January 26th 2012

On the Food & Recipes Page
ISSUE 44 EXCLUSIVE
Taste Of A Traveller

On the Spasifik Sister Page
Looking Good Breastfeeding baby photo competition- Voting is Open

January 27th 2012
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Tagata Pasifika Special 27th January 2012
Tatau - Suluape Alaiva’a Petelo performed a full make tatau on a Pacific Studies student Falaniko Tominiko as part of a University of Auckland preserving Pacific Knowledge project.
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January 27th 2012
PACIFIC REGION
Ie Samoa to be legislated
Government is pushing ahead with plans to replace the inferior fine mats common today with the revived ie Samoa.
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January 27th 2012
ENTERTAINMENT
Circus of Samoa
The Circus of Samoa came to New Zealand this summer with a new stage, a grand tent and brand new acts, as MEMA MAELI discovers as she gets an update from owner & ringmaster Tupa’I Bruno Loyale.
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January 27th 2012
EVENTS
Winners for the 2011 SSA Youth Scholarships announced
The 2011 Samoan Sports Association Youth Scholarship winners have been announced. Recipients will be honoured at a special awards ceremony on 2 February 2012 at the Pasifika Education Centre in Auckland.
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January 26th 2012
MUSIC
A New Zealand opera for all New Zealanders
“Hōhepa’s long journey is a tale most of us are ignorant of. But, curiously, preparing for Hōhepa and bringing it to life is making me feel much more connected to being a New Zealander.”
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January 25th 2012
MUSIC
Coincidence by the Hypnotics
Check out this track by Auckland urban music group The Hypnotics, consisting of artists Anonymouz, Deuce & JEM, filmed in Mangere Bridge, produced by Noma Sio and Rita Moemauru and Directed by Fa’anati Mamea (Mamea Media Ltd), Semi Tone Films and The Hypnotics
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January 24th 2012
ISSUE 48 EXCLUSIVE
Sione's 2: They're back!
Five years ago the Duckrockers thought they had it figured out. They found girlfriends to take to Sione’s wedding. The future was looking bright. But things haven’t quite gone as the boys had planned. Sione’s co-writer and actor Oscar Kightley, and his on-screen wife Madeleine Sami, speak to QIANE CORFIELDMATATA about the follow up to one of the country’s most successful films.
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January 24th 2012
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Tagata Pasifika Update 24th January 2012
Tagata Pasifika special – Adeaze live in concert at the Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland.
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January 19th 2012
ISSUE 45 EXCLUSIVE
Facing The Future
The often stated projection that within the next two decades 40% of those living in New Zealand will be of Maori or Pacific descent has set alarm bells ringing within government institutions.
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January 19th 2012
ARTS
Sculpture Wins Queensland Commission
Associate Professor Michael Parekowhai (Ngati Whakarongo/Pakeha) has been awarded the Premier of Queensland’s Sculpture Commission with his proposed sculpture The World Turns.
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January 12th 2012
ISSUE 48 EXCLUSIVE
Celebrate Samoa
2012 sees Samoa’s celebrating its 50th Year of Independence as well as its unique Treaty of Friendship with New Zealand, making it a better time than ever for Samoans living in New Zealand to return home
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January 13th 2012
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Tagata Pasifika update 13th January 2012
Pacific Underground Pacific Music Awards full performance, Rosita Vai full performance, K.One, DJ CXL and Tyson Tyler full performance, Mutalau Ululauta Matahefonua Trust Choir full performance.
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January 10th 2012
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Tagata Pasifika update 10th January 2012
Three Houses Down full performance at the 2011 Pacific Music Awards Tagata Pasifika TVNZ 5 Jan 2012, Young Sid ft Halo full performance, Bella Kalolo full performance, Koile full performance
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December 21st 2011
LITERATURE
Telesa Launched in Auckland.
A huge crowd turned out to see new book by Lani Wendt Young, ‘Telesa: The Covenant Keeper’, launched in Auckland last week.
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December 20th 2011
PACIFIC REGION
Tourism will cruise along
Just as American Samoa has said it is expecting a surge in cruise ship visitors next year, many of the islands of the South Pacific can expect bigger numbers to arrive on their shores via the sea.
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December 20th 2011
Tonga's missing aid due to bad bookkeeping not fraud
Poor record keeping, not fraud was behind allegations that hundreds of thousands of dollars of New Zealand aid money had been misused by Tonga, an audit has found.
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December 16th 2011
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Tagata Pasifika update 16th December 2011
Water safety – 3 Tongan men drown, Carmel Sepuloni wins Waitakere, Hekia Parata new Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Polynesian Blue launches new name,Patterns of the Past- Tattoo in Cook Islands,Miss South 2011
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December  15th 2011
ART
Fatu Feu'u  has returned to the University of Canterbury as its Artist in Residence after 15 years
Fatu Feu’u, who has been called the “father of Pacific art”, has returned to the University of Canterbury as its Artist in Residence after 15 years. Martin Moore dropped in to speak with him.
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December 15th 2011
CRIME
'Tahitian prince' arrested for fraud
The authorities say Joel Barlow stole a total of AU$16m over three years from Queensland Health, where he worked as a finance manager.
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December 15th 2012
CULTURE
Celebrating 50 years of Friendship with Samoa on samoa2012.co.nz
2012 marks both the 50th anniversary of Samoa’s independence and the 50th anniversary of the unique Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa.
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December 14th 2011
MEDIA
Pacific media pushing investigative reporting
A web-based training programme for Pacific media has been commissioned by the Pasifika Media Association (PasiMA).
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December 14th 2011
Samoan land owned by kiwi families fraudulently sold
Two New Zealand families have been in Samoa in a desperate bid to win back land that has been at the centre of a fraud investigation.
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December 13th 2011
Search for next of kin successful
A plea from Funeral director Nick Bakulich went out to the Pacific community to find the next of kin who could claim the body of Puna Pau, who died in a rest home more than three months ago.
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December 12th 2011
MEDIA
Maori Television’s bilingual rugby coverage wins at Maori Sports Awards
Maori Television’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup 2011 has won the sports media category at the National Maori Sports Awards.
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December 8th 2011
CULTURE
Sistema Aotearoa wraps up its' first year in a musical bow
The children of Sistema Aotearoa attended a very special concert on November 30th – their own
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December 8th 2011
DANCE
Exploring indigenous contemporary choreography in Auckland
New Zealand’s leading Maori Contemporary Dance Company, Atamira is partnering with Western Australia’s premiere intercultural performance company, Marrugeku, to present the third International Indigenous Choreographic Laboratory in Auckland from the 18th November to the 8th December.
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December 6th 2011
NEWS
Cook Islands community group goest to court over presidency
A fight for control of a Cook Islands community group goes to the High Court at Auckland today.
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December 5th 2011
PACIFIC REGION
Kiribati men washed ashore after 33 days adrift
An isolated atoll in the southern Marshall Islands must have been a most welcome sight to two Kiribati sailors who were washed ashore after drifting for more than a month in the Pacific.
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December 2nd 2011
CULTURE
Pasifika spirituality brings ‘niu’ flavour to new lives
The enduring power of spirituality for the Pasifika diaspora in every aspect of life, from sport to education, was a unifying theme of the Talanoa Oceania 2011 conference at Massey University’s Albany campus this week.
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December 2nd 2011
MUSIC
Maori showband founder of the Maori Volcanics dies
Nuki Waaka was one of the founders of the showband the Maori Volcanics in 1964 and was frontman for the highly successful band.
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December 2nd 2011
PACIFIC REGION
Pacific Islands Forum countries participate in 4th high level forum on aid effectiveness
As the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) got underway in the southern Korean city of Busan, Pacific Islands Forum countries shared their positive national and regional experiences as well as remaining challenges in development coordination during the thematic sessions on lessons learned over the past 6 years.
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November 1st 2011
LITERATURE
‘Telesa’ launched in Apia
A fiery thriller romance from Samoa, Telesa: The Covenant Keeper, has been launched at Millenia Hotel, Sogi. An exclusive extract will appear in the upcoming Jan/Feb 2012 issue of SPASIFIK.
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December 1st 2011
LANGUAGE
Samoan language bill a step in the right direction
In a move which is seen by many as well overdue, public discussions are now being held on Upolu regarding the Samoan Language Bill 2011 whereby the government proposes a bilingual curriculum in schools with compulsory teaching of the language from Year 1 to 13.
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November 9th 2011
ISSUE 47 EXCLUSIVE
POLITICS
Two Ticks
The 2011 parliamentary elections will take place on November 26. SPASIFIK intern JORDAN SAMUELA helps you make an informed decision on voting day.
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July 6th 2011
ISSUE 45 EXCLUSIVE
The National Goverment 2011 Budget - What It Really Means For NZ And Our Future
This years’ budget reads as a litany of broken election promises that the government is trying to mask as fiscal responsibility. John Key promised not to touch Kiwisaver, he wouldn’t cut working for families, nor student loans. This budget, however, is set to break all of those promises.
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July 5th 2011
ISSUE 45 EXCLUSIVE
PLITICS
Giving Our Children The Best Start In Life
We as Pasifika peoples came to New Zealand for a
better education, higher paying jobs and an improved standard of living. To achieve these goals, the National Government understands that our young families depend on early childhood education (ECE ) to give our children the best possible start in life.
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May 18th 2011
ISSUE 44
PACIFIC REGION
Creating New Opportunities For Emerging Pacific Leaders
The New Zealand Pacific Scholarship scheme, managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), is increased the number of young Pacific students and high academic achievers
studying in New Zealand and built a new generation of leaders. NADINE KOSZLER reports.
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May 18th 2011
ISSUE 44
POLITICS
Grateful for life
When the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch at 12.51pm on 22 February this year, Prime Minister John Key spoke what everyone across the country was feeling: “It’s heartbreaking.” Since then, the Christchurch earthquake has touched us all in some way.
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May 18th 2011
ISSUE 44
POLITICS
How MMP Has Boosted Pacific MPs
On election day back in 1990, I walked the streets of Otara, knocking on doors for the Honourable Taito Philip Field. He was also the first New Zealander of Pasifika ancestry to be selected by a major political party in a winnable seat.
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May 4th 2011
ISSUE 42
Sonny For Sale
Since returning to Aotearoa to play for the All Blacks Sonny Bill Williams has made all the right impressions. The fans have cheered his prowess and the coaches have rewarded his form.
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May 3rd 2011
ISSUE 42 EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE
Sonny Fits The Bill
Sonny Bill Williams may be the All Blacks’ brightest new star, one of the best players of his generation in either rugby code, one of the richest sportsmen in Australasia, as well as one of the most famous, but he’s happy just to be known as a Samoan kid who’s pretty good at footy.
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