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
Jonathan Lemalu is on a national tour doing Masterclasses with Kiwis

‘We’re humbled by the normality’ – Opera star Jonathan Lemalu grateful to be back on Kiwi shores

The last time I spoke with Grammy-winning opera singer Jonathan Lemalu, it was mid-November last year and the city of London had entered its second lockdown. With his gigs and performances postponed or cancelled, and his classes shifting to a digital medium he was yet to get comfortable with, Lemalu was incredibly honest about adjusting

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Pacific scholars like Damon Salesa are looking closely at the New Zealand History Draft Curriculum

‘This is bigger than history’: Pacific scholars review the New Zealand history draft curriculum

New Zealand is one of the few developed countries where teaching our own history in schools is not compulsory. But all that’s set to change next year when a new New Zealand history curriculum will be introduced to all schools and kura.

But will it cover material to empower our Pasifika youth, and will teachers get up to speed in time? Simone Kaho spoke to three Pacific scholars from Auckland University for this story.

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