Kalapu Kava, or Kava Clubs, have traditionally been the domain of Pacific Island men. But a new club in Auckland is the latest of a growing trend of all-female kalapu.Known as Longomapu, or Silent Whistle, the kalapu is all about empowering women through conversation and kava. Alice Lolohea reports.

Super Rugby Aotearoa kicked off this weekend with the Highlanders hosting the Crusaders in Dunedin and the Blues taking on the Hurricanes in Wellington.For two of the young All Blacks stars in the Blues squad, it's the start of a long road that'll hopefully end in a black jersey later this year. Soana Aholelei has this story.

Chair of the Otara-Papatoetoe local board Lotu Fuli on the impact of the current Covid outbreak in her community.

Today the Government has taken a key step to support Pacific people to becoming Community Housing providers, says the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio. “This will be great news for Pacific communities with the decision to provide Pacific Financial Capability Grant funding and a tender process to build capability in the community. “This […]

Hosted by RNZ Pacific Sports Journalist Talei Anderson and News Editor Koro Vaka’uta, Champions of the Pacific is an apt name for the new sports show gracing Aotearoa’s airwaves this week. Featuring in-depth interviews with athletes and prominent members from the Pasifika sports community, Champions of the Pacific will broadcast once a week. For Vaka’uta, […]

Hosted by the Ministry of Pacific Peoples (MPP), last week community and church leaders from the Northland Pasifika community gathered via Zoom to learn more about the key immunisation programmes and the Covid-19 vaccine roll out. A panel of Pasifika health experts and clinicians were on hand to field questions about Measles, Mumps and Rubella […]

The country is breathing a little easier now that we've gone down a Covid alert level.But that wasn't the case last Sunday - Valentine’s Day - when the decision was made to impose another lock down.However, as the country went into lock down mode early fears began to subside.Here's a re-cap of how the week went down.

Since the release of her initial sound in 2008, Jordan Gavet is back with more music to appease the ears of R&B/Soul listeners.The Sony-signed singer debuted her first E.P on Spotify yesterday and our reporter Hanalei Temese got a little insight into her journey.

It's been a decade since the Earthquake that devastated Christchurch killing 185 people and causing severe damage to parts of the city; many Pacific people lost their jobs, homes and churches. Reporter Anauli Karima Fai'ai travelled to the Garden City to see how they're coping 10 years on.