Tag: Waka
NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
The Consul-General of New Zealand for the French Pacific territories, Felicity Roxburgh, says New Zealand's presence in New Caledonia is historical.
She said she...
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...
In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
When I first learned about the mythical place called Hawaiki. I understood it to be Cape Reinga...
Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary
Pacific Media Watch
Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was...
Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka...
An interview with filmmaker Anna Marbrook on the making of Loimata. Video: Tagata Pasifika/Sunpix
DOCUMENTARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, who talks to Jim Marbrook about the...
Story of Pacific ‘reconnection’ destined for the big screen
By Michael Andrew and Sri Krishnamurthi
The true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailors has been captured in a stirring...
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...
