Creative Inspirations: Luca Tu’avao Walton, illustrator and artist Creative Inspirations: Luca Tu’avao Walton, illustrator and artist

In Kete Books: interview with Luca Tu’avao Walton, artist and illustrator of Rere Atu ki Poronihia / Flight to Polynesia

www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles/cre...

#oratiabooks #nzillustrators #pasifika #RereAtukiPoronihia #reomāori #diversityandinclusion @lianza.bsky.social

'Exploitation, underpayment and poor conditions' - Economic benefit from federal labour scheme comes at steep cost to Pasifika workers A federal government program recruiting Pacific workers to fill agricultural labour gaps across regional and rural Australia has been compared to the 19th-century indentured 'blackbirding' of South…

#News: Is #Australia's #farm labour scheme modern #slavery? 🚜⛓️ For the PALM scheme, #Pasifika workers report exploitation, unsafe housing, pay as low as $80/week. Fair #pay and #workers rights, not exploitation! 🛑🏝️ #IndigenousRights @palmoildetect.bsky.social

It was incredibly special to see Herbs at Pasifika today, blasting out 'French Letter' amongst a set of wonderful songs, as a tribute to Dilworth Karaka, and others who have passed. The band included 2 Herbs founders: Toni Fonoti and Spencer Fusimalohi. #pasifika
www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/herbs

Katūīvei: Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand by Mere Taito, Vaughan Rapatahana, David Eggleton A celebration of an exciting new thread in the literature of AotearoaTo write poetry in New Zeala...

The voice of Pasifika through poetry - this is sometimes a harrowing read, but it is real. Aotearoa with the marketing hype smashed into silence.

#Poetry #Aotearoa #Pasifika

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Rere Atu ki Poronihia - Flight to Polynesia - Book Review - whatbooknext.com A sequel to Let my Poi Fly - Rangi is excited to travel to a festival in Hawai'i where many kapa from all around the Pacific will perform.

"A beautiful and heartwarming story about diversity and Polynesian cultures."
Adele Broadbent reviews Rere Atu ki Poronihia – Flight to Polynesia for What Book Next? whatbooknext.com/rere-atu-ki-...

#oratiabooks @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @feanatuakoi.bsky.social #pasifika

Redirecting

Grounded in #Talanoa research we found that culturally grounded care for #Pasifika women living with #T2D is not optional. It’s essential. Ignoring this can reinforce inequities. Thanks to the team at UQ School of Public Health for letting be part of these learnings doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

#Music Rain-soaked but electric: Mana Moana with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Signature Choir turned Sidney Myer Music Bowl into a Pasifika celebration—flags waving, big voices, and a strong sense of community. Were you there? #Melbourne #Pasifika

What is says on the tin? No: Apparently, American Samoans are not Americans like the rest of us—because, officially and in black-letter federal law, of their race.

The Insular Cases are a stain on #USHistory, & their legacy is a disgrace.

Article in @boltsmag.org below

#Pasifika #14thAmendment

Biba FAFSWAG, Tanu, and Moe!! 🤩🤩 #Pasifika creativity in action 💙

Samoan-New Zealand author Sarona Aiono-Iosefa has reimagined the Christmas classic 12 Days of Christmas for Pasifika kids: A Manulele in A Mango Tree / Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
#oratiabooks #GaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania #pasifika #xmasbooks @etangata.bsky.social

What I’m Reading: Sarona Aiono-Iosefa Which books got this journalist and children’s author through breast cancer treatment and losing her job?

Samoan-New Zealand author Sarona Aiono-Iosefa has reimagined the Christmas classic 12 Days of Christmas for Pasifika kids: A Manulele in A Mango Tree / Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
#oratiabooks #GaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania #pasifika @etangata.bsky.social #xmasbooks

🌺 It takes a village to strengthen families.

Join Dr. Inez Fainga'a-Manu Sione & Shane Senituli at the 2026 #SafeAndTogether Asia Pacific Conference. #TwoWaysStrong #Pasifika

Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/bdhvpj7h

Out today for
Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue – Niue Language Week
Niue, by Mele Nemaia

With text in English and Vagahau Niue (Niuean language), the book offers insights into society, geography, arts, history, sports and more: oratia.co.nz/product/moan...

#niue #oratiabooks #moanaoceania #pasifika

🎊 This week! Join us for Pasifika Fest: a celebration of Filipino American, Native American, and Indigenous Heritage Month. #Pasifika

📍 Atrium, Tow Center
🗓️ October 16, 12:30–2:30 p.m.

mipfumo.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-pasifik-...

#aotearoa
#hip-hop
#rap
#naarm
#beats
#independent
#hiphop
#pasifika
#rap
#worldmusic
#Reservoir

🎊 Mark your calendars! Pasifika Fest, celebrating Filipino American, Native American, and Indigenous Heritage Month is 2️⃣ weeks away!! #Pasifika

📍 Atrium, Tow Center
🗓️ October 16, 12:30–2:30 p.m.

Fair enough!
Let’s hold @albomp.bsky.social to account.
#Pacific #Pasifika #ClimateAction

Chief of War S01E07

shows how brutal white people can be

In this phenomenal series Jason Momoa has a Black American ally. They are both loyal to each other.

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#tv #indigenous #hawaii #blackamerican #blackpeople #pacificislanders #pasifika #blacksky #addtoblacksky

4. “With what we know about #inequity in #NZ, it's going to be concentrated on what were formally known as low-decile #schools. It's going to disproportionately affect #Māori & #Pasifika. And that is going to be unavoidable,” he said. #NCEA #education #nzpol

@raptureandrage, a Black Goddess wrote:

people shit on these neighborhoods because they are filled with people who have been historically disenfranchised-- Black, [latine],

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#whitepeople #blackpeople #hispanic #latino #latinx #latine #asian #pacificislanders #pasifika #blacksky #addtoblacksky

#SacredSites #OceanConservation #environmentaljustice #mālamahonua #Pasifika 🙌🏾 Papahānaumokuākea is integral to Native Hawaiian culture and is a sacred landscape.
youtu.be/Vk4dSSk5T08?...

Flights 9 and 10 🛩

#samoan #tongan #fijitiktok #fijian #pasifikarugby #pasifika #firstnations #britishandirishlions #LionsTour2025 #lions2025 #rugbyunion #rugbytok

#Pasifika don’t forget so easily. Walk away and do you but you don’t just get to waltz right back in on your own terms. A’ole.

What fans see vs. what players see 🏟

#samoan #tongan #fijitiktok #fijian #pasifikarugby #pasifika #firstnations #britishandirishlions #LionsTour2025 #lions2025 #rugbyunion #rugbytok

Reading one of the Samoan proverbs from the book Alagā’upu Fa’asamoa Ma Uiga mo Tamaiti
byTauanu’u Perenise Tapu Sitagata and
illustrated by Ani Huia Ligaliga. Reel from The Coconet TV

oratia.co.nz/product/alag...
#oratiabooks @christchurchlib.bsky.social @colourmefiji.bsky.social #samoa #pasifika

The best night so far on the tour.

#wallabies #rugbyunion #firstnationpasifikaxv #lions2025 #LionsTour2025 #britishandirishlions #firstnations #pasifika #pasifikarugby #fijian #fijitiktok #tongan #samoan

'Not good enough': Governments fail on racism against First Nations and culturally diverse people, report finds Findings in a Human Rights Commission report show governments across all sectors are failing to identify and deal with racism across the country. The country's Race Discrimination Commissioner says th...

The Human Rights Commission has released a report that found governments across all sectors and departments Australia wide have failed to identify, and deal with racism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07...

#indigenous #pasifika #asian #arab #whitepeople

So much good cultural vibes coming out of #fiji this week, with the installation of one of our paramount chiefs. The #pasifika #vuvale may have voyaged here in planes but the pathways are age-old!!

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Images are from the Fijian Government FB & #fijivillage

Great weekend with our Niu Nima Cake Day at Dolores Park here in San Francisco.

#Pasifika #LGBT #Leiti #Tongans #Fijians #Rotumans #UnityInLove #LiveAndLetLive #LoveAndLetLove #LetThemEatCake #Pacific #Islanders #Americans #Picnic