Pasifika culture and heritage celebrated in Wellington
Festival goers were treated to Pacific music and dance, arts and crafts and delicious island cuisine. But it is much more than just a festival to the people involved, such as the president of the Wellington Solomon Islands community Glorious Oxenham or 'Aunty Glo', as she is more commonly known. "We've been doing this for 10 years. The very first year we just came down to have a look and they said where is your stall?" "So the following year we combined with Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Fiji and we called ourselves the flags of Melanesia." Glorious Oxenham left performing with the Solomon Is...
Source: rnz.co.nz