FAFSWAG
@fafswag.nz
Critically acclaimed NZ Arts Laureates & Queer Indigenous, Interdisciplinary Arts Collective from the Moana. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau - SOUTH AKL
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FAFSWAG
@fafswag.nz
· Nov 4
Go behind the scenes with acclaimed Arts Collective FAFSWAG, 🤩 We give you an exclusive look at our collaborative practice and the development of our powerful new work, FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE, for the Manchester International Festival 2025 (MIF25).
Full video on YouTube
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
Full video on YouTube
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
Thanks to everyone that was able to join us for Boys Drawing Boys. It was a great night getting to know new people, share food and space, and making some art.
Here's a few of our faves. We love how different everyone's works are. Looking forward to hosting another round next month. Xx FAFSWAG
Here's a few of our faves. We love how different everyone's works are. Looking forward to hosting another round next month. Xx FAFSWAG
February 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Thanks to everyone that was able to join us for Boys Drawing Boys. It was a great night getting to know new people, share food and space, and making some art.
Here's a few of our faves. We love how different everyone's works are. Looking forward to hosting another round next month. Xx FAFSWAG
Here's a few of our faves. We love how different everyone's works are. Looking forward to hosting another round next month. Xx FAFSWAG
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John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host on April 13
John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host on April 13
The veteran broadcaster will join Ingrid Hipkiss as the new co-host of Morning Report on April 13.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host on April 13
Wow that took two days to fill up. Thanks to everyone that registered. We're now at capacity.
Be sure to join our "Boys Drawing Boys" mailing list for future workshops. FAFSWAG.nz
We look forward to hosting the community on Friday. Happy PRIDE yall. Xx FAFSWAG
Be sure to join our "Boys Drawing Boys" mailing list for future workshops. FAFSWAG.nz
We look forward to hosting the community on Friday. Happy PRIDE yall. Xx FAFSWAG
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Wow that took two days to fill up. Thanks to everyone that registered. We're now at capacity.
Be sure to join our "Boys Drawing Boys" mailing list for future workshops. FAFSWAG.nz
We look forward to hosting the community on Friday. Happy PRIDE yall. Xx FAFSWAG
Be sure to join our "Boys Drawing Boys" mailing list for future workshops. FAFSWAG.nz
We look forward to hosting the community on Friday. Happy PRIDE yall. Xx FAFSWAG
Happy Auckland 🌈PRIDE month everyone!! As part of PRIDE, next week FAFSWAG artists Tanu and Pati are hosting a drawing workshop at AFI Studio, Mount Wellington.
Thank you to AKL PRIDE festival, The Rule Foundation and Foundation North for your support to make this happen.
Check thread for details⬇️
Thank you to AKL PRIDE festival, The Rule Foundation and Foundation North for your support to make this happen.
Check thread for details⬇️
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Happy Auckland 🌈PRIDE month everyone!! As part of PRIDE, next week FAFSWAG artists Tanu and Pati are hosting a drawing workshop at AFI Studio, Mount Wellington.
Thank you to AKL PRIDE festival, The Rule Foundation and Foundation North for your support to make this happen.
Check thread for details⬇️
Thank you to AKL PRIDE festival, The Rule Foundation and Foundation North for your support to make this happen.
Check thread for details⬇️
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Greens put forward member's bill to entrench Māori seats
Greens put forward member's bill to entrench Māori seats
The party announced the bill at Rātana celebrations this afternoon.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Greens put forward member's bill to entrench Māori seats
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A discussion on the science of climate change, leading to storms in NZ that have cost lives.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Extreme rainfall events a 'peek into the future', climate experts say
One expert says the kind of weather events New Zealand was now experiencing on a regular basis had long been warned of.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A discussion on the science of climate change, leading to storms in NZ that have cost lives.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of top Australian arts festival
Australian arts festival decision to bar Palestinian author after Bondi attack spurs boycott
Dozens of writers have withdrawn from the Adelaide event, which has barred an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach shooting.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of top Australian arts festival
We started writing on this bullshit. Stay tuned. 2026 FAFSWAG will be publishing all our recons and hot takes. The silence around our experiences with industry and platforms has not served any of us. Starting with these bullshit platforms. You might have the metrics but we got the milestones.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
We started writing on this bullshit. Stay tuned. 2026 FAFSWAG will be publishing all our recons and hot takes. The silence around our experiences with industry and platforms has not served any of us. Starting with these bullshit platforms. You might have the metrics but we got the milestones.
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Stay and slay
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Stay and slay
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Holy shit!!! 👀💀, A friend sent me this interview from 2009. Alongside my fave Leilani Kake!! Who the fuck is this guy!!! I don't even recognize him. I miss those days when I just made whatever the fuck I wanted.
youtu.be/xEl-9Nc0Z6s?...
youtu.be/xEl-9Nc0Z6s?...
Two Pacific multi media artists Leilani Lake and Tanu Gago
YouTube video by Tagata Pasifika
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Holy shit!!! 👀💀, A friend sent me this interview from 2009. Alongside my fave Leilani Kake!! Who the fuck is this guy!!! I don't even recognize him. I miss those days when I just made whatever the fuck I wanted.
youtu.be/xEl-9Nc0Z6s?...
youtu.be/xEl-9Nc0Z6s?...
We can't poll it here. But what do y'all think? In 2026 should we archive our 13 year old FB page with close to 10K followers and dissolve our presence on the platform? Let us know your thoughts.
Not only is FB dead but it still breaches our privacy, feeding us nothing we asked for. As a business tool the platform barely functions unless you feed it money. Organic engagement is damn near paradoxical, with algorithms pushing us further from our audience with every post.
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
We can't poll it here. But what do y'all think? In 2026 should we archive our 13 year old FB page with close to 10K followers and dissolve our presence on the platform? Let us know your thoughts.
Not only is FB dead but it still breaches our privacy, feeding us nothing we asked for. As a business tool the platform barely functions unless you feed it money. Organic engagement is damn near paradoxical, with algorithms pushing us further from our audience with every post.
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Not only is FB dead but it still breaches our privacy, feeding us nothing we asked for. As a business tool the platform barely functions unless you feed it money. Organic engagement is damn near paradoxical, with algorithms pushing us further from our audience with every post.
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!!✌🏾
Check it.
To our community in downtown Hilo, Hawaii. Please be sure to check out our group exhibition at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center.
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Check it.
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To our community in downtown Hilo, Hawaii. Please be sure to check out our group exhibition at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center.
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 AM
To our community in downtown Hilo, Hawaii. Please be sure to check out our group exhibition at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center.
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
December 6th 2025 - February 27th, 2026
Opening December 5th at 6 pm
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
www.ehcc.org/content/tide...
For all our new followers curious about the collective. Here's a short 'In The Studio' video profiling the work of the collective for our recent international commission - The Fale Sā / Sacred House.
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
FAFSWAG's Vision for MIF25 & Pacific Futurism
YouTube video by FAFSWAG
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 AM
For all our new followers curious about the collective. Here's a short 'In The Studio' video profiling the work of the collective for our recent international commission - The Fale Sā / Sacred House.
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
youtu.be/QtwaUs16nok?...
Auckland can feel extremely insular sometimes. Specifically in the arts that have clear class systems in place. But as Pasifika people from the Diaspora we also understand our earliest immigrants to NZ helped build this city and make it what it is today.
January 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Auckland can feel extremely insular sometimes. Specifically in the arts that have clear class systems in place. But as Pasifika people from the Diaspora we also understand our earliest immigrants to NZ helped build this city and make it what it is today.
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Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies (2025) installation of abstractions and poems at Pieam in Long Beach California now through February 2026.
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Our Bodies Are Memories of Our Bodies (2025) installation of abstractions and poems at Pieam in Long Beach California now through February 2026.
After two years of back to back international touring, we officially opened our studio in May of 2024.
We moved in on January 1st but it took four months of renovations to get the space fit for purpose. May 2026 is officially the two year mark.
We think we need to do something to celebrate?
We moved in on January 1st but it took four months of renovations to get the space fit for purpose. May 2026 is officially the two year mark.
We think we need to do something to celebrate?
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
After two years of back to back international touring, we officially opened our studio in May of 2024.
We moved in on January 1st but it took four months of renovations to get the space fit for purpose. May 2026 is officially the two year mark.
We think we need to do something to celebrate?
We moved in on January 1st but it took four months of renovations to get the space fit for purpose. May 2026 is officially the two year mark.
We think we need to do something to celebrate?
First day back at the Studio for 2026. Shooting a family portrait for a family of 12. Love that Polynesian families are so large and inviting.
Remember if you want your family portraits taken. We're the studio to do it this summer. So don't hesitate to hit us up. Xx
Remember if you want your family portraits taken. We're the studio to do it this summer. So don't hesitate to hit us up. Xx
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
First day back at the Studio for 2026. Shooting a family portrait for a family of 12. Love that Polynesian families are so large and inviting.
Remember if you want your family portraits taken. We're the studio to do it this summer. So don't hesitate to hit us up. Xx
Remember if you want your family portraits taken. We're the studio to do it this summer. So don't hesitate to hit us up. Xx
Hi to all our recent followers. Looking forward sharing our journey with yall in 2026. We will be following you all back. Thanks xx FAFSWAG
Image: Pati Tyrell & Jaimie Waititi
Image: Pati Tyrell & Jaimie Waititi
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Hi to all our recent followers. Looking forward sharing our journey with yall in 2026. We will be following you all back. Thanks xx FAFSWAG
Image: Pati Tyrell & Jaimie Waititi
Image: Pati Tyrell & Jaimie Waititi
Also available at our online store are works from Samoan photographer and lens based performance artist Pati Tyrell. Collaborations between Takatāpui artists Māhia Tekore and Jaimie Waititi. And works by Moe Laga from the House of Coven Aucoin. Something for everyone.
www.fafswag.nz/mketi/art-pr...
www.fafswag.nz/mketi/art-pr...
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Also available at our online store are works from Samoan photographer and lens based performance artist Pati Tyrell. Collaborations between Takatāpui artists Māhia Tekore and Jaimie Waititi. And works by Moe Laga from the House of Coven Aucoin. Something for everyone.
www.fafswag.nz/mketi/art-pr...
www.fafswag.nz/mketi/art-pr...
Happy 2026 to our global and local community. Hope you're all enjoying the festive season. We have some exciting announcements this year. We're looking forward to sharing with yall soon. If your in AKL, hope yall are enjoying this amazing sun.
xx FAFSWAG
xx FAFSWAG
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Happy 2026 to our global and local community. Hope you're all enjoying the festive season. We have some exciting announcements this year. We're looking forward to sharing with yall soon. If your in AKL, hope yall are enjoying this amazing sun.
xx FAFSWAG
xx FAFSWAG
Thank you everyone that supported our artists and purchased a limited edition print from us. Now that we’re back in AKL, these prints will be going out this week.
We still have a few left if you want to grab one for your fale / space. Don’t be shy, check out the link in our bio.
Alofa x FAFSWAG
We still have a few left if you want to grab one for your fale / space. Don’t be shy, check out the link in our bio.
Alofa x FAFSWAG
January 5, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Thank you everyone that supported our artists and purchased a limited edition print from us. Now that we’re back in AKL, these prints will be going out this week.
We still have a few left if you want to grab one for your fale / space. Don’t be shy, check out the link in our bio.
Alofa x FAFSWAG
We still have a few left if you want to grab one for your fale / space. Don’t be shy, check out the link in our bio.
Alofa x FAFSWAG