A Tapestry of Identity: The Visionary World of John Puhiatau Pule Born in the village of Liku, Niue, on April 18, 1962, John Puhiatau Pule carries within his creative spirit the profound weight and beauty of Pacific heritage. His journey is one of migration and reconnection, moving from the shores of Niue to New Zealand as a young child in 1964. This movement between worlds—the ancestral island home and the urban landscapes of Auckland—became the foundational tension of his life's work. Pule is not merely a painter; he is a novelist, a poet, and a visual cartographer who uses every medium at…