SIVA AFI - A RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

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:

1. Whau - West Auckland
2. 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)