Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Samoan composer Recipient of the 2025 SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, has named Sāmoan sonic artist and composer Joshua Pearson as the recipient of the 2025 SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission. A collaboration between Auckland Philharmonia, Orchestra Wellington, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, the Nicholas Tarling Charitable Trust and SOUNZ, the award supports early-career composers to create new orchestral

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Breaking Silence Season 4 Episode 3: Economic Harm

In this story, our anonymous contributor appears to have it all. But as her husband’s drug-fuelled life begins to spiral out of control, so does hers. He falsifies documents, racking up large-scale loans and hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt in her name.  With her credit rating in ruins and the debt mounting, she

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Breaking Silence Season 4 Episode 2: Stalking

n 2022, Farzana Yaqubi was violently murdered by Kanwarpal Singh, who had stalked and threatened her for many months. Farzana’s best friend, Annaliese, shares their story of friendship, the stalking, and Farzana’s murder. Nearly two years on from Farzana’s tragic death, a bill making stalking illegal has been introduced to Parliament and passed its first

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