Pasifika 2017

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Vai Apelu. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Roy Vaughan and Bill Te Ariki.

Roy Vaughan and Bill Te Ariki

Reverend William Hakaoro, the official minister for the Cook Islands village dressed in his Sunday best and wearing a pare rito (his island hat). Photo: RNZ/ Indira Stewart

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Moe ,who is Samoan, says her brother made her dress for the festival. RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Traditional Tahitian dancing at the Tahiti village at Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Crowds at Pasifika Festival 2017.

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Daphne and Robeita - two i-Kiribati dancers from the group Teika bwara n Arorae, performed a Kiribati love song. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Tua from the Cook Islands. RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Minister of Pacific Peoples Alfred Ngaro opens up the Tongan village.

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Minister of Pacific Peoples Alfred Ngaro at Pasifika 2017.

Tarita Holm has flown all the way from Palau to NZ for the first time to promote her Palaun-made coconut treats and other products at Pasifika. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Tarita Holm's Palaun-made coconut treats and other products at Pasifika. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Jemi Nashon at Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins

Pasifika Festival 2017. Photo: RNZ/ Koroi Hawkins