Aotearoa/Pacific Island author, Cherie Barford writes about Talkstory and the importance of storytelling in Our Stories are Within Us:  “Our stories are within us. You’ll find them encoded in genealogies, embedded in our hearts, imprinted on our minds. They migrate with the

Preface

The art of listening is central to telling the story and to letting it permeate through to the heart of our being. In how many ways this can happen the contributions in this book are testament to.
Beyond the immediate ideas, insights and experiences a new mode of teaching

TAPA TALK
POETRY COLLECTION
SERIE BARFORD
HUIA PUBLISHERS, AOTEAROA: http://www.huia.co.nz
REVIEWED BY CATH KOA DUNSFORD

Serie Barford wrote, in Niu Voices [Huia Publishers] “…truly precious stories, those that hold sacred truths within them, can never be lost. They are kept

In 1962, without consultation, France declared Moruroa Atoll and other Tahitian islands as nuclear test sites.  Moruroa Waiata depicts real events, dreams and underwater sequences from the perspectives of the whales, dolphins and turtles affected by the testing interwoven with

ANAMUA/Past:

“I am Che’den Sofi Vincent Ah Yek Strickson-Pua Samoan Chinese English. Son of Feleti Strickson-Pua and Melinda Ah Yek. On Dad’s side our Nu’u is Peterborough and Southampton England, Canton China, Malaela Upolu and PapaSataua Savaii Samoa.”
“I was born in