Hele Ikimotu
Hele Ikimotu is a Niuean and Banaban-Gilbertese journalist and NGO worker who graduated with Bachelor of Communication Studies (Journalism) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology. Hele has a passion and interest for Pacific journalism, especially regarding arts and culture.
Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hele Christopher-Ikimotu
I am Banaban. I come from an ancestry of survivors and a once rich land.
However, Banaba died to make other...
Reviving the ‘lost skills’ of traditional waka Pacific voyaging
Waka (or va'a) voyager and environmental advocate Schannel van Dijken talks about the Pacific and Samoan ocean sailing traditions and the challenges of climate...
Gallery: Fiji’s first climate change village moved from seashore to ‘promised...
By Hele Ikimotu with visuals and drone video by Blessen Tom
Vunidogoloa was the first village in Fiji to be relocated - barely three years...
Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer
By Hele Ikimotu on Rabi, Fiji
The rebuilding of a road on Fiji’s northern Rabi Island is currently in the works.
Fiji’s most recent natural disaster,...
Life on Fiji’s Rabi Island – simple, peaceful and full of...
Hele Ikimotu's "life on Rabi" video reflections. Video: Pacific Media Centre
By Hele Ikimotu on Rabi Island, Fiji
Our trip to Rabi was a long journey,...
Gallery: Bearing Witness journeys north …. to Fiji’s idyllic Rabi Island
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre's Bearing Witness climate project postgraduate student team Hele Ikimotu and Blessen Tom have just spent five days on...
USP students raise Pacific climate change awareness using cellphones
Bearing Witness talks to ePOP climate change video makers. Video: Pacific Media Centre
By Hele Ikimotu with visuals by Blessen Tom in Suva
Ten students from...
USP celebrates 50 years and leads research action on climate change
Bearing Witness crew Blessen Tom and Hele Ikimotu's video story of USP's ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations and climate change. Video: AUT Pacific Media Centre
By...
Solar panels the way to go for Pacific, says USP physics...
By Hele Ikimotu in Suva
Affordable energy enhances the livelihood of Pacific communities, says an associate professor in physics at the Fiji-based University of the...
Pasifika youth looking for ‘inspiration’ in politics, says Auckland councillor
Hele Ikimotu talks to Pasifika youth about whether they are voting in upcoming general elections in a vox pops video.
By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland
The...
Climate change ‘defining issue for the world’, says Labour MP
Hele Ikimotu checks out Auckland responses to climate change in a vox pops video.
By Hele Ikimotu in Auckland
Pasifika youth should be more engaged with...
Female Melanesian tattooists to make their mark in Spain
By Hele Ikimotu
A threatened tradition will get fresh focus when a female Melanesian tattoo collective takes up a Spanish invitation.
The group, Mage’au: Melanesian Marks,...
