A look behind the scenes of Soul Sessions Season One. Watch Season One here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfM4as0Z8aA&list=PLMGLlemI3UN_aDVdN-q0O5gsBkKmw6sDv
After their meteoric rise to stardom in the Trans-Tasman hip hop game, Hampton Park's finest have graced New Zealand's shores with their first ever international tour. Singles like Bad and Bouj, Engineers and BluePrint have seen these boys play sold-out venues across the country. Nayte Mataia-Davidson chats with HP Boyz in studio.
Poet Grace Iwashita-Taylor / Mama G extends her love letter to South Auckland - part of the Mana Pasifika Project aimed at helping our Pasifika communities deal with the mental impact of Covid-19. "As children of the Moana, wellness is collective" Poem by Grace Iwashita-Taylor
Sound by Brandon Haru
Visual by Canaan Ene Thanks to Mapu Maia and Vaka Tautua
Funded by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA)
It's Pasifika Festival in Auckland, and the main festival venue this year has been moved to Mt Smart Stadium, where reporter Johnson Raela joined us live.
High school students from the South Island gathered over the weekend to celebrate Pasifika culture through song and dance. Reporter Anauli Karima Fai'ai was at the Caterbury Polyfest festival in Christchurch.
Cook Islands dance group Mangaia A'ua'u Enua perform their Kapa Rima at Te Maeva Nui NZ 2021 - New Zealand's largest Cook Islands dance festival. Watch the full Tagata Pasifika Te Maeva Nui Special up now on tpplus.co.nz
Cook Islands dance group Vaka Te Au O Tonga perform their Ute at Te Maeva Nui NZ 2021. Watch the Tagata Pasifika Te Maeva Nui 2021 Special this Saturday, 9.30am on TVNZ 1.