What have Pasifika contributed to Aotearoa/New Zealand?

What do we know?

With your neighbour, brainstorm as many things as you can about life in Aotearoa/NZ that is influenced by Pasifika culture

Eg. food – seafood salad, chop suey, umu, taro, ota/oka (raw fish and coconut milk dish)

Valerie Adams (nee Villi) Tongan/English

descent, born in Aotearoa

Current Olympic, world and commonwealth

shot-put champion

Joe Rokocoko

Fijian descent Rugby player All Black since

2003

Beatrice Faumuina

Samoan descent Discus thrower Gold medallist in

World Athletics Championships,

has represented

NZ in the Olympics and Commonwealth games

Rita Fatialofa

Samoan descent Netball player Played for the Silver

Ferns from 1982-1989

Ex Lynfield student!

Young Sid

Sidney Diamond Cook Island and

Maori descent Hip hop artist and

MC with Smashproof His 2007 debut

album, The Truth, was named the Urban Album of the Year at the 2008 Māori Music Awards.

Scribe

Otherwise

known as...

Malo Luafutu Samoan

descent Hip hop

rapper and recording

artist

Ladi6

Otherwise known as Karoline Tamati

Samoan descent Top NZ female

MC/vocalist

Tigilau Ness Niuean New

Zealander Political activist and reggae artist Performs as Unity Pacific Father of hip hop artist Che Fu Involved in forming the PolynesianPanthers

Polynesian Panthers A Pacific Rights group

modelled on the Black Panthers in the USA

Samoans, Tongans, Cook Islanders, Maori

Set up homework centres, helped elderly with their shopping, provided free buses to prisons so people could visit their relatives, ran programmes educating Pacific Islanders on their legal rights, fought against racism and supported the Maori rights movement.

Arthur Anae

Samoan descent First Pacific Islander

MP in the National Party

Currently serves on the Manukau City Council

Ernest Auora

Artist Expresses his

understanding of the migration of Polynesians to Aotearoa through reliving the migration process.

Albert Wendt

Samoan/German descent Writer of fiction, poetry,

and theory Professor of New

Zealand literature at Auckland University

Internationally recognised as a leader of developments in New Zealand and Pacific literature

Awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in 2000

Louise Tu’u

NZ born Samoan Playwright Her plays focus on aspects of Samoan

life and fitting into the Palagi world Featured in “Daughters of the Pacific”

Pasifika

Largest Pasifika performing arts festival in the world

Held annually in Western Springs Park

Free to the public

Polyfest

Secondary Schools Pasifika Performing Arts festival and competition

Held annually in Otara, South Auckland

Free to the public

Pasifika Fale, Auckland University

Manukau City Telstra Pacific Events Centre

Pasifika stylz!

Clothing Tapa cloth Patterns and designs Lavalavas Jewellery (necklace

made by designer Sofia Tekela-Smith)