Pasifika Festival
Wellington set to celebrate unique Pasifika culture
The sights, sounds and flavors of the Pacific will be celebrated this Saturday in New Zealand's capital.
Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
Koro talks to Kathryn about the covid vaccine campaign rolling out in the Pacific, confusion over Bougainville's pivotal Panguna mine, and he looks ahead to the Pasifika Festival. Audio
Auckland tourism agency reveals plan for Pasifika Festival
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development have announced a new refresh plan for smaller villages at next year's Pasifika Festival. Audio
Beethoven with a Pacific twist: Students take Tiki Orchestra to festival
A group of students from Auckland's Pacific community will make their orchestral debut at this weekend's Pasifika Festival. Audio
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 27 March 2018
A Bougainville visit by former PNG leaders won't work according to separatist movement figure; NZ and Fiji mark 50 years since Laucala Bay flying boat base closure; Sexual harrassment by tourists in… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 26 March 2018
Sexual harrassment by tourists is driving workers away from the Cook Islands tourism industry; The 26th Pasifika Festival promotes Pacific culture and traditions in New Zealand; Does Indonesia belong… Audio
The 26th annual Pasifika Festival
The 26th Pasifika Festival promotes Pacific culture and traditions in New Zealand. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 24 March 2018
Almost four weeks since a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea's Highlands, the response effort is picking up pace; Vanuatu's disaster authorities are in emergency mode again amid intensified… Audio
Auckland gears up for the 26th Pasifika Festival
Pasifika Festival organisers this year are wanting to focus on re-connecting with village co-ordinators and the Pacific communities as well as gauging what festival-goers love about the festival. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Pohutukawa, pipiwharauroa and pasifika. Ten days ago RNZ reported that some coastal pohutukawa on public land in Taranaki had been vandalised and even killed by having holes drilled in their trunks… Audio
Roy Vaughan and Bernard Tairea - Pasifika at 25
Auckland's Pasifika Festival, held annually at Western Springs, attracts around 200,000 visitors every year. Welshman Roy Vaughan co-founded the festival and Bernard Tairea is the festival's Cook… Audio
The Pasifika Festival marks 25 years
Auckland's Pasifika festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary this weekend with special programming to mark the significant milestone. Audio
Pasifika urged to ban sugary drinks
Auckland's Pasifika Festival should follow Te Matatini and Polyfest and ban sugary drinks, a health advocacy group says.
NZ Pasifika strengths on show
New Zealand's Bay of Plenty will get a taste of Pacific culture as the Pasifika in the Bay Festival kicks off.
2016 Pacific Music Awards
The Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua is a performance poet, exhibited artist, story teller, comedian, free style rapper, MC, and a community arts curator. The awards debuted at Pasifika Festival in March… Audio
Pasifika Festival returns to Western Springs
Organisers are expecting more than 60,000 people to attend this year's Pasifika Festival, which returns to its original home today.
Pasifika Festival returns to Western Springs this weekend
The country's biggest celebration of Pacific culture returns to Auckland's Western Springs tomorrow. Last year the event had to be moved to South Auckland because of the Queensland fruit fly scare… Audio
Festival set to return to Western Springs
The big Pasifika Festival looks set to return to Auckland's Western Springs Park next year, after a biosecurity outbreak forced it out at short notice.
Pasifika Festival "too commercial"
A south Auckland local board chairman says the annual Pasifika Festival is becoming too commercial and Auckland Council's events company needs to be stopped. Audio