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

Covid-19: Cook Islanders stuck in New Zealand finally return home

After more than a month in lockdown in New Zealand, the Cook Islands Golden
Oldies netballers and supporters made their way home to the Cook Islands this morning.
The netball team is part of a larger contingent of Cook Islands residents who were under a
14-day quarantine at the Holiday Inn in Māngere, Auckland. They will undergo a further two
weeks of quarantine once they touch down in Rarotonga.

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Rotuman language classes in Covid-19

Rotuman Language Week kicks off on Sunday, and its the first of the Pacific language weeks for the year. However, with the community unable to meet, language weeks for Rotuma and other communities will have a different flavour this year. Marama T-Pole went to meet one Auckland Rotuman family who are proud of their Rotuman heritage and trying to keep the language strong.

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Covid-19: Social Development Minister outlines support for New Zealanders

After nearly two months of confinement and with winter on its way, many New Zealanders will be feeling budgets tighten with heating costs and issues like reduced hours and even job losses.

Marama T-Pole spoke to Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni to talk about what assistance is available right now for people.

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Pacific language videos to highlight major AUT study

A Pacific language video series by Auckland University of Technology will highlight the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study’s work in shaping resilient futures for Pacific communities in Aotearoa.  The PIF Study – now in its 20th year – is the largest longitudinal study of its kind. Based at the AUT South Campus in South Auckland,

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Samoa’s response: lessons from a Covid-19 free country

Pasifika Medical Association Group As countries around the world continue to battle the devastation of Covid-19, Samoa remains one of the few nations to be Covid-19 free. Dr Belladonna Potoi, an executive of the Samoa Association of General Practitioners, who lives and runs a clinic in her homeland, says Samoa learned to manage a pandemic after

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Samoa PM hits out at NZ Law Society

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has responded to New Zealand Law Society President Tiana Epati’s media statement outlining serious concerns with the constitutional law reforms under review in Samoa. “There is no place for the President of an overseas Law Society to use that organization’s name to try to lecture us or interfere with our

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