Pasifika
Loud and brown: RiffRaff is not your average run club
Pablo Sinclair started the RiffRaff run club in 2015 and says it helped him with both his mental and
I had to heal before I could make art again
"While my whare tapawhā isn't in perfect harmony, it’s in a much better state than before.”
My phone was making me sick: Escaping the doom scroll
"It is designed to be addictive.”
I thought I had to be tough, but it nearly killed me
“As tāne, we're meant to be strong for our whānau.”
Colonisation stuffed our diets. I’m learning to eat like my ancestors did
“Everywhere we look, there's a shop on a corner with a pie.”
We made a series about what healing really looks like for Māori and Pasifika men
“I want to mean it when I say I’m allgoods.”
Two Pacific women on their representation in NZ
"No matter what corner of Aotearoa we are in, we are repping what it means to be of the moana."
‘I don’t finish until midnight’: Life as a teen juggling school and work
Lauren Shaw has a decision to make - keep working in her grandparents’ shop or follow her dreams.
Growing up Tongan in Timaru
Two young Tongans talk about feeling at home in South Canterbury.
Why NZ needs more Māori and Pasifika blood donations
"To give someone the ultimate koha and keep his memory alive is the greatest tribute."
‘I rate the pork bun a 10’: Food reviews at Polyfest 2024
“I’m eating a pāua bomb. Magnificent, 10 out of 10.”
The Grey Lynn home where Niuean culture thrives | STILL HERE S2 | Episode 1
Watch the first episode from the new season of STILL HERE now.
Māori and Pacific students feel university inclusion in NZ is 'tokenistic'
The study looks at the experiences of 43 current or past postgraduate students at NZ unis.
Opinion: Our inner-city Auckland was a slice of Polynesia
"Samoan writer Albert Wendt once said “our people wake the city”."
Still Here: Celebrating the Pasifika families of Central Auckland
Meet the people behind the project, and take a look at some the photos from the launch night.
Tatau: The women keeping Sāmoan tattoo alive in Grey Lynn | Still Here
Watch the fourth episode of our new docuseries, Still Here.
Make Ponsonby Brown Again: a Sāmoan family resisting gentrification | Still Here
“We don’t care if you offered us a billion dollars. That means nothing to us."
The Queen of Herne Bay: Why my Tongan family are still here | Still Here
“I like that our house looks exactly the same. It’s like a silent protest.”
How to compliment someone's outfit in Sāmoan, reconnecting with roots
"The survival of the language and culture is in our day-to-day living."
Sāmoan Language Week: Everyday phrases with Ashley Vaotuua
Manuia le aso!
Inside the South Auckland fashion show celebrating Pasifika style
"Fashion is being yourself [and] depending on the context, it can be whatever you want it to be."
Pacific community receives funds to help with Covid-19 booster and child vaccination uptake
The boost is to support the Prepare Pacific Community Vaccination Fund in wake of Omicron.
What we know about Tonga’s volcanic eruption and how you can help
“Can you hear that? That’s not rain, that’s fucking rocks coming down from the volcano,” says 'Ila, who saw the volcanic eruption and tsunami from Tonga’s…
SWIDT: 'Crying is a form of healing' | Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower
“We probably do a better job of looking after the community than the cops do.”
Now you're in lockdown, here's three Re: series you can binge
Time to binge lockdown away.
How playing really loud music on Auckland’s streets is bridging gang divides
“Look at us now, this is pretty wicked."
An original Polynesian Panther meets a young Pacific advocate I Dawn Raids' Apology
“Growing up did you feel safe in New Zealand? Not really, not really.”
Survivors of abuse in care share stories at Pacific inquiry hearing
Here are the stories of four survivors.
Health care structures entrenching poor outcomes for Pasifika must change, new report finds
The Bula Sautu report, released this week, looked at the persistent inequities in Pasifika health.
The Government will apologise for the Dawn Raids
The Government will formally apologise for targeted raids on the homes of Pacific families.