A new art gallery, community and consultancy space has opened in South Auckland’s Ōtāhuhu. Vunilagi Vou is a Pacific space for Pacific art and conversations. Director and curator Ema Tavola joins us in studio for more.

Ema Hao’uli has been granted a Fulbright New Zealand Science and Innovation Graduate award to complete a Masters of Public Administration specialising in Economic and Financial Policy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She joins Breakfast for more.

James Talbot is an experienced Kiwi hiker who has now officially completed a trek of New Zealand from bottom to top. After almost five months he reached Cape Reinga and has walked a total of 3200km, all to raise money for the Rarotonga Creative Centre.

For My Father’s Kingdom is a documentary telling the powerful and emotional story of Saia Mafile’o, a Tongan migrant pensioner. Saia's journey includes his family’s struggle to understand his commitment to his faith and certain cultural practices. It’s the first Pacific documentary to be funded by the NZ Film Commission. The doco will make you laugh and cry and NZ audiences will get to see it soon so keep an eye an ear out for its premiere dates!

Fine Fatale is a Pacific LGBTQIA dance collective. Their latest show The Heels Are Alive is the only Pacific showcase in this year's Auckland Live Cabaret Season. Fine Fatale co-artistic director Mario Faumui and dancer, singer Valentino Maliko join Breakfast for more.

Josh Mitikulena is a volunteer hip hop dance tutor at Wan Smolbag in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Wan Smolbag has over 1,000 young people participating in its programmes every year. It’s an alternative to formal education for school drop outs or families who can’t afford it.

Jeffrey L Gross spent 5 years compiling information he researched, on the migration of the Polynesian people, from the Middle East, to present day Polynesia. The result: Waipi'o Valley: A Polynesian journey from Eden to Eden.

An interview from the Breakfast Show archives.

Appointed Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to youth, boxing and the community Faumuina Toaletai Mafaufau David Tua joins Breakfast for a talanoa.

One of the tenacious and passionate stalwarts of Tongan and Pacific Journalism has called time on an illustrious career. Last week he announced the sale of his Taimi 'o Tonga media group, including the newspaper and its associated radio station.