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Dagmar Dyck

Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

A first-generation New Zealander, Dagmar Dyck is an artist, researcher, art educator and social justice advocate. Her navigation in and around different worldviews is at the heart of her identity and arts practice. Dagmar’s maternal lineage hails from the Wolfgramm and Hemaloto kainga from the village of ‘Utungake, Vavaʻu, Tonga. Her paternal lineage includes Dutch, Polish and German ancestry and links to her father’s birthplace in Gdansk, Poland.

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Pacific Arts Legacy Project03.12.20

Raised Amongst the Kainga

Reminding us of the importance of educators and community, painter, printmaker and educator Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck remembers the art kainga who raised her.

By Dagmar Dyck
Read Time: 13 mins

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