The Pacific, which embodies more than 1,800 different peoples and cultures, is home to an astonishing variety of musical instruments. Join Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava and guests as they explore the origin stories and traditional functions of three musical instruments commonly found across the Moana: the conch shell (pū/foafoa), the wooden slit drum (pātē), and the nose flute (fangufangu/vivo ko’e). Host: Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava Guests: Leuga Ape Taua’ana Ata Sofara, Ma’ara Maeva, John Kiria,...

What were the original sounds and music of the Pacific, and can they still be heard today? Despite colonisation and migration, the indigenous sound of the great Moana is not lost. Join host Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava as he holds talanoa (discussions) with the practitioners, knowledge-holders, and scholars who are keeping the ‘sounds of the navigators’ alive today. Host: Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava Guests: Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr. ‘Okusitino Mahina, Rita Seumanutafa, Leuga Ape Taua’ana Ata...