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Aotearoa culture a hit at Pacific Arts Festival in Guam
The Kiwi contingent is garnering praise and admiration at the Pacific Arts Festival in Guam. In what has become a tradition, the group of 100 artists and performers repaid the hospitality of the Chamorro, inspiring the northern pacific nation to seek a stronger bond.
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A celebration of art and music at the Pacific Arts Festival in Guam
The art of weaving and traditional music are major features at the 12th Pacific Arts Festival in Guam. Delegations from around the Pacific are sharing aspects of the culture and they are finding solidarity in the sharing of those traditions.
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Waka flotilla demonstrates connections across the Pacific
The welcoming of traditional canoes marked the official arrival of the visiting delegations to the 12th Pacific Arts Festival in Guam. Ocean voyagers travelled for over two months by sea for the occasion.
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NZ delegation join the 12th Pacific Arts Festival
The New Zealand delegation was treated to a traditional welcome from the Chamorro people in Guam as they arrived for the 12th Pacific Arts Festival.
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$9.6mil for Māori and Pacific Trade Training
$9.6mil will be added to Māori and Pacific Trade Training over the next four years. It was a announced today by ministers Steven Joyce, Te Ururoa Flavell and Sam Lotu-Iiga. Those that help provide these courses feel that this will be money well spent.
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Locals welcome the return of Pasifika Festival
Thousands of people returned to Western Springs in Auckland for the 24th Pasifika Festival which kicked off today. The two day annual event was relocated to South Auckland last year, because of fruit fly found in the area, but has now returned to its original location.
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Tropical Cyclone Winston devastates Fiji
A state of emergency has been issued for the category 4 hurricane that devastated the Pacific island nation throughout the night.
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Native Affairs Summer Series – Kia Manu, Kia Ora
In March last year, the East Coast of Aotearoa took a hammering as Cyclone Pam rampaged across the Pacific. But, it was over confidence on the water, not the bad weather, that created waves in the East Coast settlement of Mahia.
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Native Affairs Summer Series – Relieving the Itch
Over the coming weeks, we'll revisit some of the biggest, best and brightest stories from 2015. Our first story tonight caught the attention of so many of you at home, almost more than any other story this year.
