Pasifika

Taarati Taiaroa is a lecturer in visual arts at Manukau Institute of Technology - on the Tautai Pacific Arts network's programme of populating Wikipedia pages. Audio

More than 21-million dollars is sent back to the Pacific Islands each year by sports' stars who've moved away from home. Audio

An award winning poet is celebrating something rather special today. She's loved to write for years, and she now can do it while being paid. She's Dr Karlo Mila, who has been named the recipient of… Audio

It's often said that a nation without its language is a nation without a soul. Spiritual Outlook producer Justin Gregory reports on efforts here in New Zealand and also in Niue to preserve their… Audio

Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/ Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa - where's the next great Pacific novel? Audio

Artist Michel Tuffery hopes his latest project will get Pacific Island people talking about the World Wars and their impact on the islands, communities and families. Audio

Artist of Ngai Tahu and Samoan heritage, who is working on a major commission for Christchurch's justice precinct, and has a retrospective exhibition in the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa. Audio

Auckland teacher Tupou Manapori has been involved in Auckland's Polyfest since its inception 40 years ago. She is a a teacher at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate formerly Hillary College in Otara… Audio

The director of a project aimed at getting more Maori and Pasifika people in teritary study says it's unacceptable that those groups have had the biggest drop in the University Entrance pass rate. Audio

Plant a tree and a bird will come, says artist Niki Hastings-McFall. But will they still turn up if you wrap the tree in thousands of artificial lei? Niki is doing just that in her new work, Fale Ula… Audio

How artist Léuli Eshraghi weaves the significance of his mixed heritage into his art, as seen in the exhibition as Tautai Artist in Residence, O la 'aitu laitiiti (We have always been here). Audio

Radio New Zealand International journalist Koroi Hawkins talks to Bryan Crump about his home country Solomon Islands. Audio

Supporters of a push to get more young Pasifika people into skilled trades in Auckland say parents and employers will need to change their attitudes if it's to succeed. Audio

Dr Riz Firestone on taking a fresh approach to health interventions that she hopes will reduce obesity among Pacific people. Dr Firestone is a Pacific Health Research Fellow at Massey University. Audio

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