Monthly Archives: December 2019

Samoan fine mats, or the ‘le Samoa, is one of 15 cultural practices worldwide that has joined UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 12 December. The decision was made in Bogota, Colombia by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding … Continue reading →

Last Week the Vanuatu Daily Post ran an interesting article compiled by Adorina Massing about how the The Sustainable Islands Tourism Conference, which was held in Santo, Vanuatu, had profoundly highlighted the theme of ‘Protection of Sustainable Tourism Assets.’ The … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago Radio New Zealand posted an article about how a new Fijian meke or traditional dance aims to encourage the islanders to embrace their identity and help them cope with the changes around them. The director … Continue reading →

It’s coming- the grandest Pacific Islands festival of all is coming in 2020.  I can’t believe that it was been four years since I reported on the last festival when it was held in Guam in 2016.  The theme in … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to share an article written by Jessie Chiang, a reporter for Radio New Zealand, about how Pacific leaders have become tired of waiting for a cultural center in New Zealand and are calling on Auckland Council to … Continue reading →