Writing the New World

Taualuga series: final episode. Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville  discusses the inspiration behind the podcast; 'being too political', the 'Modernist' vibe and historical oppression in and by NZ Literary Studies.
This concludes a five month project of collaborative research which involved the acquisition of new digital, media skills, the tenacity to keep the momentum going and the conviction  to mediate and keep telling 'our stories' in our own ways. The podcast has been co-produced (actually almost entirely created) by PhD student and WTNW researcher Wanda Ieremia. 
Please revisit and share previous episodes. Fa'afetai tele lava to the 'Writing the New World' whanau for your time and energy. KIA ŌRA, TĒNĀ KOUTOU, MEITAKI MA'ATA, FA'AFETAI, MALO 'AUPITO, VAIE'E, FAKAUE LAHI, VINAKA!

Second episode of the Taualuga Series. Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville discusses archives, structural inequalities and the innovative methodological engagement by Indigenous and Pacific student researchers. Listen in to one last forthcoming podcast  to complete our 'Writing the New World' podcast project. No neira, Mālo fa'afetai.

"What are the stakes of the things that we've already forgotten; how do we make sure we connect our memories; how we do we find, track down, remember, acknowledge, learn from and intellectually engage with the work that our people have already done?"
This episode features Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville's korero on her "little bit in this really interconnected, intergenerational, multilingual whakapapa of intellectual thought of the (Pacific) region".
Introducing the 'Taualuga series' of 'Writing the New World' podcast project; which provide the vision, conceptual framing and some of the expected and surprising outcomes of the 'Writing the New World' project. 
This finale of korero features interviews by 'Writing the New World' scholarship students Ammon Apiata and Wanda Ieremia with the project lead researcher and visionary, Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville. They discuss many topics including the importance of connecting newer scholars to the rich historical intellectual work of 'missing generations'. 
In the three podcasts of this 'Taualuga' series, Alice discusses archives, intergenerational and multilingual work and Pacific and Indigenous literature. 
Look out for forthcoming remaining interviews of this 'Taualuga series' of the 'Writing the New World' podcast project. Fa'afetai Assocate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville. Whakarongo mai and enjoy.

Fakaalofa lahi atu! ‘Faliki e tau momoui he tau atuhau ke he Vagahau Niue’ which in English translates to, “Lay the foundations - give rise to Vagahau Niue for generations".
The episode of our podcast series - which was first released for Niue Language Week 2020 - features our very own Niue scholars, Postdoc research fellow Dr Jess Pasisi and Corianton Poimatangi who are, in their work, centering Niue knowledges, building research communities and searching for 'Niue Happiness'.
"We grew up in ways that are still very intimately tied to what it means to be a Niue person. Ultimately what we are doing is caring for our culture, that is the key to Niue people doing Niue research".

"I've reconnected with my family; I've never met my grandparents or great grandparents but I feel very connected to them now that I've read their writing.. I've read their feau, I've read ther momoliga alofa, soalaupule - aspiration for the next generation. I didn't have the privilege of hearing first hand from them and this is what archives (work) does. Although they were writing to a public, wider audience.. I read their work personally as an Indigenous researcher and a Samoan woman because I am connected to them, I have personal stakes (and responsibilities) in relation to their work."

'Writing the New World' researcher and PhD student Wanda Ieremia-Allan explores her childhood memories of the delapidated London Missionary Society Malua Print house in Samoa as inspiration for her study of the cosmopolitan, Pan Pacific, early twentieth century Samoan literary cultures that stretched from as far as Torres Strait Islands to San Diego, US and New Zealand.

'Writing the New World' researcher Vula Utonivaya and 'Pacific Texts' researcher and student Adi Inoke discuss Indigenous Fijian voices in 'Na Mata': a nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Fijian government newspaper. 
In celebration of 2020 Fijian Language Week, this podcast discusses the importance of early Fijian language texts; as a way to remember long forgotten proverbs and idioms and historical events which resonate with us today.
Happy Fijian Language Week! Vinaka vaka levu Vula and Adi. Enjoy!

"We should have autonomy over the language we write in." Waikato Students' Union President, 'Nukutawhiti' Editor and 'Writing the New World' researcher Kyla Campbell-Kamariera talks frankly about the politics of publishing in NZ university student newspapers in the 1970s and now.
Kyla talks about how her 'Writing the New World' research findings strengthened her resolve to make history at The University of Waikato and 'Nexus' Student Newspaper by launching 'Nukutawhiti' - a Te Reo Māori Student newspaper in September 2020.
Thank you Kyla for your activism, thank you for sharing your important story. Whakarongo mai!

Introducing three of our 2019 & 2020 'Writing the New World' student researchers who navigated archival waters in search of Indigenous and Pacific voices. Their discussions on research findings provide great lessons for other Pacific and Indigenous undergraduate students contemplating research paths.
Ko wai tō ingoa? He aha te tikanga o tō ingoa? Nō hea tō ingoa? 
Listen to Saumaleulua, Areta and Siutu share stories of their names, whakapapa and family stories as a way to connect with archival research.

Whakanuia Te Reo Māori!
BONUS EDITION: In celebration of Māori Language week, Te Reo Māori Education specialist Beau Stowers speaks with ‘Writing the New World’ researchers Ammon Apiata and Areta Ranginui Charlton about early Twentieth Century Māori Language Texts and their importance in the revitalization of Te Reo Māori. 
Hei whakanui i tō tātou Reo Māori, i huihui a Beau Stowers, rātou ko Ammon Apiata, ko Areta Ranginui Charlton ki te matapaki i ngā tuhinga reo Māori tawhito me te kōrerorero mō te hiranga o te reo ā-tuhi i roto i ngā kaupapa whakahaumanu reo Māori. Whakarongo mai, mātakitaki mai!

A celebration of Tongan Literature with Mele Latunipulu and (soon to be Dr) Elisapesi Hepi Havea, in which they discuss a twentieth first century (re)reading of Professor Konai Helu Thaman's 1974 classic poem 'You, the choice of my parents'. Given its resonance in Tonga and abroad during the peak of 1970s Feminist movement, what meanings are ascribed to it now? What does a re-reading of this poem provide a new audience?