Overview
Mana Pasifika : celebrating Pacific Cultures in New Zealand was the first Pacific exhibition when Te Papa opened in 1998. Mana Pasifika celebrated cultural survival – the persistence of Pacific people's cultural values and practices in New Zealand.
The exhibition was organised using ethnographic categories such as ceremonies, religion, music and warfare, it featured historical and contemporary examples of material culture from various island groups to represent current and past cultural practices among Pacific peoples.