Pasifika

Artist Paula Schaafhausen uses the materials and traditions of her Samoan home to talk about the threat climate change poses to Pacific nations. In her new exhibition, Ebbing Tagaloa at Otara's Fresh… Audio

Keeping young people out of trouble will be a focus of a new Pasifika community patrol in Wellington. Audio

Karen Mangnall looks at the future of the Pasifika vote. Audio

MPs are being advised they need to better understand the changing Pasifika population, to win their votes in future elections. Audio

Annie Crummer has been a mainstay of the New Zealand music scene since her first single charted when she was just sixteen. As well as being a solo act she's well known for her collaborations with… Audio

Pacific people are often portrayed as conservative Christians with one collective view on moral issues, particularly when it comes to sexual orientation. But despite this stereotype, there are many… Audio

From Rolling Stone Magazine to Grey Lynn, a world famous Indian artist interprets Auckland street life: a huge street art project taking place in Grey Lynn with world famous Indian street artist… Audio

The Prime Minister's Pacific Youth Awards have been running for five years, and this year seven winners were whittled down from 100 entries. They were set up to recognise outstanding young achievers… Audio

When multidisciplinary artist Lisa Reihana was named an Arts Foundation laureate this year, she was praised for her "culturally rich meditations on Ma-ori in modern times". But for her next work… Audio

Artist Dame Robin White has teamed up with young Tongan artist Ruha Fifiti and dozens of Tongan women to create a work the length of a swimming pool. It's traditionally made but much of the imagery is… Audio

Curator Daniel Michael Satele wants us all to think more about water. So he's put together an exhibition of works about water and called it The Drowned World. Named for novelist JG Ballard's dystopian… Audio

Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa. She talks about the new Poly portal: Coconet TV. Audio

Previously isolated, former refugees from the Burmese community are now Home Based Educators, trained by the Pacifica community in Porirua. The Pacifica and Burmese communities have teamed up under a… Audio

Dozens of jobs are on the line as TVNZ announces it will no longer produce all but one of its own Maori and Pasific programmes. Audio

Rodger writes abrasive plays that have changed the face of Pasifika Theatre. Audio

A new cultural approach to teaching Pasifika families how to get out of debt and be smarter with their finances is about to be trialled at two Auckland churches. Audio

Samoan brothers Pene and Amitai Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay whose self-titled debut CD was the biggest selling album in New Zealand in 2013. Audio

The Christchurch City Choir has a big Pasifika concert this weekend. The concert begins with a traditional presentation of Karanga and Haka by Te Kotahitanga, the longest running Kapa Haka group in Te… Audio

Painter, sculptor and multimedia artist Michel Tuffery talks to Kathryn Ryan about expressing his Pacific island heritage through his work. Audio