Wānanga: Manifesto in the Bamboo Forest 竹林里的誓言
Jieying Cai 蔡杰盈, Emily Lyall, Te Ara Minhinnick, Ethan Morais, Mathilde Polmard, Sage Rossie-Tong, Zed Xu 榛子瞬
7 – 9 April 2026
Offsite: Opononi, Hokianga

Manifesto in the Bamboo Forest 竹林里的誓言 is a skill sharing wānanga organised by Jieying Cai 蔡杰盈. The gathering brings together seven artists in Hokianga, focussing on the materiality of bamboo as a vessel for discourse around migration and transnational belonging, where belonging is collectively shaped through care and coming together otherwise.

This wānanga extends from Jieying Cai 蔡杰盈 exhibition with COMMODE opening on 1 August this year.

Supported by COMMODE, and the Asian Artist Fund administered by Satellites.


Jieying Cai 蔡杰盈 is a first-generation Chinese New Zealander with ancestors from Ganzhou 贛州. She is a multimedia artist and curator, currently exploring themes of memory, identity and grief in craft and photography.