Ema Tavola has been writing from the intersections of Moana Pacific art and South Auckland for 20 years. Her essays and commentary commonly reflect a purposeful distancing from academic modes of framing art and indigeneity.
Some highlights:
On South Auckland
- In celebration of my South Auckland garage, The Spin-Off, December 2022
- The Alchemy of Fresh, Pantrograph Punch, November 2020
- My Pacific, My Auckland, Metro magazine, August 2010
On artists
- Torika Bolatagici
- Ercan Cairns
- Rebecca Ann Hobbs
- Leilani Kake
- Vea and Emily Mafile’o
- Pati Solomona Tyrell