What's in Your Kete?

This episode of What’s in Your Kete? brings together three artists from Brisbane’s Relentless Records label — rapper, producer and co-founder of Relentless Records JJ4K, R&B artist and award-winning barber Jvyden, and the hype man and DJ for Relentless Records, Gio.

We talk music, the grind, and keeping your head straight when everything’s moving fast.

From Aotearoa to Fiji, Brazil to India and everywhere in between Anjelica Tova has seen and done it all!

This episode of What's In Your Kete features our guest Anjelica who tells her story of living in Brazil during Carnival / 2015 FIFA World Cup, growing up Fijian and Chinese in West Auckland, exploring her creative side thorough dance and acting, and heaps more.

Our talanoa is filled with plenty of laughter and thoughtful conversation so we're excited to share this with you.

We're back with part two of our catch up with Winnie Dunn.

From taking a look behind the scenes at the story, themes and characters of Winnie's novel Dirt Poor Islanders, to discussing Winnie's work helping Pasifika writers in the Sydney area become published writers, we're going deeper into Winnie's journey in the Australian literacy world.

In this special two part episode we're joined by award winning Tongan Australian author and creative Winnie Dunn.

Based in Western Sydney, Winnie shares about her early years growing up in Mt Druit, how the women in her family shaped her as a storyteller and her involvement as a poet, editor and creative at the Sweatshop Literacy Movement.

From Australia to Aotearoa and across the moana, Winnie's story inspires us all to celebrate our own stories in every way that matters.

What happens when you decide to take a chance on your passion and put yourself out there for the world to see?

Nickalee, our guest for this episode shares how over the last year she's built her following around the local DJ community in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland.

We look at the technical side of DJing, what goes into putting a playlist together for her sets, the importance of diversity in this space and how she balances her personal life with her DJing lifestyle.

🎧 In this episode of What’s in Your Kete?, we’re hanging out with Nickalee, a talented DJ laying down sounds across Aotearoa and Australia, while staying grounded in her Tongan roots.

From mixing tracks that tell stories of home to making space for Indigenous sounds in club scenes, Nickalee chats with us about culture, creativity, and doing things her own way.

💬 It’s a convo about music, identity, and repping your people loud and proud, on and off the decks.

🏡 In this episode of What’s in Your Kete?, we're joined by Saarah Gul — also known as the Māori Mogul — a proud wāhine Māori using her platform to uplift our people through financial knowledge.

From navigating the home-buying journey to being smarter with your pūtea / money, Saarah shares whakaaro that centres whakapapa, community, and long-term abundance.

💬 This is more than money talk — it’s about reclaiming mana motuhake in our finances and building intergenerational wealth, our way.

🎧 Tune in and fill your kete with tools, tips, and mātauranga to help you thrive.

Join us this week on What’s in Your Kete? as we talanoa with Samoan creative and actor Denyce Su’a—as she shares her story and passion around performance and storytelling. Denyce opens up about:

Expect heartfelt conversation, cheeky laughs, and a heavy dose of inspiration.

Denyce’s talanoa is a powerful reminder that when Pasifika and Indigenous voices are heard, we all feel seen or as Denyce says — "because representation isn’t just important, it’s everything."

On this episode of What’s In Your Kete, we sit down with Michael Tuala — a youth worker and mental health advocate of Samoan descent, from West Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau 🇼🇸🇳🇿.

This talanoa shares Michael's path of service to our young people — grounded in alofa (love) ❤️ , cultural identity, tautua (service) and the strength of aiga (family). He speaks on his journey travelling across the vast Pacific 🌊🚢 in early 2020, and how he recently ended up on a Europe adventure 🇪🇺 ✈️with his siblings.

What happens when eleven Polynesians touch down in Japan?

Jenni, Grace & Grant Toma share their hilarious, heartfelt, and totally unforgettable journey across Japan — from vending machine adventures and 7- Eleven hauls, to epic walks around the temples, rides at theme parks and navigating Tokyo as a full squad. 🗼🎢 🎌

They talk about what it means to explore the world together as proud Niueans.