Tag: Identity
Loimata, The Sweetest Tears carries off grand prize at 2021 FIFO
Director Anna Marbrook honours the last voyage of the great waka maker, sailor and mentor Ema Siope, whose journeys between Aotearoa and Sāmoa are...
Shilo Kino: Your mana diminishes every time you switch on the...
COMMENT: By Shilo Kino
What were you doing during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi in 2004?
I wish I could say I was at the protest, gripping...
Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come...
By Dr Janet Tupou
Hand over heart, speaking life into your goals and dreams can see them come true.
After sitting in my first ever lecture...
Listen to Pacific ‘voices’ or climate will spark conflict, say advocates
Policy makers, academics and NGO representatives discussed the urgent issue of climate change in the Pacific, where many communities have been forced to relocate....
Former Speaker sentenced to 15 years in prison in Indonesia’s e-ID...
By Kharishar Kahfi in Jakarta
The Jakarta Corruption Court judges today sentenced former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto to 15 years in prison after...
A tale of colonisation – deep music connections for Māori, Caribbean
By Lynda Chanwai-Earle of RNZ National
Two flags fly proud over the inaugural steelband festival in Auckland’s Silo Park, flapping in a brisk late summer...
Disney’s Moana: First Pacific movie princess the real deal
The Moana trailer ... "magical but also our reality."
REVIEW: By Vaimoana Tapaleao of The New Zealand Herald
You know the film is something special when...
Pacific Voices: Fijian language week celebrations honour the past
Fijian language week celebrations over the weekend addressed the revival of the language for future generations in New Zealand. But the past was not forgotten....
Pacific voices: Connecting with Samoan language, myths and culture
Language and culture can tell us a lot about where we come from. For these New Zealand-born Samoans, this at the heart of truly...
Mainstream NZ media takes pasting at multicultural summit
Mainstream New Zealand news media were heavily criticised for "misrepresentations, sensationalism and exclusions" at the first of three national summits in Auckland today aimed...