2XX Talanoa Pasifika

14/06/2024

Walt Disney has announced that Catherine Laga’aia, a 17-year-old from Sydney, Australia, will play the lead role in the upcoming live-action adaptation of "Moana." Laga’aia will join Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who returns as Maui, the demigod.

01/06/2024

01/06/2024

WEIGH IN: Have you considered leaving Hawaii and what is the biggest factor that's convinced you to either go — or stay?

Every day on average in the islands, 12 people leave for the continent. Many end up in Las Vegas, where they find a community full of Hawaii transplants — and aloha.

ON DEMAND NOW: Watch our new HNN documentary, "Priced out of Paradise," to hear why many say they've found a home away from home in the Ninth Island: www.hawaiinewsnow.com/priced-out/

01/06/2024

01/06/2024

One more day to go....

📢 Final call for applications for our Pasifika Empowerment Camp!

Calling all 18-25 year old youth with Pasifika ancestry who reside in the NSW area: If you want to learn how to create the change you want to see in the world, we urge you to apply here before 11:59pm AEST Sunday (tomorrow) 2nd of June 2024.

Successful applicants will be contacted within 1-2 weeks of the deadline with an information pack regarding the logistics of the camp.

You don't want to miss out! 🤞🏿

01/06/2024

06 – 16 June 2024 Arts, Culture, and Healing The Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) is the world’s largest celebration of indigenous Pacific Islanders. The South Pacific Commission (now The Pacific Community - SPC) launched this dynamic showcase of arts and culture in 1972 to halt the ...

01/06/2024

David Robie joins the Green Left Show to discuss the current revolt in Kanaky/New Caledonia.

01/06/2024

Rampant corruption within Fiji's police force is enabling the nation's spiralling m**hamphetamine crisis.Officers are being asked to tamper with evidence, st...

01/06/2024

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Australia is set to launch a plan worth more than $800 million which will give it major oversight of policing in the Pacific region. As Fiji struggles with a...

01/06/2024

Fiji has asked the United Nations for help with an HIV/AIDS epidemic which has been fuelled by the country's spiralling m**hamphetamine trade. Last year the ...

01/06/2024

Methamphetamine is ravaging Fiji, and as locals battle addiction, communities pay the price. From small villages to the island nation's police force, some fe...