Nina Tonga

Guest writer

Nina Tonga is Curator Contemporary Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Her current research focuses on contemporary Pacific art in New Zealand and the Pacific with a particular interest in internet art from 2000 to present.

(Photo: Amanda Rogers/Te Papa, 2019)

The Single Object: A cultural history of the Toby’s Seafood uniform

Te Papa's Nina Tonga unwraps the story of a fish and chip shop uniform.

By Nina Tonga | 2nd January, 2023

(Photo: Amanda Rogers/Te Papa, 2019)

The Single Object: A cultural history of the Toby’s Seafood uniform

Te Papa's Nina Tonga unwraps the story of a fish and chip shop uniform.

By Nina Tonga | 19th July, 2022

Graffiti on the benches of an Auckland school where Polynesian students hid from the police (Image: Haru Sameshima).

The Single Object: The wood planks that hid Polynesian students from the police

Nina Tonga searches for the hidden history of the Dawn Raids at an Auckland high school.

By Nina Tonga | 18th December, 2019