Award-winning poet Grace Taylor is bringing back her powerful theatre production ‘My Own Darling’ this week from 10-12 July at Auckland’s Basement Theatre. The show reunites the creative trio of Grace Taylor, Fasitua Amosa and Gabby Solomona to reveal a side of Auckland that is often overlooked.
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She is following her dream! Tongan beauty Veronica Pome’e is the first Polynesian model to grace the pages of world-renowned Sports Illustrated. The New York-based model is using her platform to empower women of all ages, sizes and cultures. Soana ‘Aholelei caught up with Veronica during her fleeting visit to Tonga and New Zealand.
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Every year hundreds of people travel from the islands to New Zealand for medical reasons. In some cases, the situation is dire. But things are much more difficult when your immigration status is only temporary and you don’t have the funds to get the right treatment. Alistar Kata met a woman from Samoa who is struggling through this process.
Are we doing enough to help Pacific people who need medical treatment? Read More »
Labour’s Mana MP Kris Faafoi is the new Associate Minister for Housing in charge of Public Housing, following the Prime Minister’s Cabinet re-shuffle last week. He has 18 months to make an impact before the next general elections. So with many Pacific and Māori families making up a large number of state and social housing residents, or those still on a waiting list, what are Faafoi’s plans and vision for NZ’s state houses? Moana Makapelu Lee took a trip to his electorate in Porirua to find out.
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Orange Sky is a free mobile laundry and shower service set up in Australia five years ago and has made its way to New Zealand thanks to Samoan Eddie Uini. But as Anauli Karima Fai’ai reports, there’s more to the service than meets the eye.
The Samoan family tackling homelessness through mobile laundry service Read More »
Indira Stewart and Seinafolava Sanele Chadwick talk Indira’s RNZ show First Up, Miss Heilala controversy and the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games.
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Experts in te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani launched the Cook Islanders Teachers & Educators Collective New Zealand (Au Taunga Korero Kūki ‘Āirani o Aotearoa) last night.
The group aims to provide pathways for New Zealand-born Cook Islanders to learn and speak the language, including having it taught across all levels of education.
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Tagata Pasifika congratulates His Highness Dr Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi on receiving his Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Here, the former Samoan Head of State remarks on the beautiful Samoan pese that the University performed at his ceremony.
A new Samoan documentary is telling the story of jazz in Samoa. We chatted to filmmaker Galumalemana Steven Percival at the preview in Auckland this week.
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Around 80,000 people in the Pacific are blind. One place making a difference is the Vanuatu National Eye Centre, restoring sight in the Pacific with the support of the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ.
TP+ Vanuatu eye centre restoring sight in the Pacific Read More »
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