Tagata Pasifika - First Episode

Presented by Niuean broadcaster Foufou Susana Hukui, this first episode of the long-running Pasifika current affairs series includes items on Cook Islands dance, the “Otara flea market”, and NZ work schemes for islanders. Samoan Maligi Elvie presents South Pacific news, while Vainetutai Temaeva-Nicholls covers the Cook Islands. Debuting on 4 April 1987, the TVNZ series broke ground as the first NZ television show to focus on PI stories (earlier show See Here was aimed at both Māori and Pasifika audiences). Researcher Iulia Leilua went on to report for Native Affairs. 

From culture to commerce ... today we look at a place familiar to many Pacific Islanders: a market, a place where they meet not only to do trade but to socialise.

– Foufou Susana Hukui visits the Otara Markets

Key Cast & Crew

Maligi Evile

Newsreader

Foufou Susana Hukui

Presenter

Michael Evans

Producer

John Davies (editor)

Editor

Duncan Young

Designer

Vainetutai Temaeva-Nicholls

Newsreader