The ocean floor near American Samoa is ancient, dark, and teeming with life that science has barely catalogued. The United States government wants to auction the right to mine it.

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

How do small, unseen decisions create a life of purpose? Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo shares his practical playbook for staying disciplined as a person of faith. 

Funeral director Lyric Vaetoe has had spirits follow her home from work. This is what she's learned while working with tūpāpaku. 

Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo was thousands of miles from home when he learned his sister was already buried. What happened next changed everything he thought he knew about faith.

Some names can carry a story before a life even begins, shaping how you are seen and how you see yourself. 

Reverend Professor Dr Upolu Luma Vaai says faith at Christmas means standing with those who are wounded and pushed aside.

This edition of Pacific Soul was a repeat of the program broadcast on 14th December 2025

Stan Antas, of roots-reggae band Stan and the Earth Force, grew up with his father playing Bob Marley and asking him to sit with the lyrics.

When Indo-Fijian sociologist Rohini Balram's period came, so did a rule that made no sense: she could no longer enter her own prayer space as a devout Hindu.

Māori and Pasifika communities are calling for their traditional performing arts to be formally recognised as sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand.