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

TP+ Sammy Salsa: Fashion Stylist

From Pacific Beat Street host to one of NZ’s top stylists – NZ Fashion Week ambassador Sammy Salsa has established himself as the go-to stylist for many Kiwi celebrities and high-end clothing houses. He’s been busy styling some of the major runways for this year’s fashion festivities, but the journey to the top hasn’t been easy for this Samoan creative who hopes to see more diversity in NZ’s fashion industry.

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School nurses trained for Measles programme

Press Release by ‘Counties Manukau Health‘ – 30/08/2019 School nurses are being trained to roll out a vaccination programme in schools as part of an opportunistic vaccinations programme in an effort to stem the number of measles cases in the Counties Manukau Health district. “We are training 25 school nurses for a programme covering 34

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Vaimoso memorial to lives lost in 1918 influenza pandemic restored

In 1918 the influenza pandemic killed over 22% of the population of Samoa.

Over 100 years on the mass grave site where hundreds of people were buried has finally been restored.

The Honourable Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni together with the Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, rededicated the memorial site in a special gathering held in the village of Vaimoso.

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NZFW: Meet Samoan-Māori model and musician Sione Luke Roberts

With NZ Fashion Week in full swing, Alice Lolohea speaks to some of the Pasifika models strutting their stuff on on the catwalk this year. Sione Luke Roberts  Age: 19  Ethnicity: Samoan/Māori/NZ European Occupation/s: Student Tell us how you were first discovered as a model One night after school last year I decided on a

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