Talanoa with Arieta in Suva
I’ll be in Suva for a few weeks, and would love to meet you – fellow storytellers, creatives, writers, publishers, digital communicators and content creators near and far! If you’re interested in meeting me too, I’d like to invite you to my very first event...
Finding My Fijian Identity Through The Ocean | Genisis Selina | TEDxSuva
From TEDxSuva – 15 year old Genesis shares her journey of reconnecting with Fiji and her identify as a Fijian through the ocean and a recent trip she made to her grandmother’s village. She challenges us all to discover more meaningful connections and greater sense...
Fijian Women of The World Feature
Earlier this week, I had the honour of being nominated to share my story with Isabella Naiduki, writer and blogger from Fijian In The UK, for her Fijian Women of the World Series. Isabella describes it as “a series celebrating Fijian Women Of The World...
Home, Ronna Su’a
Our crown is in the God we serve, there we find our core foundation in who we are. We are the peoples of seas that carried our ancestors and land that tell of their stories. To the world, our islands are havens of paradise, to...
For My Little Sister’s Namesake, VeaKiTokelau Molitika
In Loving Memory of Lavinia Havea Molitika Garden I find myself at Peace- With company. The bird amorously toys with the fragrant bloom of the Heilala in a swift love affair. Then it departs. What is the left is the redolence – and I fear...
Brown Skin, Ronna Su’a
Papalangi: You, with the brown skin, big eyes and thick long hair. You are a child of the wavering seas and abundant lands. You’re a Pacific Islander aren’t you. Forgive me for singling you out, here let me introduce myself. My name is western society...
GROUNDED Clothing Label, Tevita Christopher Maka
Tell us about yourself – who are you, where are you from? Born and raised in the Kingdom of Tonga! My father hails from Ofu, Vava’u and mother is from Tongoleleka, Ha’apai. I come from a working class family of fishermen, farmers, tapa designers, mat...
The Future is Female – Elissa Baledrokadroka
I was brought up on that Spice Girls’ girl power and girls can do anything philosophy. And yet from an early age I learnt that there were certain things that I couldn’t do because I was a girl. Even the word ‘girl’ was symbolic for...
Who’s listening to Millennials in the Pacific?
Have you read anything about Millennials lately? I’ve read countless articles giving varied opinions, but for the most part – we’re labelled lazy, entitled and impatient. [easy-tweet tweet=”But who’s talking to #Millennials in the Pacific? Who’s listening to what we have to say?” user=”talanoa_au” usehashtags=”no”...
Sharon Shyamni Narayan and The Genda Project
Tell us about yourself – who are you, where are you from? My name is Sharon Shyamni Narayan and I am equally known by both my first and second names to different people. This sometimes creates confusion that I am two separate persons! I am...
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