Stephen Stehlin

Stephen Stehlin has been involved with flagship Pacific show Tagata Pasifika for over 30 years. Alongside Ngaire Fuata and John Utanga, he launched SunPix in 2015. The company took over Tagata Pasifika after Television New Zealand outsourced its stable of Māori and Pacific programmes. Of Samoan descent, Stehlin has been honoured as both a Samoan matai chief, and as a Member of the NZ Order of Merit.

What's emerged is a New Zealand Pacific culture — which is marvellous because it's become a defining feature of being a New Zealander. Stephen Stehlin in The NZ Herald, 3 April 2017