A contemporary Pasifika artist says more support is needed for artists to create authentic work and build sustainable careers.

Members of the Pasifika legal fraternity came together over the weekend to show their support and celebrate the appointment of Tafaoimalo Tologata Professor Leilani Tuala-Warren who is the new Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato. 

A special invitation from the Kiingitanga and the late Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII was extended to the Pasifika community to attend a special pōwhiri during the Kiingitanga’s annual Koroneihana celebrations last month.  Hundreds of Pasifika people from across the motu descended upon Turangawaewae Marae to show their support for not only tangata whenua,