Taranaki to Tāmaki Lalaga Youth Ambassador Performance

Developed over the past year, our Lalaga Youth Ambassadors (LYA) most recent project, is a thrilling collaboration with the award-winning creative artist Leki Jackson-Bourke who has been workshopping and devising an original performance that reflects on what it means to be a Young Pasifika person living in regional Aotearoa. 
 
Drawing on their diverse cultural backgrounds and shared experiences as Pasifika youth in Taranaki, this innovative performative work reflects on the vital role of young people—not only as custodians of culture but as co-creators of the communities and futures they aspire to build.

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The Lalaga Youth Ambassadors are a collective of Taranaki-based young creatives that has emerged as an integral part of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery's Lalaga Project. Rooted in their connections to Pasifika cultures and community, they explore collaboration, heritage arts, interdisciplinary practice and the role youth play in shaping inclusive, diverse communities. Through mentorship, creative development, and partnerships with cultural and educational institutions, they are shaping new models of engagement—amplifying youth voices and expanding possibilities for how the arts can enrich communities and careers, both within and beyond the cultural sector.

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