PX Whanau Radio

Henry Ahfoo Taripo aka Henzart aka Uncle Henry. A composer, singer, song-writer and performing artist joins PXWHANAU all the way from the beautiful islands of Rarotonga, Kuki Airani. Be sure to tune in and listen to this talanoa.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PXWHANAU RADIO :)

Marqy has a talanoa with Capri as newly appointed Miss Fa'afafine Victoria Director. We talk about pageants, life and similar upbringings. But more to come from this talanoa. Watch this space..

Marqy catches up with PacifiqueX and PX Whanau family member Tony K Fretton and has a chat about awards, performances and sivas.

Marqy speaks to current reigning Miss Fa'afafine Victoria about their upcoming event on 14th October

Yes, Kween! Sonja has a special korero with Kween Kong about what the nomination for the Logies means to them and to our Queer Pasifika community here in Australia, and the challenges and the spaces that have been built by and for our community : " To see versions of excellence within our community...cos we ARE excellence!"Kween is Bold, Brave and Uncompromising....so listen in to this special epi...

Leo Koziol: a Korero on Māori Cinema and Indigenous Film Sonja has a korero with Leo Koziol a founder of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival and the NZIFF Ngā Whanaunga Selector as well as contributor to Letterboxd from an Indigenous perspective. Leo is founder and director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival. It is the longest-running indigenous film festival of New Zealand and takes place annually duri...

UTU,Patu! Muru and Kaupapa Maori in cinema with Tearepa Kahi Sonja korero's with film maker Tearepa Kahi ( Ngati Paoa,Tainui),filmmaker based in Aotearoa. Tearepa was over in Naarm/Melbourne for a special screening of his film Muru at the Birrarangga Film Festival ( with Papa Tame Iti who stars in his film) in 2023. ‘Raised between Papanui in Christchurch and Pukekohe in South Auckland, New Zealan...

Paradise Camp: A Talanoa with Yuki Kihara Sonja has a talanoa with Pasifika artist Yuki Kihara as she speaks on her art and her project Paradise Camp which was exhibited in 2023 at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum exhibition space ( the exhibition closed in Feb 2024). Yuki Kihara is an interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent. Through a research-based approach, her work seeks to challenge...

The Story of Takatapui & Dr Elizabeth KerekereSonja has a special korero with Dr Elizabeth Kerekere of Aotearoa in April 2023 on what Takatapui means to Maori and queer indigenous community in Aotearoa. Dr Elizabeth Kerekere member of Parliament Aotearoa, Activist, Human Rights Campaigner and Published writer , TakatapuiElizabeth was born in Gisborne where she lives with her wife, Alofa Aiono, her...

Women of the Moana on the screen: A talanoa with Kerry Warkia Sonja talanoas with film producer Kerry Warkia in Naarm in 2023 while she was a special guest for the Melbourne Women in Film Festival with her film Kainga that screened as the clsong night film at the festival. Kerry Warkia (Papua New Guinean- Tolai Clan /Scottish) is a producer who has been at the forefront ofsome of Aotearoa’s most i...

Pasifika Futurism with Gina ColeSonja has an in depth Talanoa with writer Gina Cole on her science fiction-Pasifika Futurism- novel Na Viro,that is now published (2022) and what motivates her,the concept of Va, the 'space in between',and the interconnectedness between islands and the culture of the Moana and how Pasifika people ARE all connected on the 'Blue Continent' and how Indigenous Futurism...