A cultural blessing, including a Karakia and Kava ceremony, was held over the weekend for Auckland Museum's refreshed South Atrium, Te Ao Mārama.

With the challenging year that has been due to Covid19, it was an extra special night of celebration for Pacific entrepreneurs and businesses at the Pacific Business Trust Awards evening in Manukau. Here’s Moana Makapelu Lee with this story.

New Zealand’s first female MP of Pacific Island descent, Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, became the first Pacific Island woman to receive the Lifetime Achievement award for her decades of service to the Pasifika community. Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i received the Diversity Award,…