Returning to Maui to perform at Da Playground on Saturday, Paula Fuga’s Maalaea show will celebrate the launch of Mana Wahine Productions, a new independent company committed to presenting her ...

Moon Dance Designs will also be featured this year, with an array of clay-based floral and Hawaiiana designs from necklaces, hairpins, hair picks, and jewelry for mana wahine there is something ...

Hailing from Rotorua on the culturally rich North Island, Okareka Dance Company marries the traditional with the technical in Mana Wahine (Powerful Women), a multimedia piece the Māori troupe is ...

Sonically, the waiata (song) evokes the feeling of being immersed in a ngaru (wave). This reflects the swells and lulls of ...

including the roles that Māori women assume both within a Māori social framework and beyond. Theories of mana wahine and the ways mana is maintained, enhanced or lessened will be examined.