"Giving Love" is a book that aims to raise awareness about the issue of child poverty in NZ. with direct translations from English to Samoan, Tongan and Maori. The brainchild of a group of year 12 students from Palmerston North Girls High School. 15% of proceeds from sales will go towards Kids Can.

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Earlier this week seven Pasifika health students were awarded a Pegasus Health Scholarship in a ceremony held in Christchurch. One of the recipients is a Fijian nursing student in her second year of study Ateca Sher.

From contesting the crown of Miss Samoa to competing in national and even international power-lifting tournaments, our next guest is a stellar example of what it means to be a thriving, resilient and prosperous young Pacific people in New Zealand. Barbara Auva’a joins Breakfast in studio to share her story.

The Okeanos Foundation is a non-profit organisation supporting the islands to operate and build fossil-fuel free traditional sailing canoes or vaka. These vaka are used for daily passenger, cargo transportation and using local cultural and traditional navigation knowledge. Okeanos Vaka Fleet Commander and Master Voyager Peia Tua’ati joins Breakfast in studio.

New Zealand Junior Weightlifting Champion, Kanah Andrews-Nahu, has returned home from dominating the Women’s 76kg category at the Arafura Games in Darwin. Not only did she place first, she also broke three New Zealand records and three Oceania records, continuing her recent record-breaking run. (Photo: Tagata Pasifika)

Victoria University of Wellington has announced the first recipient of the Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship in Pacific Studies as Alilia Tupou.

Social media addiction is a big issue in our Pacific community, especially our youth. Tony Laulu shares his story in raising awareness on this topic.

We’re joined in studio by owner & director of Mealamu Security, Luke Mealamu to talk about the security industry.

In January this year, Karamia Muller became the first Samoan woman in the world to receive a PhD in Architecture. She joins Breakfast to share her story.

Benji Timu is a videographer by trade, entrepreneur, a brilliant storyteller as well as a visual content maker. He’s one of the creators and executive director of NO SIX - a multi-platform digital media brand curating, developing and connecting young content creators from the South Pacific to global audiences.