Summer Associate Artist
Are you interested in producing digital media? Do you have a passion for Pacific stories? Talanoa is looking for exciting new storytellers to join our team over the summer! We have four summer associate artist positions available for digital storytellers based in Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia...
Combining technical knowledge & Indigenous heritage: Rudolph Cruz Rivera II
Rudolph Cruz Rivera II is the founder of Taiche’ Photography, hailing from the Marianas Islands in Guahan. Prior to picking up photography, I dabbled in graphic design. At 16, My father Rudolph Rivera Senior bought me my first laptop and digicam. The laptop had...
Generating a positive future for health literacy in Papua New Guinea: Lavau Kwalam Ngaluc
PNG Health Project was founded in 2017 by Eve Golma to address an ongoing gap in health literacy. Each year, a group of medical students travel to Papua New Guinea and reach out to over 2000 students to provide a foundational understanding of various facets of...
Nikau Hindin
Nikau Hindin is a Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāi Tūpoto cloth maker dedicated to reviving and preserving the artistry of aute making in Aotearoa. Her star maps are created with incredibly delicate precision and care. Nikau graciously accepted our invitation to talanoa on the synergy...
Stanley Nalo
Stanley Nalo is an emerging hip-hop dancer, born in Nouméa and raised in Vanuatu. After college, he came back to Nouméa where he danced with break dance crews. He competed in various hip-hop battles in France including Battle of the Year 2011 (6th place), Juste...
Vei Lomani: Rupeni’s story
On 20 February 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston, the most intense (category five) tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, struck the mainland of Fiji, killing 44 people and injuring countless others. Hundreds of people lost their homes, with others seriously damaged, including Rupeni Vatugata’s,...
Catalina’s story: climate change in Fiji, through the eyes of a child
It’s 5:30am in Vunisavisavi, a small village on the coast of Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second biggest island. The sun is starting to rise, birds are beginning to chirp, and Catalina, 11 years old, is awake. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, she’s up with a spring...
Investing in Fiji’s Water, and Youth Leadership: Broderick Mervyn’s Story
Tell us about yourself – who are you, where are you from? Ni Sa Bula Vinaka and Noa’ia e mauri, my name is Broderick Mervyn, I am currently a 3rd Year student at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus completing a Bachelor of Laws. I...
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