Monthly Archives: February 2022

Last month Caleb Fotheringham wrote an article for the Cook Islands News about how the Cook Islands three dollar note with the iconic image of Ina and the shark is one of 23 notes around the world running for the … Continue reading →

Recently the Cook Islands News posted an article written by Caleb Fotheringham about a newly formed group, Te Puna Marama Voyaging Foundation, that aims to teach traditional wayfinding and are putting the call out to older Cook Islanders to share … Continue reading →

Earlier this year I came across an article in The Guardian that I thought worth sharing. I couldn’t tell who the author was, but it was about how Tahitian dance has become quite popular around the globe… Wearing intricate costumes … Continue reading →

I would like to share that a new book, Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization, has just been published by the University of Arizona Press. It is the first book-length study of Chamoru literature. Navigating CHamoru Poetry focuses on Indigenous … Continue reading →

Our first legend of 2022 comes from Tonga. It is about how a Tongan beach became so beautiful. Enjoy… There was a man of Niutoua named Tamale who went on a fishing trip. The boat he was on sank, and … Continue reading →

The Fiji Times recently posted an interesting article written by Arieta Vakasukawaqa about the song Lolo Mai Naua composed by Eminoni Qarailawaki, manager of village music group Seniboro Junior, and how it relives the life of their ancestral god, Ratu Vunibula – … Continue reading →

Late last year The Solomon Times posted an article written by Nicholas Boyack about Solomon Islander Glorious Oxenham, who was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) in New Zealand’s New Year Honours, for services to Melanesian culture. Known as Glo, … Continue reading →