Monthly Archives: March 2022

Earlier this year the Vanuatu Daily Post ran article about a team from the Vanuatu Klaemet Infomesen blong Redy, Adapt mo Protekt (Van– KIRAP) have conducted traditional knowledge (TK) surveys on agriculture on the islands of Epi, Santo and Vanua … Continue reading →

Radio New Zealand Pacific Journalist, Susana Suisuiki, recently reported about Fa’anana Jerome Grey, the man who famously penned the song, ‘We Are Samoa’, which was celebrated this past weekend. Grey was travelling through Alaska in the late 1970s. In that … Continue reading →

Radio New Zealand Pacific Journalist, Lydia Lewis, recently wrote a post about Polyfest 2022, which occurred this past week at Avondale College in New Zealand… For more information and videos about Polyfest 2022, click here. For 15-year-old Auckland student Sally … Continue reading →

Earlier this year journalist Fuimaono Lumepa Hald wrote an article for the Samoa Observer about how Samoan music compositions and arrangements will now be available to a global audience through a recently launched YouTube channel. The Director of the Samoa … Continue reading →

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that my new book, The Darklands: A Melanesian Experience, will be published this week by Publish Authority. The book is slated to be available on March 15. You can also find access … Continue reading →

Radio New Zealand recently reported that a huge “Moai” statue, one of the iconic stone monuments from Rapa Nui or Easter Island has begun its journey back home. It’s been a years-long campaign to get it returned to its original … Continue reading →

Journalist Fulmaono Lumepa recently wrote an article for the Samoa Observer about how the Minister of Tourism, Toelesulusulu Cedric Schuster, has thrown his support behind moves to preserve Samoa’s natural heritage sites and said they should be preserved for the … Continue reading →