Figure 7. After surviving a tropical tempest and the doldrums, the voyagers are delighted to catch a first glimpse of their destination, in Te Feti’a ’Avei’a (2014), performed by O Tahiti E and directed by Marguerite Lai. Marae ’Ārahurahu, Tahiti. Photograph by, and courtesy of, Hélène Barnaud.

Figure 14. From left, Ria Te Uira Paki, Kasina Campbell, and Rosie TeRauawhea Belvie perform in the US premiere of Birds with Skymirrors by Lemi Ponifasio and MAU. Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 2014. Photograph by Andrea Mohin / The New York Times / Redux.

Figure 19. Michel Tuffery, Tava’e ma le lua Solofanua at Brandenburg Gate Berlin (Tropicbird and Two Horses at Brandenburg Gate Berlin), 2011. H. 290 × L. 270 × W. 3 mm. Laser-cut comb in black acrylic worn by female dancers in the Apia, Porirua, and Sydney performances of Siamani Samoa. Based on Samoan selu pa’u/selu la’au, the intricate design echoes the fretwork on German-era colonial buildings; the three holes at the base reference German coconut plantations in Samoa. Depicting two horses from the Berlin Quadriga with a Samoan tropicbird (instead of the Prussian eagle), the comb recalls the presence of Samoa in Germany, alluding to Tupua Tamasese Lealofi II’s visit to Berlin in 1910. Photograph by Diana Looser; personal collection of the author, gift of the artist.