Tag: Pacific culture
Melodownz, Sam V, Olivia Foa’i among big winners at Pacific Music...
By Finau Fonua and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists
It was an evening of celebration in Manukau, the heart of South Auckland, as Pasifika musicians...
‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures.
Fijians...
NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the...
NZ Girmit group fights for ‘Pacific’ classification for Fiji-Indians
By Anish Chand in Suva
The Fiji Girmit Foundation of New Zealand is opposing moves by the New Zealand government to classify Fiji-Indians as Asians.
President...
Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
In a nation such as Papua New Guinea where oral storytelling is central to the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and wisdom,...
Images: Asia-Pacific delegates make their mark at global media conference
Pacific media educators and trainers from around the Pacific took advantage of last week’s 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) to get up to...
Samoan photographer wins ‘changing lives’ artist residency in Apia
By Helen Isbister
Auckland-based Samoan photographer Evotia Tamua will use an artist residency at the National University of Samoa to complete a 20-year photography project...
