Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Still Here season two continues to dismantle the “all islanders have left” myth

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

Leki Jackson-Bourke in episode one of season two. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
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Lealofitaute Vaai | Photojournalist

The critically acclaimed docu-series, Still Here, launched its second season which descends into the experiences of the Fineone Hakupu Community who are fighting to revitalise their endangered language, the long-standing Richmond Rovers league club and Dryden Street Fofo’anga Faikava Kalapu who are building deep connections and preserving cultural traditions, and the Samoa House Library who are making great efforts to save the Fale Maota Samoa from a gentrifying Karangahape Road.

Production manager, Gaby Solomona, shared that filming season two was an important history lesson for her about the Pacific communities within inner-city Auckland. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
Fineone Hakupu Community Centre has been a place of congregation for the Niuean community to strengthen their ties to their motherland and revitalise their language. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
Reverend Mua Strickson Pua from episode two says that the Maota Samoa is a vital part of healing and sovereignty of who they (Samoans in Auckland) are. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
Richmond Rovers Rugby League club seen in episode three connects generations of Pacific players at Grey Lynn park every week. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
Josaih Koloamatangi and ‘Anau Mesui-Henry from Fofo’anga Faikava Kalapu in Grey Lynn and Four Shells Kava Lounge in Victoria Park. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai
Supervising Director & Executive Producer of Still Here, Ursula Grace. Photo: Lealofitaute Vaai

Still Here season two is available to watch on TVNZ+

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