On Air Highlights
Stories by Isabelle Genoux
10 February 2012
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Australian composer David Chesworth is reknown for his unusual instrumentation and original soundscapes. His latest work “Vanishing Tekopia” accidentally led him to discover Tikopia, a tiny island in the Solomon Islands.
8 February 2012
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Forty young people from Fiji’s Bau Island recently went through financial literacy training to learn how to manage their income and spending.
Only one third of the participants had bank accounts. The skills they learned during the workshop will help them make informed decisions about their money and their future.
7 February 2012
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Now in its ninth year, the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival opens at Papeete’Cultural Centre.
The annual festival attracts an increasing number of films produced by Pacific film-makers and a few make it into the official selection.
1 February 2012
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Sydney-based surf photographer Joel Coleman plans to send a shipping container of surfboards to the Solomon Islands early next year to assist with the development of a sustainable surfing industry which will benefit local communities.
31 January 2012
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The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to antimicrobial drugs resistance across the world.
The World Health Organisation warned last year of a possible return to pre-antibiotics days unless global action is taken to combat drug resistance.
30 January 2012
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New Zealand’s Te Papa Museum in Wellington has welcomed the return of twenty Toi Moko, mummified tattoed Maori heads, formerly held in French institutions.
After years of red tape, the French parliament passed a law in late 2010 which paved the way for the restitution to New Zealand of all Maori heads held in France, acknowledging their cultural and spiritual significance to Maori people and New Zealand.
25 January 2012
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Australia Day commemorates the day in 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet, arrived at Sydney Cove. That day, for indigenous communities, marks the beginning of dispossession and it is often referred to as ” survival day”.
24 January 2012
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Traditional bush remedies from the Kunjen people of Cape York’s West Coat are now recorded in a book which features photographs and healing stories.
23 January 2012
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The year of the Water Dragon is also celebrated in French Polynesia where the community of Chinese ancestry represents about ten per cent of the population.
The community of Hakka heritage first settled in Tahiti in the mid-19th century and like elsewhere in the Pacific it plays an active role in the business sector.
21 December 2011
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Auckland based visual artist Daniel Satele explores the experience of miracles in a multi-media installation at Fresh Gallery Otara.
