Join host Alistar Kata and our panel of guests every week as they discuss the upcoming election from the Pasifika perspective. With just over eight weeks left until polling day, there’s plenty of scandal in the headlines. National Party member Christian Malietoa-Brown and University of Auckland Public Policy alumnus Eddie Tuiavii discuss how this affects young Pacific voters.
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Kiwi Singer/Songwriter Tree has released a stunning new music video/short film to her latest track, Afio Ane Loa, sung in Gagana Samoa/the Samoan language. Tree has described the song as her most personal work to date. “I dedicate this to ALL PACIFIC WOMAN! Our Grandmothers, Our Mamas, My Mother’s, Our loved ones gone before
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The 6th annual SunPix Pacific Peoples Awards will take place on 6 November in Auckland to once again celebrate Pacific people in New Zealand. Nominations are accepted for Pacific people in New Zealand who are judged to make a significant contribution to the Pacific communities in Aotearoa. There are six awards categories – Community Leadership,
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Pacific communities across the country – from Invercargill to Kaitaia – will get a chance to provide feedback that will inform how $151 million of government funding for Pacific aspirations in health, housing, education and economic development, will be invested. Pasifika Futures, the Whānau Ora commissioning agency administering the funding, will start community conversations in
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Launched in February this year, Poly X became New Zealand’s first Polynesian themed tourist attraction. It boasted a range of Pacific performances, cultural tours and authentic Polynesian cuisine. But when Covid put a damper on their plans, the Poly X team decided to shift focus and put all their efforts into creating Auckland’s first Polynesian Night Market.
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With countries in lockdown due to Covid-19 and strict travel restrictions in place across the Pacific, the reigning Miss Samoa and Miss Pacific Islands Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu has confirmed that she will continue her reign for a second term. This is the first time in the history of both pageants for this to occur.
Renee Kahukura Iosefa caught up with Miss Samoa, who is utilizing her nursing skills to help where the need is great.
A new comedy special from the makers of Baby Mama’s Club is about to hit our screens this month. ‘Brown girl comedy’ SIS follows the hilarious ‘ride or die’ friendships of cousins Malia, Gee Gee and Miki. Soana Aholelei caught up with Creator Hanelle Harris and Actor/Producer Gaby Solomona ahead of the show’s premiere on Comedy Central.
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It’s been a big week for the New Zealand National Party with Judith Collins stepping into the role of new leader. National MPs Alfred Ngaro and Agnes Loheni share their thoughts on the party and what lies ahead.
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The trailer for new Kiwi feature film Savage has been released ahead of its nationwide general release this September. The film stars Australian actor Jake Ryan (Home and Away, Wolf Creek, Underbelly) alongside local faces John Tui (The Legend of Baron To’a, Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Chelsie Preston Crayford (The Luminaries, The Bad
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A change in the programme for Pasifika Festival 2021 has left a lot of the smaller island villages feeling “frustrated”.
ATEED (Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development), the branch of Auckland Council that oversees the event, have announced that the number of villages will be reduced for next year’s event from 11 villages down to seven. This means Tuvalu, Tokelau, Kiribati, Tahiti, Solomon Islands and Hawai’i villages will no longer have their own stage but be grouped into one.
Tuvalu village coordinator Molia Alama Tulafono has spoken up about this.
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