Rekindling Pacific: Historic signing strengthens regional unity and cooperation
Closing remarks by Maria Fuata, Deputy Director-General for Operations and Integration at the Pacific Community (SPC) during FestPAC's closing ceremony
Women sail the Vaka - Navigating traditional leadership roles and modern-day cultural changes
Addressing Pacific cultures with gender diversity and equality to enable progress
Pacific leaders are gathering today to address how diverse Pacific cultures can both progress or block gender equality and the critical contributions by women to progress climate justice and sustainable livelihoods.
Keala Kahuanui protecting Indigenous knowledge of navigation for youth and future generations
Opening remarks by Maria Fuata, Deputy Director-General for Operations and Integration at the Pacific Community (SPC) during the FestPAC official opening
Aloha, Bula Vinaka, Kam na mauri, Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Talofa Lava, Håfa Adai.
Warm Pacific greetings to all of our Pacific Island countries and territories from this incredible Stan Sheriff Centre in Honolulu,…
13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Opening remarks by Maria Fuata, Deputy Director-General for Operations and Integration at the Pacific Community (SPC) during the 40th Meeting of the Council of Pacific Arts and Culture
Your Excellencies and senior officials,
Esteemed members of the Council of Pacific Arts and Culture, and Chair Kumu Hula Mapuana,
Distinguished Heads of delegations, and Representatives of Regional and…
The importance of indigenous Pacific voices and the evolution of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture: 50 years on
Writing is a medium of communication that represents language through the inscription of signs and symbols.
In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language. Writing is not a language but a form of technology. Within a language…