Zeena Suavaga: Wheelchair Basketball, Film, and Focusing on Ability
Tell us about yourself – who are you, where are you from? That’s a simple yet complex question. Who am I? When I’m faced with this question my mind has a tendency to go in many different directions, mainly questions. For example; Am I really who...
Golden Coconut Creations
“Golden Coconut Creations is an independent fashion label that was first conceived in 2010 by three islanders. These friends wanted to create an innovative and unique clothing line to cater for Pacific Islanders all over the world. We officially launched online in November 2011 with...
ArtTalk – Fiji’s Independent Online Art Magazine
When I think of the Pacific, I think of the rich cultures that we’re immersed in. Some old, some new, and many of them expressed through art – a valuable part of Pacific ways of knowing, doing and being. Over the last few weeks, I’ve...
Elizabeth Kitè and the Queen’s Young Leader Programme
I really didn’t know what to expect when I walked out of the elevator of my office to wait at our designated meeting spot. I knew Elizabeth Kitè was Tongan, she’d recently been selected to represent Tonga in the Queen’s Young Leaders Programme, and that...
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...
Our Ocean, Our Voices, Our Future – Event
“In our Pacific Islands Ocean Region the ocean unites and divides, connects and separates, sustains and threatens our very survival.” This is the opening of the regional discussion paper circulated amongst Pacific Civil Society in the preparation for the Oceans Summit happening right now. This...
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...
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