Porirua Mayor Mike Tana welcomed a range of dignitaries, including Ministry of Health chief adviser Pacific health Matafanua Hilda Fa'asalele; founder of the BNP Margaret Southwick; Wellington Tongan Leaders' Council chair Hiueni Nuku, and
Niuean High Commissioner Fisa Pihigia.
Niuean artist John Pules mural Kehe tau hauage foou (to all new arrivals) combines historical and contemporary narratives, set against bombs and nuclear testing.
The
Niuean people expressed a sense of urgency to record the wealth of TK held by their elders before it is completely lost.
In New Zealand, Pacifika is a generic term that represents many Pacific Island cultures: Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands Maori, Fijian,
Niuean, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan.
Abel, Park, Tipene-Leach, Finau, and Lennan (2001) described infant care practices of 150 families who identified as being of Tongan, Samoan, Maori, Cook Islands,
Niuean, and Pakeha descent.
Demographic profiles of respondents--ethnicity Ethnicity (*) Response percent Response count NZ Maori 16.6 152 NZ European 67.0 614 Other European 5.1 47 Samoan 2.2 20 Cook Island Maori 0.9 8 Tongan 1.1 10
Niuean 0.3 3 Tokelauan 0.4 4 Fijian 1.9 17 Other Pacific 0.2 2 South East Asian 3.5 32 Chinese 3.5 32 Indian 5 46 Other Asian 5 46 Other 10.3 94 answered question 917 (*) respondents could choose more than one ethnicity Table 2.
As a postcolonial Gothic play, Mapaki explores the domestic abuse and cultural disenfranchisement of an idealistic, young
Niuean woman who murders her abusive boyfriend.
Niue's decision to allow innovative initiatives such as free public Wi-Fi suggests that
Niueans (and the
Niuean government, which employs a significant proportion of
Niueans living on the island) view technology as one of the key ways to achieve Niue ke monuina, the national project of creating a prosperous and sustainable Niue.
This large state co-educational school had a decile rating of 3 and an enrolment of 1,892 students of whom 941 were Pasifika (50%), predominantly Samoan, then Tongan, Cook Islands Maori,
Niuean and Tokelauan.
In Niue, where vernacular language is still used, the word for spoon was 'sipunu' or for motor car was 'motoka', but locals are encouraged to use the
Niuean words 'helu' and 'peleo afi'.
Interviewees identified with a range of ethnicities, including one or more of the following: Chinese (three interviewees), Israeli (one interviewee), Japanese (one), Korean (one), Maori (two),
Niuean (one), Pakeha/New Zealand European (eleven), Polish (one), Scottish (one) and South African (one).