SIVA AFI - A RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
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Overview
SIVA AFI IS BACK!
Following the success of our 2022 BoostedXMoana campaign, Siva Afi Aotearoa is seeking support for this extend initiative of siva afi workshops in both Whau and Mangere areas from August 2024 to March 2025.
With an endless list of talented and experience tutors we aim to continue to provide meaningful programs in the local community that are about building young people's self-esteem, reconnecting families and FREE, so our workshops are more accessible to everyone.Seven months of collective engagement and mini projects which culminates to workshop participants showcasing their siva afi and drumming skills to various events and festivals during the Christmas period (November to December 2024) and during the Pasifika Festival month of March 2025.
The two areas of community workshops:
- Whau - West Auckland
- Mangere - South Auckland.
The highlight for our 7-month project will be participants part-taking in the International Siva Afi Festival to be held at the Mangere Arts Centre (Mangere, Auckland), in March 2025.
A RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY - in the past 5 years our workshops in both Whau and Mangere brought together all ages and abilities in an intergenerational environment of active learning, which incorporated cultural awareness, practice without judgment, around the traditional art form of Siva Afi. Our experience shows that the involvement of the whole whanau plus cultural awareness are a formula for a resilient and inclusive community.
FUNDING COSTS
We are reaching out to you all, to help us raise $10,000 from our X MOANA campaign, to cover fees for:
- Costs of tutors and fire safety team for our workshops.
- Cost of materials for practice and fire sticks.
- Costs for cabin bread tins for drumming workshops.
- Costs of fuel for the fire practices
It costs up to $7000 per workshop location. A total of $14,000 to cover the 2 semesters, with in-kind support from AKTIVE ZONE as part of our collaboration.
OUR TEAM:
Workshop Producer
Amo Ieriko, creator of the Siva Afi workshop programme.
Amo Ieriko is a creative visionary with a lifelong passion for his Samoan cultural heritage and commitment to presenting the Pacific arts to all audiences. Amo is renowned for strengthening existing programmes and for his foresight to open new avenues for further growth and relationships within the arts community.
Workshop Team
Matalena Tulisi (Samoa) – SIVA AFI WHAU. Workshop Coordinator.
Wāhine Toa Siva Afi (Samoa) – SIVA AFI MĀNGERE. Workshop Coordinator.
Maile Giffin (Hawaii) - Workshop Registrations.
Natalie Toevai (Samoa) – Social Media.
Pa Tulisi (Niue) – Fire Safety and Drumming.
Tai Temanu (Cook Islands) - Siva Afi Tutor and Fire Safety.
Portia Meredith-Numia (Samoa/ NZ) - Siva Afi Tutor.
Theresa Alapati (Samoa) - Siva Afi Tutor and Fire Safety
Lennon Meredith-Numia - (Samoa/ NZ) - Siva Afi Tutor.
Suni Aunese White (Samoa/ NZ) - Siva Afi Tutor.
Arden Meredith-Numia (Samoa/ NZ) - Siva Afi Tutor.
Hadassah Tagoa’i-Vaoa (Samoa) – Siva Afi Tutor and Fire Safety.
Teuea Arun (India/ Tuvalu) – Siva Afi Tutor.
Helen Pritchard (Samoa) – Lead Drumming Tutor.
JP Vaoa (Cook Island/ Samoa) - Drumming Tutor and Fire Safety.
CHAMPIONS
An open collective of siva afi enthusiasts gathering every Friday to training and share siva afi knowledge.
Supporters & Collaborators
AKTIVE ZONE (Whau Ward)
Māngere Town Centre
Māngere Arts Centre
Siva Afi Otara
Wāhine Toa Siva Afi (WTSA) Drumline
TahiMana
Sau E Siva West
Polynesian Entertainers
Siva Mai With Nat
Tu Manawa
Community Leisure Charitable Trust/ Counties
Creative NZ
Auckland Council
In-kind Support.
AKTIVE ZONE – venue and towels for our practice & fire sticks.
Polynesian Entertainers – Pacific drums.
Māngere Town Centre – venue.
Global Networks
David Galeai (Hawaii)
Justyce Edmonds (Sydney)
Siva Afi Worldwide (Online Network)
VA’A BEYOUND (Hawaii)
Donors
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Project Updates
Malo Tau! Malie Toa!
Siva Afi Aotearoa would like to thank you all for your amazing support!
We continue to light the path for our youth and whanau to be resilient, to engage positively and to share in a friendly and safe environment of growth and opportunities for all.
Watch this space for further updates from our workshops as well as our annual SIVA AFI FESTIVAL, set for Friday 7th and Saturday 8th March 2025.
Our open siva afi sessions (Fridays), we were joined by a travelling group from Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, who were kind enough to run some drill sessions with our young siva afi warriors who are prepping for an upcoming competition.
With your support, we continue to connect and engage, not only with our local communities but also with visiting international teams.
We look forward to starting our workshops this coming August with Siva Afi Whau (West) and Siva Afi Mangere (South).
Ia Manuia ma Soifua.
Siva Afi Aotearoa
www.sivaafiaotearoa.co.nz
Project Owner

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