We kicked it with VOU's Flying Fijian Circus! This was not just a performance, it was a full body cultural experience!

Like other years, many schools opted for Pacific Sounds in their choral arrangements at the Big Sing 2025! Check out some of Coconets Top Picks - Dilworth School {{39476}} St Patrick's College {{39480}} Kings College {{39482}} Macleans College {{39477}} Westlake Girls High School & Westlake Boys High School {{39479}} St Cuthbert's School {{39481}} Samuel Marsden Collegiate {{39478}}

Te Maeva Nui 60 is here and the drum comp 'Tangi Ka'ara' is bringing pure island thunder 🥁Heartbeats of the Cook Islands, turnt up to the max. And Every stall tells a story, from tivaevae and shell necklaces to carvings and coconut oil. Catch the artisans serving pure Cook Islands creativity, handmade with mana ✨

Sau E Siva Creatives presents Manamea! A forbidden love story on Palepa & Sitione. Why fall for your soulmate when you can fall for the enemy’s daughter? 😭 It's giving Romeo & Juliet ft. island real estate.

The 03 schools showed out at the Sau Ia Fest in Christchurch! The most island-coded event of the year 🌺🔥 Thanks to Tagata Mai Saute for the ultimate fest vibe check.

"We’ve carried the weight of a country on our backs. And we’d carry it all over again, because this moment… it means everything" - Pyan Ng BACK TO BACK! 🇵🇬🥇 Papua New Guinea's Wan Squad have once again claimed gold in the Adult Division at the 2025 World Hip Hop Dance Championship! Check out their winning performance here ⏯️

Kia Mau Festival really said “Indigenous but make it ✨TU MEKE✨” serving mana moves where Tāngata Whenua & Moana artists pull up and show out.

Our Kuini's are bringing ancestral flex, the ancestors walked so these Kuinis could werk. Come for the dance, stay for the generational glow-up.

They sang, rhymed, rapped and slayed. All for free. Fresh caught up with Mangere's secret superstars at the Mangere Arts Centre. Trust, it was a whole vibe.

Bet you’ve never seen an orchestra ride a Pasifika wave like this before. 30 years of Pacific Underground’s legacy, with added violins and full sends at the Otautahi Pasifika Legacy Project.

These Tamaki teens didn’t come to play they came to SLAY! We hit up Smokefree Tangata Beats and the talent? Incredible. The vibes? Immaculate.

Samoa said ✨SERVE✨ tradition AND rhythm, Pacific Ring said ""BET"". Dance workshops in the islands hit different.

Pop, lock and drop into the World Dance Crew Championship, where crews from around the world give us the down-low on how to get-low. Pop awwff 💅🏽

We caught up with members of the Signature Choir and got a behind the scenes look at the choir that bring the best mafana vibes to our stages.

Take a stroll down memory lane as we give you the looks that ✨served✨ at the 2025 ASB Polyfest.

A look back at past Cook Islands Polyfest performances. It's giving, i got it from my mama 💅

The people of the rock bring the thunder and the fro's to the Niue stage!

The Tau'olunga showdown at the Tongan stage. Putting the 'Purr' in 'Purrfection, who did it best in the Kingdom 🇹🇴

Tu Meke to our Kapa Haka roopu repping their iwi, hapū, kura and whānau at Polyfest 2025. You already know the wairua on that stage is fire.

It's all 685 on your speaker, 685 on your radio on the biggest stage at Polyfest!

From the first fa'aluma to the last sāsā slap, best believe the Samoan stage is giving full fa’aSāmoa

Kyana Fanene stuns the audience with an incredible cover of Stan Walker’s hit song on American Idol 2025. Watch as she leaves the judges speechless with her vocal range and stage presence!

Isaiah Misailegalu embraces his island roots with a heartfelt cover of Maoli, but the biggest surprise of the night comes AFTER his performance! Watch this unforgettable American Idol 2025 moment! - Also known online as 'Samoan Silk,' Isaiah Misailegalu went viral after stunning the judges at his audition {{38848}}

HOUSE Mother Jonjon Tolovae is serving fresh realness in Mā — a powerful theater piece all about motherhood, chosen fam, and keeping it 100.

20 years of celebrating pasifika excellence at the Pacific Music Awards, we follow our host Diamond Langi as she fills us in on all our favourite artists that graced the blue carpet at the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards.

The choral sounds of Pasifika echoed onstage at The Big Sing 2024! 🌺 Many Pasifika folk songs were among the beautiful arrangements at the annual New Zealand regional choral festival. Check out some of the schools that competed here! - Avondale College {{37689}} Dilworth School {{37687}} King's College {{37691}} Manurewa High School {{37686}} Southland Girls' High School {{37690}} Waikato Diocesan School for Girls {{37688}} Wellington East Girls' College {{37685}}

Echoes of our ancestors reverberated through the Auckland Town Hall as our community graced the Pacific Spirit Concert stage, their voices and rhythms bringing our mother tongues to life! A moment of pure magic, where the islands of the Pacific united in harmonious song and danced to the vibrant beat of the lali, celebrating the rich tapestry of our heritage.

We keep it fresh with Te Ao Hou. A devised physical theatre production brought to life by a collective of emerging artists, co-directed by Margaret-Mary Hollins and Hone Taukiri. ‘Te Ao Hou’ dares to imagine a world without boundaries and poses the question of who we could be, if we free our imagination.

Red, White & Brass the movie spins a creative tail and takes centre stage as a play. The story of Maka, a young Tongan rugby obsessed fanatic who gets a brass band together for the sole purpose of watching Tonga take on France at the 2011 Wellington Rugby World Cup. We follow the cast and crew for exclusive behind the scenes footage into Tongan humour, discipline and māfana.

For those of you that couldnt attend the AMA's, don't worry, our very own Gigi has got us covered with all the inclusive interviews & insights from the night! A night of celebrating Aotearoa's musicians and all the amazing jams they keep releasing, cause lets be real, morning drives to work would be so boring without our local talents.

Papua New Guinea Hip Hop dance crew, Wan Squad, have claimed gold at the 2024 World Hip Hop Dance Championship! 🇵🇬 Known to be the biggest hip hop dance competition in the world, over 3,500 dancers representing 55 countries competed in Phoenix, Arizona for Gold, Silver, and Bronze and the title of World Champion at the 2024 World Hip Hop Dance Championship. Wan Squad came away with the win in the Adult Crew category, and was the only crew from the Pacific region to take home a medal. Check out their Finals performance here!

We kept it fresh at the Smokefree Tangata Beats Auckland Regional Finals - a live, original music, youth event that recognises and reflects the unique cultural identity of Aotearoa and the South Pacific. Results: 1st Place: Top Shelf - Manurewa High School 2nd Place: Mystery - Alfriston College 3rd Place: TC Senior Band - Tamaki College 1st place solo-duo: Frida & Litia - Southern Cross Campus 2nd place solo-duo: Therese and Christian - Alfriston College Smokefree Best Vocal: Male Vocalist of TC Senior Band from Tamaki College Musicianship (jointly awarded to): Bassist of SC Collective - Southern Cross College Musicianship (jointly awarded to): Lead Guitarist - Top Shelf of Manurewa High School APRA Lyric Writers Award: Charlie Miller from Manurewa High School NZ Music Commission Best Song Award: TC Senior Band from Tamaki College Te Reo Award: Diamond from Aorere College Smokefree Mana Wahine Award: Vocalists of Mystery from Alfriston College

Join the cast and crew of 'Love; Mum'! Five mothers who meet at Mothers Anonymous navigate friendship and motherhood in this spectacular piece of Pacific theatre in Christchurch 🎭🌺 - Keepin It Fresh brings you all the freshness happening in our Moana communities, from Siva Afi Festivals to Fashion Shows.

Come along with us to 'Ciggy Butts In The Sand'! A choreographed response by Tupua Tigafua and production company Le Moana Arts to the environment through the eyes of a child. A child who experiences the life force of nature in all its wonder🌿🌺 - Keepin It Fresh brings you all the freshness happening in our Moana communities, from Siva Afi Festivals to Fashion Shows

Projekt Feel Good getting the place to be for youth and community to together and get to experience learning from professional guests. Hip hop your way around this epic segment! 🕺🏽🎶 - Keepin It Fresh brings you all the freshness happening in our Moana communities, from Siva Afi Festivals to Fashion Shows

Kanaka Maoli singer Kamalei Kawa'a performs Bob Marley & The Wailers' "No Woman, No Cry" during The Voice Playoffs. Check out the amazing, stripped back performance here!

Strictly Brown presents 'Pring It On', which follows the life of Penina, a NZ-Born Samoan who auditions for the Samoan Cultural Group that's set straight in their Traditional ways. Penina fights against the status quo, takes on the head leader and finds herself in the middle of an incomplete love triangle. Penina sets out on a journey of self discovery, makes peace with her hypocritical mother and helps her Samoan group break out of their Traditionalist ways.

Marking their 10th year anniversary, Sau E Siva Creatives present their Pasifika theatre show "Manamea". With a sold-out season, we go backstage to meet the cast and hear about the journey of the incredible show. UPDATE: Sau E Siva Creatives have recently announced season 2 of Manamea! So if you missed out the first time, get tickets to the show here! 

It's going down this weekend at the Manukau Sports Bowl for the biggest festival of it's kind! The students have been dripping blood, sweat and tears for one of the biggest event of the high school calendar! LEESSSSHGO! Visit the Official ASB Polyfest website for the links to all stages...

"I felt very proud to represent Samoa. Being able to see all the other nations of the Commonwealth was just an awesome experience." With hearts filled with pride, Opera singers Isabella Moore and Benson Wilson delivered a mesmerising rendition of the timeless Samoan classic, 'Tofa My Feleni' at the Commonwealth Day service held at at Westminster Abbey. Through their performance, they epitomised the Commonwealth values of inclusivity, respect, and harmony that bind us together as a global community. Learn more about the couple and their story as they share it with us here! 🔗