ReadswithRosa Podcast

||  Listen. Be Humble. Obey the Calling. ||   

This week on the #ReadswithRosaPodcast I catch up with Fa’alaniga Tanielu. Her and her husband are in their final year at Malua Theological College in Samoa, and she joins us on the show to share some of her experiences as a mother, Lawyer, growing up in the EFKS church, navigating our Samoan identity in the diaspora, and her journey as a Faletua.   

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Intro beat by Lani Alo Music: 

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||  I am wild and free. ||  

This week on the #ReadswithRosaPodcast I catch up with Pasifika Printmaker and Illustrator Corina Richards. 

We chat about art + motherhood, books, PI representation in AAPI Heritage month, and her collaboration with author and husband J D Richards.  

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Follow Corina: 

•  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/corinarichards

•  Website:  https://www.corinarichards.com/

•  Purchase books:  https://www.amazon.com/J-D-Richards/e...  

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music: 

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||  The Girl from Revolution Road.  ||

This week on the #ReadswithRosaPodcast I am joined by Iranian-New Zealand author and film maker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh. We chat about her book of personal essays - ‘The Girl from Revolution Road’, Hypenated Cultural Identity, and her work in the tv and film industry.

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•  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ghazalehgol

•  Website:  https://ghazalehgolbakhsh.com/

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music:

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||  There was a time when I quit music. ||

This week I catch up Motu Musiq artist Ron Moala. We chat about his journey as an artist, the hard work that goes into building up a successful barbershop business, and the importance of family and faith in his life.

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•  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ronmoala

•  Business:  https://www.facebook.com/BackyardBarberDarwin

•  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64kHaOAQaqD_e0ZBTi1Fhw

•  Motu Musiq:  IG:  https://instagram.com/motumusiq

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music:

•  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaniAloMusicOfficial

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||  I feel the urgency to get books out there. || 

This week on the #readswithrosapodcast, I sit down for a talanoa with award-winning New Zealand children’s author David Riley. Also known as the #ReadingWarrior, he is an education specialist, playwright, and an advocate for Pasifika storytelling, and he is on a mission to get reluctant readers excited about books and reading. 

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•  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidrileynz 

•  Website:  https://readingwarrior.com 

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music: 

•  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/LaniAlo 

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||  Our ancestors were scientists, they had a name for everything. ||

This week on the #readswithrosapodcast I sit down for a korero with Māori Artist and cultural practitioner Hone Bailey. Renowned for traditional Māori weaving, he shares his love of nature and plants + how the practices his ancestors used in various art forms has taught him to value the process that goes into creating, and that it’s more than just his livelihood - it’s a ‘way of life’.   

Follow Hone: •  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/honebailey

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music:

•  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/LaniAloMusicOfficial

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||  My contribution to our community and our people.  ||    

This week on the #readswithrosapodcast I sit down for chat with the bro Adam.  We talk about life, family and medicine.  He is currently a House Officer in his second year as a junior doctor in Wellington, New Zealand.

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•  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ardeem 

•  Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/atamu_says 

•  Family business:  https://www.instagram.com/tau.tua_

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music:

•  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/LaniAloMusicOfficial

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||  There are so many benefits of having a second or third language.  ||

This week on the #readswithrosapodcast I chat to Dr Will Flavell. He is an Education Manager at Comet Auckland where he advocates for more equitable learning pathways for all. As well as being a member of the Henderson-Massey local council, he is an exceptional role model for rangatahi, a champion of te reo Māori, and a Fulbright Scholar.

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•  Instagram: instagram.com/willux

•  Twitter: twitter.com/willuxflavell

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music:

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||  Let's do it our way, rather than like a western paradigm  ||  

This week on the #ReadswithRosaPodcast I sit down with award winning writer and poet, Sisilia Eteuati. We discuss the recently released anthology, Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana, which she co-edited with fellow writer and co-founder of Tatou Publishing, Lani Wendt Young. We also get into publishing houses, the strength of the collective and the importance of showing the different types of writing that Pasifika writers can do, working with editors that understand ‘us’ as a whole person, and much more!  

Follow Sisilia: 

•  Instagram: @sisiliasays

Follow Tatou Publishing:

•  Instagram: @tatoupublishing 

•  Website: https://tatoupublishing.wordpress.com/

•  Instagram: @laniwendtyoung 

•  Website: https://laniwendtyoung.co/ 

Purchase - Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana 

•  Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/V%C4%81-Storie...

•  Ebook: http://books2read.com/va

Intro beat by Lani Alo Music: 

•  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/LaniAloMusicOfficial 

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Watch the #ReadswithRosaPodcast online: 

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