Tanea Heke MNZM, Ngāpuhi nui tonu, Ngāti Rangi, Te Uri Taniwha, Ngāti Hineira, will be our celebrity at The Wellington Art Show this April!

 

Charismatic luminary of the NZ Arts scene and well-known Wellington star of stage and screen, most recently seen in the movie ‘Cousins’ and the drama 'After The Party', Tanea will be selecting one artist to receive The Celebrity Choice Award at The Wellington Art Show VIP Preview on Friday 19 April.

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 Tanea has an illustrious 25 year+ involvement in the arts sector as a creative and administrator. Tanea is the Producer of Hāpai Productions - a mana wāhine, kaupapa Māori theatre company she and Nancy Brunning set up in 2013.  She is currently mentor for the Māori Arts Interns Programme run by Toi Māori, a Board member of Track Zero (bringing art and science together to inspire transformative climate action) and Te Tumu Toi – The Arts Foundation (Arts Laureate programme). Tanea is Tumuaki of Toi Whakaari and in 2022 Tanea was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts and Māori.