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)