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PW's mission is to provide a platform to connect our Pasifika voices; to share, celebrate, and explore the issues that can impact Pasifika communities in Aotearoa, the Pacific region, and around the world.
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PW Live had the pleasure to talk with reelected Auckland Councillor Josephine Bartley (Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward). Josephine works tirelessly for her constituents and wider Auckland. Joining her in the studio is her beloved Milo, following in Josephine's footsteps of community service and outreach.
Pasifika Editor for the New Zealand Herald's Talanoa, Timuiaipaepaetele Lealaiauloto Vaimoana Mase, caught up with PW Live. The multi award winning journalist talks about her love of writing, faith, family, and her continued passion to tell our stories.www.pasifikawire.comhttps://open.spotify.com/track/4kHG4A6eiFSZH7l3Lix5zZ?si=92b0dc95f8474dd8
From panel operating for his wife Veronica during her radio show in the early 90s to becoming a sound engineer, and 30 years on programme director for Radio 531pi, George Siaosi Matekitonga Moungatonga along with Veronica sit down with PW LIVE and talk about why the passion is still there, to connect Pasifika voices.#pasifikawire #pwlive #PacificVoices #podcastnz #newepisode #pasifika
For more than 30 years Ma'a Brian Sagala QSM has inspired, entertained and motivated crowds as a Master of Ceremony and Events Specialist. He joins us to talk about his journey, going out on his own, what it takes to be an MC, his passion for telling Pasifika stories while applying passion and faith to his business. The Queens Service recipient shows us how he stays grounded.www.pasifikawire.com
He is one of the most recognised faces in Pasifika media across the country and the Pacific region, a Master of Ceremony, Community Advocate, Broadcast Journalist, John Pulu shares his journey from a seasoned reporter fronting the longest serving popular current affairs show on television, Tagata Pasifika. John shares his passion and love of bringing Pacific People together, through language and culture whether he is on TV, radio, through his work in governance and working for his beloved Tonga and the community.www.pasifikawire.com
This week's special guest on PW LIVE is Labour MP for the Māngere electorate in Auckland, Lemauga Lydia Sosene MP, a seasoned public servant, former Chair Māngere-Ōtahuhu Local Board and now electorate MP.Lemauga shares insights into her early years of service beginning with her late parents Rev. Ofisa and Litia Nu'uali'itia, founding minister of EFKS Church in Ōtara, life as a politician, and her personal journey with breast cancer.She exemplifies the well-known Samoan proverb: "'O le ala i le pule o le tautua - The pathway to leadership is through service."
Our special guest on PW Live is Marama T-Pole, a veteran in broadcast journalism. For over 25 years she has brought us Pacific stories and news from around the world through our TV screens and radio waves. She shares her love of family, community, growing up in the deep south, and her beloved Tuvalu. #pasifikawire #pwlive #pasifikapodcast #PacificVoices #podcastnz #newepisode #pasifika #planetfm1046
From sold-out rugby stadiums and World Cups to summer festivals, family gatherings, and corporate gigs DJ @algoodie knows how to move a crowd and keep the good vibes going.He’s worn many hats over the years, always with heart, humour, and a deep commitment to serving our Pasifika communities.In the next PW Live Podcast, we reconnect with our old friend to reflect on the journey and the legacy of Pacific voices across different spaces.#PWLIVE #PasifikaWire #PacificVoices #PodcastNZ #PasifikaPodcast #NewEpisode
Pasifika Wire PW LIVE is back, Connecting our Voices with veteran Cook Islands journalist and Communications Specialist Lisa Williams-Lahari.
Multimedia talent Ma'a Brian Sagala comes out from behind the mic to help kick of the talanoa for Pasifika Wire in 2023.
Ma'a shares his journey into broadcasting, providing a voice for Pasifika people across the motu, his insight into the world of being a Master of Ceremony and what it means to be a recipient of the Queen's Service Medal for services to the Pacific community in New Zealand, and gives us a glimpse of what we can expect from the PMN, Radio 531pi host in the New Year. www.pasifikawire.com
The first Pasifika women elected into the Auckland Supercity council for Manugakiekie-Tamaki Ward in 2018, says working with her community at a local government level is a role she loves and a position she does not take lightly. A strong local voice for the community, Councillor Josephine Bartley says climate action, equity within the work place and workers rights are at the forefront of her work within the council.
Samoan academic Wanda Ieremia-Allan is a PhD candidate in the Pacific and Indigenous Studies programmes at the University of Waikato, and is delving into archival research that traces the inter-generational, intellectual gafa/lineage of indigenous Samoan writing of the early 20th century in the former London Missionary Society niusipepa (newspaper) O le Sulu Samoa. www.pasifikawire.com
As one of two Auckland city councillors for the Manukau Ward, Fa'anana Efeso Collins prepares for the next part of his journey in local government that spans over more than nine years. Fa'a'nana says it is a humbling, emotional, and empowering feeling that has led to his family's decision for him to stand for the office of Mayor of Auckland - the largest city in Aotearoa New Zealand and home to the largest Polynesian population. www.pasifikawire.com
Daniel Faitaua has reached another milestone in his career as not only the first Pasifika TVNZ European correspondent based in London, but now the first Kiwi Pasifika president of the Foreign Press Association in London in its 134 year history. www.pasifikawire.com
Qiane Matata-Sipu is an award winning storyteller with more than 15 years working in the media sector as an editor, photographer, journalist, communications specialist, visual artist, and community advocate. So it is no surprise that Qiane created her own communications and multimedia production business Qiane+co and is the creator and founder of NUKU, a story telling platform using audio podcasts and photography, to name a few. www.pasifikawire.com
In a newly released report, He Purapura Ora, he Māra Tipu – From Redress to Puretumu Torowhānui, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care urged the Government to take urgent action to restore mana to survivors of abuse by addressing their 95 recommendations. PW talks to Ali'imuamua Sandra Alofivae about the report. www.pasifkawire.com
The first report into the Wellbeing of people in Aotearoa New Zealand was released by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission last week. Pasifika Wire caught up with Sharon Shea and Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath to talk about what it means.
The Director of Climate Change Resilience for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) says the Pacific Island Nations' voice was heard loud and clear at the the two week Climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow Scotland earlier this month. Tagaloa Cooper says despite the small number of delegates from the Pacific Island Nations who were able to travel to Glasgow due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Pacific made an impact. www.pasifikawire.com
Faith is a guiding light for Lise Hope-Suveinakama in a journey that began in Tokelau, then a move to New Zealand to further her studies attending Wairarapa College then completing a double degree in Arts and Law at the University of Waikato. Lise then returned to her homeland to take on roles within the public sector that took her around the world, working as the Senior Legal Adviser for the Tokealu government, Judicial National coordinator, and National Coordinator for Women.
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The largest Pasifika women's non-government organisation (NGO) in New Zealand has gone from local, national to global recognition receiving special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A. Inc (Pacific Allied (Women’s) Council Inspires Faith In Ideals Concerning All) received the news in late September that they, alongside 57 other organisations out of 80 from across the world, were granted the new status. www.pasifikawire.org
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