Pacific Fashion Stylist Sammy Salsa: the new age Polynesian man.
He's one of New Zealand's sought-after fashion and celebrity Stylists and is quickly making his mark worldwide.
31-year-old Sammy Salsa Style has now been appointed as the internationally renowned MiNDFOOD magazine's full time Fashion Editorial Stylist for Mindfood Style.
The popular Magazine has a vast following in both Australia and New Zealand and has been running for over 8 years.
It's a rare position for the Pacific stylist who is one of few Polynesians in the European dominated industry.
"It's a huge opportunity for me, especially being polynesian and male," said Sammy
"Our aesthetic and our way of thinking is quite different from the european kind of style."
The creative stylist, otherwise known as Sam Cowley Lupo, traces his Pacific roots back to Vaigaga, Manase in Savai'i, Samoa and Avetele in Niue.
In his own personal style, the former TV music host of Pacific Beat Street, has pioneered the look of the new age polynesian man and gained respect from some of the fashion industry's heavyweights as well as his worldwide loyal followers on social media.…more
Three Wise Cousins Pacific Premiere in Samoa!
Your favorite cousins are back in the homeland of Samoa for the Pacific Premiere in Apia, Samoa!
Lead actors Neil Amituana'i (Adam), Fesui Viliamu (Tavita) and Vito Vito (Mose) were joined by Producer/Director/Writer Stallone Vaioga-Ioasa at the Pacific release of Three Wise Cousins last night.
The road facing the cinema was closed off while VIP guests were given the red carpet treatment at a beautifully decorated Apollo Cinema.
The self-funded film recieved rave reviews since it's local release in NZ on January 28th. Now in it's 5th week and with screenings just starting in Australia, the film shows no signs of slowing down as it smashes NZ box offices - and is currently performing better than big blockbusters The Revenant, Star Wars, The Big Short andThe Hateful Eight.
The grassroots comedy centres around Adam who enlists the help of his cousins Tevita and Mose in Samoa to win the heart of Mary (Gloria Blake), the girl next door.…more
Raggamuffin - Artists Welcome
Check out some of the awesome pics of the Raggamuffin artists up in Auckland!
Images: Penina Joy Photography
Keven Mealamu @ James Cook High School
We join All Black Legend Keven Mealamu as he visits James Cook High School with Counties Manukau and a very special guest - Wiremu, the Webb Ellis Cup.
Troy Polamalu Induction to Polynesian Football Hall of Fame
Check out retired Footballer Troy Polamalu's recent induction speech into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame and his immense role his wife played on his success.
"Lastly, and certainly not least, my wife Theodora, she is the rock and foundation of our family. The tremendous sacrifice she has made to allow me to live my dream is the example of sacrificial love. She got trained in therapy just to work on me. She would read books on nutrition so that she could cook for me. [She] even wrote papers for me that would allow me to graduate."
Humans Of The Islands - Fez Fa'anana
Fez Fa'anana - aka Shivannah
Performing Artist
Australia
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The hilarious and internationally renowned boylesque troupe 'Briefs' is coming to Aotearoa for their brand new show 'Dirty Laundry' at the Q-Theatre in December 2023.
The show mixes circus, drag, dance, burlesque, music and comedy and will be sure to be the Christmas doo that everyone will want to do!
The show is led by the very talented Fez Fa'anana aka Shivannah who is not only the Director and Co-Founder but also the Choreographer, performer, collaborator and co-creator.
Fez Faanana says, “I was born in Aotearoa so it’s an extra special place for me and for Briefs Factory. We’ve been lucky enough to hit it off with Auckland audiences and after a little global interruption we are finally back at Q theatre with our biggest production with more boys, more feathers and more ridiculousness.”
See Dirty Laundry in action and grab tickets here when they go on sale on Friday 11th August at 12pm.
Google Translate now includes Samoan!
The Samoan Language is the latest language addition to the search engine's Language options, joining fellow Polynesian languages Maori and Hawaiian!
Source: 9to5Google
Today’s addition of 13 new languages brings the total number of languages Google Translate understands to 103. The update allows 120 million more people around the world to use the service and will be rolling out over the next couple of days to the web and mobile apps.
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of Google Translate launching. The 103 languages understood by the service covers 99% of the online population according to Google. The new languages are: Amharic, Corsican, Frisian, Kyrgyz, Hawaiian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Luxembourgish, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Shona, Sindhi, Pashto and Xhosa.
While a lot of machine learning is used to learn new languages, Google also relies on the Translate Community to improve current languages and add new ones. Over 3 million people have translated approximately 200 million words.…more
Much Furore over Formation
This week two afakasi forces of nature officially slayed online - Beyoncé’s supernova to the masses with ‘Formation’ and Parris Goebel, the superstar to the dance world with her wins at the World Dance Champs in Vegas.
The parallels between these two queens of their domain are many, as they rule and reign their legions of fans, manipulate media and astound the world with the breathtaking extent of their swag.
The internet has gone cray cray with arguments over Beyoncé’s statements of blackness / mixed raceness / should she be repping Katrina-ness.
While there is an obvious ‘invisible passport’ that both these women have as afakasi’s and the privilege that goes with the ‘high yella’, the power they negotiate through their cleverly wrought images works the confrontation of their ethnicity to the forefront.…more
The Top 10 Health Benefits of Guava
Despite being a tropical fruit with distinctive flavor and fragrance, the guava is also known for the various health-improving properties. What isn't common knowledge is that the bark and leaves are also useful to improving our health.
Source: Health Adore
The guava fruit is one of the least chemically treated and sprayed fruits, and is now easily available around the world. It's packed with vitamins and minerals - 4 times the Vitamin C of an oranges and 10 times more Vitamin A than a lemon. And that is not all; it also contains Vitamins B2, E and K, Calcium, Folate, Fiber, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Manganese and Phosphorus.
All around the world, it is used in cooking both sweet and savory dishes. Guava juice is also a refreshing beverage, and is also used in sauces, candies, jams and jellies.
Here are the top 10 health benefits of guava and guava leaves.
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Maintains Oral Health
With dental plaque being the principal factor in many oral health problems, guava comes as the solution.…more
Highlights from Sydney Sevens!
Check out some the amazing highlights from last weekend's thrilling Sevens Tournament over in Sydney - with New Zealand winning back to back!
Take a look at some of the uso's representing for our small island nations as they battled it out in the Sydney leg of the worldwide Sevens Tournament, the fourth of ten stops across the globe.
Image Credit: Benjamin Tapealava
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