Magazine programme about Pacific Peoples.
ALLIANCE POLICY: The Opposition Alliance launched its Pacific Affairs Policy
earlier this week with emphisis on providing resources so Communities can
help themselves.
Alliance Pacific spokesperson Bautafa Patulota Mulitalo told the launch in Otara
that it was now time for pacific people to stand up and be recognised. the current
system does not address the needs of the Pacific people that they have their own
structures in terms of helping their people.
- kaikōrero: Bautafa Patulota Mulitalo.....
HE TAONGA FILMS; He taonga films has won two major awards at the
International Indigenous Dream Film Awards in Vancover ahead of two hundred
and eighty entries. The awards were two films from the "tala pacific" short
dramas......A day in the life / best drama written by Mario Ngawa and directed
by Gerry Mall, Henry Afo selected as best roll as Cindy, in "talk of the town"
directed by Lani Tupu, written by Lisa Tauma...Elma spoke with Don Selwyn
who wons He Taonga Films....
- kaikōrero: Don Selwyn....
BULIMIA: The Auckland Health Eating Service has been treating Pacific peoples
with Bulimia over the past two years. Sam speaks with Dr.Clarkson the Eating
Disorder physciatrist.
- kaikōrero: Dr.Clarkson...
EMBRODRY: Setting up factories in FIJI has opened the doors to United States
for a New Zealand based Embrodery company. Pacific Embrodery Caompany has
two factories in FIJI and has just set up another in Loutoka to produce for the
American Market.
- kaikōrero: Glen Smith Managering Director explains why he chose FIJI as a
base to expand his market..............
POETRY COMPETITION: The Whitireia Polytechnic poetry competition is on
again and is calling for entries for its eighth competition which is to be judged by
one of New Zealands formost poets Glory Admin.
Competition co-ordinator Adrian Jansen said last year they received over Seven
Hundred enteries from around NZ which also included some from Austrlia..
- kaikōrero: Adrian Jansen speaks with Elma about how the competition started.....
programme ends.