“Reconnection”/Ka Whitiki

Abstract

This article shares the sociopolitical images of merging that established Eastern Polynesian artists created at a Putahi (gathering), with particular reference to the Cola-nization^© of indigenous peoples in Tahiti and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Perceptions and representations of contemporary indigenous health and well-being are considered to highlight the issues of tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) from localized and personal experience.