12 Sep 2025

Calling all wannabe stand-up comedians!

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 12 September 2025

A group of women will be trying their hand at stand-up comedy this weekend, as part of a new initiative aimed at getting more Pasifika women into comedy

2024 Billy T Award Nominee and Cook Islands New Zealander Rhiannon McCall, who you might know from 7 Days and Guy Mongomery's Spelling Bee has teamed up with Samoan Kiwi producer Sarah Richards to run the workshops. 

Rhiannon joins Emile in studio alongside budding comedian Ama Mosese.

You can get tickets to the showcase here

Va’ine Fresh opens doors for Pacific women in stand-up. From left: Angella Dravid, Rhiannon McCall and Sarah Richards.

Va’ine Fresh opens doors for Pacific women in stand-up. From left: Angella Dravid, Rhiannon McCall and Sarah Richards. Photo: NZ International Comedy Festival / RNZ

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