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The Moanan Podcast is a platform connecting Pacific knowledge to Pacific peoples. Each week, we share knowledge & wisdom from those of the Moana, from various fields & disciplines.
This podcast is for the young Pacific person, raised in the west, wanting to connect to their cultural roots & ancestral homes.
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We are back for a special episode!Last month we were privileged to attend The Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, Pacific Arts Festival, or FestPAC. Our mission was clear — to rekindle vā that our forefathers established long ago. Tune in as we talanoa about our experience of connecting with our people from all across the Moana.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on ...
Did you know that one of the largest Pacific diasporas in the world are Melanesians in the Netherlands? These are the people of Maluku, who are known as Moluccans. But how come you haven’t heard of them? In this EP we sat down with our sisters from Maluku who share the Moluccan story. With much of the history being absent from history & general discourse, we got an insight into the Maluku’s colonial history, culture, diasporic & homeland experience.Send us a textThe Moanan i...
Aloha mai kakou! Welcome to our ‘Moanan Abroad’ season. To kick off this series we have Kalehua Krug. A kumu (school principle), kakau marker (Hawaiian tattooing), scholar and Indigenous philosopher. Originally from Moloka’i, he now resides in Wai’anae on the island of O’ahu. In this episode he shares with us Indigenous philosophies and worldviews from a Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) perspective. He also shares insights into how we, as Indigenous peoples, can honour and connect to o...
In this special episode we share the live discussions from our Autumn Pō Talanoa event held a few weeks ago.Tune in to hear the voices of our Moanan community in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa as we talanoa about the historical, present & future vā (relationship) between tangata whenua (Māori) and tangata moana (Pacific Islanders) in Aotearoa.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connec...
Our final episode for SZN 1! For this episode we asked you, our community, to send in questions & topics for us to discuss. We had a range of history & contemporary topics sent in so thank you to everyone who responded! We cover topics from non-Moanans practicing & selling kava, to ever changing Moanan cultures of the diaspora, ideas of blood quantum and much more. We want to say a big thank you to everyone that’s engaged with the podcast, we’re stoked that we’ve be...
Final guest for season one!In this episode, Bradford Haami (Ngāti Awa), an accomplished author, researcher & lecturer covers a range of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge): Pepeha & Whakapapa (genealogy)Connections between Māori and the rest of the MoanaIndigenous spirituality and ChristianitySend us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming and socia...
Kia orana! In this episode we sat down with archeologists & cultural educator Ma’ara Maeva - a native to Mauke, Cook Islands. In our talanoa he walked us through the journey of our earliest ancestors of the Pacific and the evidence of their migration from South East Asia into the Moana. Throughout this episode Ma’ara shares some incredible archeological facts such as the links between Polynesia and South America plus much more. Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educa...
Bula vinaka! This week we are joined by multi disciplinary artist Daren Kamali from Fiji who shares his knowledge and experience of the Ulucavu - the Fijian wig making custom. He shares the spiritual & culture knowledge that underpins this practice along with his experience reviving a practice that was lost for over a hundred years.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on...
In part 2 of our chat with Professor Richard Moyle, he shares with us research he conducted on the island of Takū (PNG). In this episode he shares histories and knowledges of the indigenous spirituality that is practiced in this remote part of the Pacific. He also shares how these practices have similarities and links with Samoa and Tonga. links to Richard Moyle's work:https://archives.library.auckland.ac.nz/resources/richard_moyle_samoa_recordingshttps://youtube.com/@richardmoyle6804?s...
We sat down with Professor Richard Moyle, an ethnomusicologist, who has spent over 50 years working in the Pacific recording music to understand its social function in Pacific societies. His records have helped to preserve a knowledge of ancient song, chants & dances from around the Moana. In this episode Richard speaks to the spiritual, social & cultural function music plays across the Moana and gives some specific examples of how this is manifested. A search of ‘Richard Moyle’ in go...
In this episode, we chat with Julia Mage’au Gray, a traditional skin marker (tattooist) & multidisciplinary artist from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 Julia shares knowledge about the ancient practice of women’s skin marking as well as her experience as an indigenous woman living in the West 🌊.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming and social media platf...
In this episode, we chat with Sonny Natanielu about indigenous Pacific voyaging/navigation and experiences of being Moanan in the West.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming and social media platforms — including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Email: hello@themoanan.com
Welcome to the Moanan Podcast! Connecting Pacific Knowledge to Pacific People. This episode is a quick introduction to who we, what we’re about and what we want to do.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming and social media platforms — including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Email: hello@themoanan.com
Final episode for our Moanan Abroad series!This week we have Kahu Kaiha – a Tama Enana community leader, artist, cultural practitioner and polyglot (fluent in Eo Enana, Reo Tahiti, French and English) from the Marquesas Islands (Te Henua Enana).We cover many topics from French Polynesia to the Tapu System, Marquesean tattooing known as Patutiki, connections between the Marquesas and other nations in the Pacific and more.Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an onlin...
What do our megalithic monuments and artefacts tell us about our past? How might these inform our present? We're joined by Elijah Lemusuifeauali'i an academic, educator, community connector and traditional carver. In this episode he shares insight into some of the megalithic monuments & artefacts of the Moana and some of his work on Pacific identities in the diaspora. While his ancestral ties are to Samoa & Aotearoa, Elijah shares how his experiences in another part of the Moana,...
What does it mean to wear the tattoos/markings of your culture? What, if any, are the responsibilities to these markings? Why was Tongan tattooing lost?In this episode we talanoa (talk) with Tongan tufunga tātatau (tattoo artist) Su'a Suluape Aisea Toetu'u about the history of the Tongan tātatau, its significance in pre-Chrisitan Tongan society and his efforts in reviving this art of tattooing amongst Tongans. Additionally, we give our thoughts on a recent reel that has gone viral callin...
EP06 with Mike Tavioni A master carver, multidisciplinary artist & knowledge holder, Papa Mike shares his knowledge & insight into our ancestral origins, culture, language. He offers wisdom in reminding us of that sometimes change within our cultures & languages signify that they are alive. Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming ...
EP05 with Dr Lana Lopesi.Dr Lopesi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon where she teaches Pacific Islander studies, Indigenous feminisms and contemporary art.Stoked to have her on the podcast to share her knowledge & experience with us 🌊Details to our upcoming events this month:AKL, NZ Live podcast with Auckland Libraries x Island Roots, Auckland WaysSaturday 5th October 1pm - 4:30pmMāngere Arts Centre, Corner Bader Drive ...
EP04 with traditional CHamoru carver Hila’an San Nicholas Representing a new wave of young Indigenous knowledge holders, Hila’an shares ancient CHamoru wisdom, Indigenous worldviews & about the ancient practice of carving. Send us a textThe Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!Find us on all podcast streaming and social media platforms — including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Email: h...
We are joined by Professor Tēvita O. Ka‘i, a prominent Tongan anthropologist and scholar whose work focuses on Indigenous Tongan knowledge, cultural anthropology, and Pacific studies. As an expert in Tongan cosmology and philosophy, Kaʻili has contributed significantly to the understanding and revitalization of traditional Tongan ways of knowing and being. He emphasizes how Indigenous knowledge systems can be applied to contemporary issues, particularly in areas like environmental stewardship...
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