ReadswithRosa Podcast

||  Creating a Legacy ||

This week on Episode 113 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down and talanoa with a proud Sāmoan storyteller, born in Aotearoa New Zealand and now based in Western Sydney. Gabriel Faatau’uu-Satiu is the founder and Creative Director of Satiu Studios, one of few Pasifika-led organisations in Australia that is dedicated to Pasifika stories - screen, stage, online and print. He is a writer and educator, a member of the Black Friars Theatre Company and the creator the digital series ‘The Kokos’ in collaboration with the Pasifika Education Centre. Gabriel’s first children’s book ‘Where I’m From’, was published in September 2022 and he is also the author of the anthology series, ‘Breaking Bread’, which weaves traditional Pasifika forms of storytelling with contemporary screen arts storytelling. Gabriel is the director of ‘Untitled: A Life In The Day Of…..which debut at the Pasifika Film Festival in November last year. It’s a film by Satiu Studios with a multidisciplinary cast/crew of Sāmoan heritage from across the greater western suburbs of Sydney, highlighting what it means to be brown through a Sāmoan lens.

Follow Gabriel:

•   IG:  https://instagram.com/gabrielsatiu

•   Purchase the book - Where I’m From:  https://www.whereimfrom-gabrielfaatauuusatiu.com/

•   Digital Series - The Kokos:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046868352667&sk=photos_albums

Follow Satiu Studios:

•   IG:  https://instagram.com/satiustudios

•   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/p/Satiu-Studios-100063636965900/

•   YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@satiustudios3565

Follow The Black Friars NZ:

•   Facebook:  https://m.facebook.com/theblackfriarsnz/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative  

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   https://linktr.ee/readswithrosa

||  Kris In The Classroom ||

This week on Episode 112 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down for a chat with fellow Educator - Kris Smith-Wright, who was Fort Worth Independent Schools District, Elementary School Teacher of the Year in 2021. Kris shares his journey from graduate student to classroom teacher, wearing multiple hats in the learning environment, to his current role as a Data Analyst at his school. We also chat about educational leadership, professional and social boundaries, identity and finding your people, hobbies and a healthy lifestyle. Kris is one half of The Tea With Krema Podcast, so he shares some highlights, challenges and lessons learned thus far on the podcasting journey, and the potential next steps as they continue to build their platform and following.

Follow Kris:

•   www.instagram.com/akristofersw

•   Blog: https://krisintheclassroom.blogspot.com/

•   Article: https://www.fwisd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&PageID=1&ViewID=6446ee88-d30c-497e-9316-3f8874b3e108&FlexDataID=82511#:~:text=Anthony%20Smith%2DWright%2C%20a%20fifth,elementary%20and%20secondary%20honorees%2C%20respectively.

Follow The Tea With Krema:

• ⁠www.instagram.com/theteawithkrema⁠

•   ⁠https://linktr.ee/theteawithkrema⁠

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative  

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

||  a - wake - (e)nd ||

This week on Episode 111 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down for a talanoa with Audrey Brown-Pereira, an acclaimed and innovative poet who’s renown for her wordplay.

She has contributed to a number of anthologies and released three poetry books: ‘𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚎: 𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚔𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙺𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜’ 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚅𝚊𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚎 (2002),  ‘𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙸(𝚜)𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜’ (2014) and her latest collection, - ‘𝙰-𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎-(𝚎)𝚗𝚍’ which was released in May of this year through independent publisher of Moana Pacific poetry books in Aotearoa New Zealand, Saufo'i Press. Outside of writing, Audrey is part of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, which focuses on climate change and environmental issues affecting SIDS (Small Island Developing States) in the Pacific.  She was the special poetry curator for Mana Moana Pasifika Voices which was launched in Egypt last year at COP27.  

Follow Audrey: 

•   https://instagram.com/audreybrownpereira

Audrey's Book Recommendations:

•   ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu1mEgUx3IY/

Purchase Books:

•   passages in between i(s)lands: https://www.amazon.com/passages-between-i-s-lands/dp/1505358620/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3JHN2JX3OQ9CB&keywords=audrey+brown-pereira&qid=1689845215&sprefix=AUDREY+BROWN+PERE%2Caps%2C274&sr=8-1

•   a - wake - (e)nd: https://www.saufoipress.com/books/p/a-wake-end-by-audrey-brown-pereira

Follow Saufo'i Press:

•   https://www.saufoipress.com

•   https://instagram.com/saufoipress

Follow Artist Serene Hodgman: a-wake-(e)nd cover art

•   https://instagram.com/serenehodgman

Follow Mana Moana Pasifika Voices:

•   https://www.manamoana.co.nz/pasifikavoices2022/

Follow SPREP:

•   https://www.sprep.org/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative  

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

||  Difference is the blessing.  ||

This week on Episode 110 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down with Artist, Paralympian, Mentor and a hardcore fan of the NZ Warriors, Benza Tuimaseve aka The Rugcutter. 

We chat about a lot of things, from music to writing, healthy living and the journey to Tokyo Olympics 2020, the stigma of living with a disability and how we can all be better advocates, the Navigators Programme through Te Karanga Trust, identity and language, and of course, plenty of yarns about who’s team is higher on the NRL Ladder. 

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Follow Benza: 

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠ @benza_nz

Follow Te Karanga Trust:

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠ @tekaranga 

•   Website:  ⁠⁠⁠     https://www.tekarangatrust.co.nz/

Follow Paralympics NZ:

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠@paralympicsnz

•   Website:  ⁠⁠⁠  https://paralympics.org.nz/

Follow Cerebral Palsy Society NZ

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠@cpsocietynz (Cerebral Palsy Society NZ)

•   Website:  ⁠⁠⁠  https://cerebralpalsy.org.nz/

Other links:

•   Website:  ⁠⁠⁠   https://pdrlnz.kiwi/

•   Website:  ⁠⁠⁠  https://www.paralympic.org/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative  

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

|| Pacific Islanders Abroad in Japan ||

|| Pacific Islanders Abroad in Japan ||

Follow Anna:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/notannafromfrozen 

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/pacificislandersabroadinjapan

•   Facebook group:  https://linktr.ee/pacificislandersinjapan

•   Jet Programme info:  https://jetprogramme.or

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative  

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

|| The Forever Stories ||

This week on Episode 108 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast I sit down for a talanoa with Artist and Graphic Designer, Linda Va’aelua. Her work looks closely at her Samoan and Scottish lineage, as well as her position as a Tagata Moana artist within the Samoan diaspora in Aotearoa. Linda has more than 20 years of experience as a graphic designer, was the first Pasifika art director for NZ Women’s Weekly, and more recently she designed the award-winning book NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women (𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙾𝚌𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚉𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸, 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙿𝙰𝙽𝚉 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸).

This year on Samoan Language Week saw the launch of “𝐓𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐎 𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐀 𝐎 𝐋𝐄 𝐕𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐔: 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬” - a book compiled by Linda that pays homage to her uncle Iosua To’afa, a pioneer and hugely important Samoan artist who illustrated the 1976 iconic book - 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐨 𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐮 - 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐚. The book launch was also accompanied by an exhibition (𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟻𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎), which showcases original work by To’afa and nine Aotearoa-based Samoan visual artists and renowned contemporary practitioners.

Follow Linda:

• Instagram: https://instagram.com/lindavaaeluaartist

• Purchase 'Tusiata o le Tala o le Vavau - Artists of The Forever Stories': https://www.theforeverstories.com/store-1

• Book and Exhibition Website:  ⁠⁠https://theforeverstories.com

• Tautai.org - Faleship: ⁠https://www.tautai.org/linda-vaaelua

• Exhibition at the Mangere Arts Centre (until July 15th, 2023): ⁠https://artsdiary.co.nz/170/3927.html

• Tagata Pasifika feature: https://tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/samoan-artist-inspires-the-next-generation-through-his-work/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  Brown Bruce Creative:

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative 

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

|| Always Italicise: How To Write While Colonised ||

Follow Alice:•

• Instagram: @alice_tps

• Blog: https://oncewerepacific.blogspot.com/

• Website:  https://www.alicetps.com/

• Article - 'Writing While Colonised': https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/writing-while-colonised/

• Article - 'English has broken my heart': https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/english-has-broken-my-heart/

• Purchase 'Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania': https://www.amazon.com/Once-Were-Pacific-Connections-Oceania/dp/0816677573

• Purchase 'Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook': https://www.amazon.com/Once-Were-Pacific-Connections-Oceania/dp/0816677573https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/two-hundred-and-fifty-ways-start-essay-about-captain-cook/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  @brownbrucecreative 

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative 

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

||  Living as a Pacific Islander is Advocacy Work. ||

Talofa lava 🌺. This week on Episode 106 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I catch up with Aynsley Broom, the owner, writer and creator of @sippingkoko. She is a well known Pasifika blogger, who uses her social media platforms to advocate, empower, challenge and inform folx on various Pasifika hot topics. 

It’s always cool to share space and learn from fellow content creators. I enjoyed the laughs and appreciate the gems 💎🙏🏽. 

Follow Aynsley / Sipping Koko:

•   Instagram:  @sippingkoko

•   Instagram:  @aynsley_broom

•   Linktree:   https://linktr.ee/sippingkoko

•   Website:  https://sippingkoko.home.blog/

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠⁠

Creative Director of  @brownbrucecreative 

•   Instagram:  https://instagram.com/brownbrucecreative

•   YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brownbrucecreative 

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

||  An Artist of Upu / Words  ||

This week on Episode 105 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down to talanoa with Grace Iwashita-Taylor. She is a mother, a writer and creative. She is also co-director of @flyingfetu, an organization that is committed to creating spaces to unapologetically be a writer, whilst building community and fostering pathways for upu to thrive. Grace is an award-winning poet who has published two Poetry collections: ‘Afakasi Speaks’ and ‘Full Broken Bloom’. 

Tune in as we chat about life, advocacy, the term ‘Afakasi’, digital storytelling, the shift from decolonizing to indigenizing, Flying Fetu, and self care. 

Ia manuia tele le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa. 🇼🇸❤️

Follow Grace:

• Instagram:  @grace.teuila

• Purchase ‘Full Broken Bloom’ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/full-broken-bloom-grace-teuila-evelyn-taylor/1127168228

• Purchase ‘Afakasi Speaks’: ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Afakasi-Speaks-Grace-Taylor-ebook/dp/B00HL5OC24/ref=sr_1_1 crid=3F7GGD0IIZ5T2&keywords=afakasi+speaks+grace+taylor&qid=1685607316&sprefix=afakasi+speaks+grace+taylo%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-1

Follow Flying Fetu:

• Instagram:  @flyingfetu

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

• Podcast:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6eXeJ0dxsi7Z9PCVuDE8CW?si=f8a96f36425f4a48

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠

•   Creative Director of  @brownbrucecreative  (IG and YouTube)

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts

||  Other Pathways to Success  ||

This week on Episode 104 of the #ReadswithRosaPodcast, I sit down for a chat with  Mani Malaeulu, the Founder and Owner of Empowerment Training, and one half of the power couple & co-authors behind the book - 'Tama Samoa'.  He take's us through his personal and professional development journey, the story of Empowerment Training, working with schools in his community, imposter syndrome and the importance of self care. 

Follow Empowerment Training:

• Instagram: @empowerment_training_

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.emptraining.co.nz

• Website: https://www.emptraining.co.nz

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manimalaeulu8719

• Purchase the Tama Samoa Book: ⁠https://lagi.co.nz/collections/dahlias-books/products/tama-samoa

Intro beat by Lani Alo:

•   Youtube:  ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lanialo⁠⁠

•   Instagram:  ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lanialomusic⁠⁠

•   Creative Director of  @brownbrucecreative  (IG and YouTube)

Follow Rosa:

•   Instagram | Twitter | TikTok:  @readswithrosa

Subscribe and follow the #ReadswithRosaPodcast:

•  Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com@readswithrosa⁠⁠

•  Available on: Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts