Pacific Soul Podcast

Why has Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum become such a flashpoint?

From flags draped across homes and cars to street parades and community celebrations, Pacific pride is being expressed with a confidence that's hard to ignore. 

Christianity has shaped life in Fiji for generations, but should that history give it a special place in the country’s constitution?

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

Hidden above Rarotonga is Takuvaʻine Valley, home to an Indigenous food system that sustained generations. Dr Teina Rongo says the move away from valleys like this during the missionary era came at a profound cost.

Hidden above Rarotonga is Takuvaʻine Valley, home to an Indigenous food system that sustained generations. Dr Teina Rongo says the move away from valleys like this during the missionary era came at a profound cost.

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

Learning how to sit, speak, serve and show respect is one thing. Understanding why those customs matter is another. Le Fale Aganu'u is helping Samoans in Brisbane reconnect and rediscover. 

Tongan literacy advocate and PhD candidate Sala Walter shares why reading matters more than ever, in a world shaped by AI and an overwhelming amount of information. 

As the Pacific Conference of Churches marks the Season of Creation, Paddle for Hope is carrying a message of faith, environmental stewardship and action against plastic pollution around Viti Levu. 

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

What does justice look like when a mine threatens to erase the soul of a place?

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

The ocean floor near American Samoa is ancient, dark, and teeming with life that science has barely catalogued. The United States government wants to auction the right to mine it.

Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples.

How do small, unseen decisions create a life of purpose? Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo shares his practical playbook for staying disciplined as a person of faith. 

Funeral director Lyric Vaetoe has had spirits follow her home from work. This is what she's learned while working with tūpāpaku. 

Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo was thousands of miles from home when he learned his sister was already buried. What happened next changed everything he thought he knew about faith.

Some names can carry a story before a life even begins, shaping how you are seen and how you see yourself. 

Reverend Professor Dr Upolu Luma Vaai says faith at Christmas means standing with those who are wounded and pushed aside. This edition of Pacific Soul was a repeat of the program broadcast on 14th December 2025

Stan Antas, of roots-reggae band Stan and the Earth Force, grew up with his father playing Bob Marley and asking him to sit with the lyrics.

When Indo-Fijian sociologist Rohini Balram's period came, so did a rule that made no sense: she could no longer enter her own prayer space as a devout Hindu.

Western sporting systems fail to recognise Indigenous forms of movement, physical skill, and cultural expression, one researcher says. 

Māori and Pasifika communities are calling for their traditional performing arts to be formally recognised as sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Kanak leaders share their vision for decolonisation beyond politics by freeing the mind, spirit and forging relationships with Indigenous and First Nations group across the region.