Entertainment • Sāmoa • Tonga • Niue‘My oldest child’: Pollywood Pasifika Film 22 highlights ‘true and honest’ workFor 22 years, the event has worked to enrich on-screen Pacific storytelling and creativity, director and founder Craig Fasi says.Atutahi Potaka-DewesTue, 12 Nov
EntertainmentDisney goes ‘Beyond’ in Oscar-contender song ahead of Moana 2 releaseHawai’ian performer Auli’i Cravalho and her epic vocals return as the Pacific chieftainess.Atutahi Potaka-DewesSat, 09 Nov
Language & CultureForgotten Pacific musical instruments memorialised in new doco‘Instruments of the Moana’ is bringing to life the sounds and voices of ancient tools from around the region.Atutahi Potaka-DewesWed, 30 Oct
Entertainment‘Inspired by true events’: Tinā trailer strikes emotional chordWriter/Director Miki Magasiva and Producer Mario Gaoa speak about their new film releasing in February.Atutahi Potaka-DewesFri, 25 Oct
Arts • Niue'Hifi Ulu': Family ties behind Niuean hair-cutting ceremony docoThe director of ‘A Boy’s Powerful Niuean Rite - Hifi Ulu’ says the story's star, a boy preparing for a Niuean rite of passage, is why she wanted to capture the significant ceremony.Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu'uWed, 16 Oct
Entertainment‘The world is yours’: Encanto Reo Māori hits cinemas this weekThe fifth installment of Disney’s Māori language films is set for release in Aotearoa New Zealand.Atutahi Potaka-DewesWed, 11 Sep
Entertainment • Solomon Islands • Sāmoa • Niue • Vanuatu • Cook IslandsHistoric fund to ‘empower’ Pacific storytellersSix projects have been announced by NZ on Air in the inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Pacific Regional Media Fund.Atutahi Potaka-DewesTue, 16 Jul
EntertainmentKa Whawhai Tonu: New film brings love to a story of ‘struggle without end’A film about a crucial battle from the Waikato region as Māori desperately try to resist the British Imperial Army.Atutahi Potaka-DewesTue, 25 Jun
Arts • Tonga‘Connecting Tonga with the world’: Entries open for film festivalPacific filmmakers are being encouraged to submit their works as organisers seek financial support for this year's Nuku'alofa gala event.Atutahi Potaka-DewesMon, 10 Jun
Entertainment'Bringing the māfana': Tongan film to be reprised into stage playAfter international success the hit-movie Red, White & Brass makes a comeback to Aotearoa as a theatre show.Atutahi Potaka-DewesTue, 16 Apr
