Pacific news: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Tokelau
Jacinda Ardern is the first Kiwi Prime Minister to visit the New Zealand territory of Tokelau in 14 years.
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Explore the dark history of the Dawn Raids in 1970s Aotearoa
The Dawn Raids: Educate to Liberate is currently on show at the Pātaka Art + Museum’s Gallery in Porirua. We spoke with Community Exhibitions Curator Emma Kitson on the significance of the exhibition inspired from Pauline Vaeluaga Smith’s book, Dawn Raid.
The Exhibition runs until August 18 before it travels around Aotearoa.
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Auckland Museum’s Celebrated Pacific Collections Access Project closes this weekend
Since 2016, more than 5600 Pacific taonga have been shared with 13 Pacific communities as a part of Auckland Museum’s Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP), which closes this weekend. About 5688 taonga have each been handled and had knowledge shared by members of the respective Pacific communities they belong to. This took place on multiple
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TP+ New Zealand premiere of For My Father’s Kingdom
The Tongan community turned out in droves to attend the New Zealand premiere of ‘For My Fathers Kingdom’, the first Pacific documentary feature film funded by the NZ Film Commission. Directed by Vea Mafile’o and Jeremiah Tauamiti, the film details the cultural and faith-based struggles between Tongan patriarch Saia Mafile’o and his four children.
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Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership programme helping Pacific students embrace their identity
We’re now halfway through the school year and a new wave of tertiary hopefuls are tossing up their options for next year. The transition between high school and university is always a tough bridge to cross for students. Add to this the pressures and expectations of parents or caregivers wanting their children to excel. This
TP+ Brown; It’s Complicated
Back for its third season, “Brown: It’s Complicated” offers a funny and compelling insight into being an Islander in white society: the frustrations, the misunderstandings, the good things, the
great things and of course – the complicated.
“Brown; It’s Complicated” shows at the Te Oro Theatre from August 6-10.
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Tevita Funaki new Chair for New Zealand’s Pacific Business Trust
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio today announced the appointment of Tevita Funaki as the new Chair for the Pacific Business Trust (PBT). “Mr Funaki will be responsible for the governance leadership of the Pacific Business Trust as PBT rolls out the expansion of a Pacific economic development strategy in partnership with the Ministry
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New Air NZ safety video launches ahead of Rugby World Cup
Air NZ have launched their new ‘Air All Blacks’ safety video ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. It features a few familiar Pasifika sporting stars, including All Blacks old boy La’auli Sir Michael Jones and Black Ferns captain Fiao’o Fa’amausili. The video even pokes fun at Air NZ’s previous safety video ‘It’s Kiwi
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Porirua youth orchestra Virtuoso Strings
Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust has been on a musical mission for the past six years, giving young people in porirua more creative opportunities.
Founded in 2013, the orchestra started with around 16 students; now it has hundreds.
Taylor Aumua caught up with some of the orchestra’s rising stars during their holiday programme.
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Getting the JOVI treatment with hairdresser Winnie Purcell
Pacific Island hair – it’s thick, luscious and frizzy! So when you find a hairdresser with the magic touch, you hold on to them tight. Needing a bit of hair service, we sent Soana ‘Aholelei to get the Jovi experience…
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