Stories From The Pacific

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What Pacific care can teach the world

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/06/24

Mental health frameworks weren't built with us in mind. So, what happens when we build our own? In this episode, we meet Gabrielle Tor, a Melanesian clinician and researcher based in Oregon, USA. Gabrielle is challenging what care looks like, and who it's built for.We talk about what it means to decolonise psychology, why healing isn't individual, and how knowledge systems from the Pacific offer more than insight — they offer a way forward. Gabrielle is helping reframe mental

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1:08:44

Fall hard, rise harder: Tajhon Mailata's story of...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/06/10

What happens when the body you've built your life around — your talent, your identity, your career — breaks?Before Tajhon Mailata lost his leg in a workplace accident, he lost his brother. Two life-altering blows, back-to-back — and the real test began.Taj was a teenage rugby star with the kind of momentum young athletes dream of. He played against legends like Sonny Bill Williams and chased greatness with the Western Force. But when grief collided with injury, he was forced to

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0:29:24

Maps made of Memory

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/06/03

For Kathy Martin, maps aren't something you find on your phone. They're inherited; passed down in the way your aunty cuts fish or says your name like it's always belonged to the land.From Piis-Paneu in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Kathy grew up knowing that place wasn't just something to chart — it was something to feel. Her earliest memories are of travelling between islands like the ocean was a highway guided by language, memory, and the people who raised her. Culture

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0:29:25

Can you belong to a culture you’re still learning how...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/05/27

Illustrator Jaelyn Biumaiwai has spent most of her life navigating that question. Raised on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Jaelyn’s story is about piecing together identity when the world doesn’t offer you the full picture. Growing up in a twin bubble, surrounded by family, she didn’t always have the words — or community — to help her feel grounded in her Fijian identity. That journey she’s had to seek out, reclaim, and learn to carry in her own way. Now, through bold and

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0:29:54

Comedian, drag queen and writer Jay Wymarra flips the...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/05/13

A proud Gudang/Yadaykenu and Saibai man, Jay's a hilarious comedian, fierce drag performer and self-confessed "black nerd".Born in Townsville, raised across Canberra, Fiji, and Wollongong, Jay's comedy blends sharp wit with deep love for community.From open mics in Cairns to the stages of Edinburgh Fringe, he uses laughter as both survival and celebration.Whether he's serving up Reanna-Matrix, his drag alter ego, or taking aim at racism and homophobia, Jay is flipping the script —

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0:29:24

Continuing the remarkable journey of one of Papua New...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/05/06

Gazellah Bruder has carved out a powerful path as an artist, storyteller, and advocate. Her work boldly centres women, mothers, survivors and warriors, while tackling big themes like colonial legacy, environmental loss, and gender-based violence.With more than 50 exhibitionsacross Papua New Guinea and around the world, she has become one of the Pacific's mostfearless and influential voices in contemporary art. Now featured in the upcoming exhibition "Invisible Lines", Gazellah

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0:13:32

A peak into the remarkable journey of one of Papua...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/29

Gazellah Bruder has carved out a powerful path as an artist, storyteller, and advocate. Her work boldly centres women, mothers, survivors and warriors, while tackling big themes like colonial legacy, environmental loss, and gender-based violence. With more than 50 exhibitions across Papua New Guinea and around the world, she has become one of the Pacific’s most fearless and influential voices in contemporary art. Now featured in the upcoming exhibition Invisible Lines, Gazellah

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A peak into the remarkable journey of one of Papua...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/29

Gazellah Bruder has carved out a powerful path as an artist, storyteller, and advocate. Her work boldly centres women, mothers, survivors and warriors, while tackling big themes like colonial legacy, environmental loss, and gender-based violence. With more than 50 exhibitions across Papua New Guinea and around the world, she has become one of the Pacific’s most fearless and influential voices in contemporary art. Now featured in the upcoming exhibition Invisible Lines, Gazellah

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0:29:24

From Captaining the PNG Kumuls to shaping the next...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/22

From the rugby fields of Cairns, far north QLD, to representing his country by captaining the Kumuls, Rod Griffin has carved out a career defined by resilience, leadership, and a deep commitment to giving back. A proud Papua New Guinean who made his mark in the game, Rod has played for clubs like the Wests Tigers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and Ipswich Jets. But his legacy extends beyond the field, he's shaping the next generation of young athletes today. From professional

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0:26:20

Meet the man using technology to fight for his...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/15

Aselu Vaguna O'Brien is a draftsman, climate advocate, and a man of many talents—though if you ask his friends, he's also just 'Strawberry,' the guy who won't stop talking about rugby or his love for fresh fruit.Born in Fiji and raised in Tuvalu, Aselu's journey has taken him from engineering to media, from construction sites to mapping coastlines that are disappearing before his eyes. Today, he's using technology to document Tuvalu's changing landscape and fighting to ensure his

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0:29:24

Gemma Bird Matheson is blazing a trail of her own, in...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/08

Gemma Bird Matheson is an actor/writer/producer of South African and Papua New Guinean heritage. Self-identifying as a queer, Papua New Guinean Christian, Gemma's journey has been an interesting one, particularly when it has come to selecting roles that she can see herself in and relating to. She was a finalist for the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship and starred in AACTA and International Emmy Nominated ABC series Content, which also won a prolific Rose D'Or award.She has become an

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0:29:24

Thomas Manglona II's journey to elevate Chamorro voices

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/01

For Thomas Manglona, journalism is life. Hailing from the island of Rota, Thomas is a native Chamorro multimedia journalist, whose work in covering government, social justice and environmental issues for TV, has solidified him as a trusted and respected figure within his local community.For Thomas, he has always loved journalism and storytelling and he has always known what the final goal would be. The founder of the Pacific Islander Journalism Taskforce, Thomas' work has extended

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0:29:24

Thomas Manglona II's journey with journalism

Stories From The Pacific ·

2025/04/01

For Thomas Manglona, journalism is life. Hailing from the island of Rota, Thomas is a native Chamorro multimedia journalist, whose work in covering government, social justice and environmental issues for TV, has solidified him as a trusted and respected figure within his local community.For Thomas, he has always loved journalism and storytelling and he has always known what the final goal would be. The founder of the Pacific Islander Journalism Taskforce, Thomas' work has extended

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0:38:36

Jeshua Gideon Hope's activist spirit begins with his...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/12/10

Jeshua Gideon Hope received his new name when he was 11-years-old. He was raised in a community where introduced Evangelical beliefs encouraged Indigenous-Fijian families to "de-native" themselves as they were taught to believe that this was bring them closer to God. As an adult, Jeshua is an advocate for the de-colonising of his own culture as well as other Indigenous communities around the globe. Jeshua says he is only able to do this through seeking learning and being curious

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0:30:00

Mara Mahoney searched for years to discover "what was...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/12/03

Mara Mahoney on discovering "what was wrong with her" and how knowledge is power.

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0:32:48

Paige Mafi's talanoa on processing, living and...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/11/26

Paige Mafi permanently marks skin to "alchemise grief and shame", to capture the journeys of parenthood and to acknowledge fertility, miscarriage and loss. This practice and these journeys are reflections of her own experiences throughout her life.

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0:29:24

Neil Nuia on finding the balance between living...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/11/19

Neil Nuia speaks on finding the balance between living a life with responsibility while also holding passion and love for his partner, children and community who continues to strengthen, inspire and drive him.

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0:19:32

Lilly and Jonathan tell their story in Solomon...

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/11/12

Lilly Simon and Jonathan Bia have lived completely separate lives, until now. There are two things that connect them – one being that they published the first known children's book to be translated into three languages – Solomon Islands Sign Language, English and Pijin; and the second thing is they both belong to the deaf community in the Solomon Islands.

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INTRODUCING — The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/11/12

You probably know about the last moments of the Rainbow Warrior. But what do you know about the Greenpeace ship's last voyage before it was bombed by the French in New Zealand in 1985? Where had it come from, why was it there and what was it doing? Find out in The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior.

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0:38:34

Jamaica Moana on 'keeping it real' and her life as 'Jam'

Stories From The Pacific ·

2024/10/29

Jamaica Moana's whānau encourage her to "keep it real". We gain private insight into her early performances and the people in her life that continue to ground and support her to this day.

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