The Battle for the West
John Tamihere may be seeking the Labour nomination for Waitakere — and there is a battle looming in the west between him and former MP, Carmel Sepuloni.
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Niue Language Week
Our own Susana Talagi-Guttenbeil catches up with the Niuean community in the midst of Niue Language week. The theme this year is “Fakafiafiaaga ma e Vagahau Niue” which means “The Celebration of Niue Language”.
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Inspiring Islanders — Music Teacher Malcolm Lakatani
Our final story in our series of Inspiring Islanders, we take a look at young Niuean music teacher Malcolm Lakatani, who has made his mark on the Pacific music scene both here and around the region.
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Raising Pasifika Achievement
Is the National Standards helping to raise Pasifika achievement? Recent figures for Pasifika achievement shows that compared with 76% of the total school population of year 1 to 8 students, only 54% of Pasifika children are achieving in reading, writing and maths.
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MP Le’aufa’amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor
We catch up with MP Le’aufa’amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor first term in Parliament as New Zealand First Party spokesperson on Corrections, Pacific Affairs, Welfare and Housing.
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Miss Samoa New Zealand 2012
This year, the pageant theme celebrates Samoa’s 50th Anniversary. With six contestants being judged in four categories, these beauties showcased their traditional talents in Auckland, but behind the glitz and glamour is some controversy over the decision not to send the winner to compete in the pageant in Samoa.
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Inspiring Islanders — Decision Maker Caren Rangi
Part 5 of our series of Inspiring Islanders takes us to the art deco capital of New Zealand. Napier is home to some of finest vineyards, scenic coastal towns and amazing art deco buildings. Lisa Taouma visits the local Pacific community and in amongst it all is high flying decision maker Caren Rangi.
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Changes to the Auckland Pasifika Festival
After 20 years on Auckland’s Event Calendar – Pasifika festival is making some changes. As well as giving the cultural event a new universal look; the festival will take place over two days. But as Tagaloatele Osone Okesene reports, the organisers have some problems.
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The Matala Festival
It was a week of celebrations for the Tongan community with the Matala Festival. The festival showcased contemporary dance, poetry, visual arts and a Tongan play. Vea Mafileo brings us Suli Moa, a Tongan with a passion for stories.
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The late Sala Sally Newsham
Samoans in Auckland are mourning the death of one its community stalwarts. Sala Sally Newsham passed away. Sally had a career in Pacific broadcasting and was the force behind the Miss Samoa New Zealand pageant from 1994 to 2010, she was 64-years-old
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