelei, come along and view a screening of the digitised images taken by Ans Westra of the Wellington Tongan communities in the late 1980s.
The photos were taken at Wesley Methodist Church on Taranaki Street and in Pito-one (Petone), Lower Hutt. These images are part of our collections. We are working on updating our catalogue with the names of the people and places in these images.
After viewing the photos, we'd love your help identifying the people and places in the photos, which the photographer Ans Westra took.
RSVP for your spot — Please register your interest in this event by emailing [email protected]
About the speaker
Suliana Vea is the Research Librarian Pacific at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Born and bred in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, she is of Tongan descent with ties to Ha'apai, Kolomotu'a and Hihifo, Tongatapu.
Image: Photo ‘Tongan congregation members at ako hiva (singing practice)’ at Wesley Methodist Church on Taranaki Street, Wellington, 19 March 1948, by Ans Westra. Ref: AW-4451_04. Alexander Turnbull Library. Used with permission.