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We're hearing from a Tongan-Australian artist out of South Australia that's gonna melt your brain...

Winnie Dunn was a teenager when the Chris Lilley character 'Jonah from Tonga' became a national joke and as a Tongan Australian the stereotype made her feel uncomfortable.Despite being born into a big Tongan family in Western Sydney, Winnie felt conflicted about her heritage growing up.But over time her understanding of what it means to be Tongan evolved, and at the age of 28, Winnie became the first Tongan Australian to have a novel published.Conversations Live is coming to the stage! Join Sarah Kanowski and Richard Fidler for an unmissable night of unforgettable stories, behind-the-scenes secrets, and surprise guests. Australia's most-loved podcast — live, up close, and in the moment. Find out more on the Conversations website.

In this episode, a conversation with Winnie Dunn – a Tongan-Australian writer, editor, the General Manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, and now author of the novel Dirt Poor Islanders. Dunn's book is a potent, mesmerising novel that opens our eyes to the brutal fractures navigated when growing up between two cultures and the importance of understanding all the many pieces of yourself. Winnie Dunn was joined in conversation at Readings Carlton by Evelyn Araluen, poet and literary editor. Araluen's first book, Dropbear, won the 2022 Stella Prize.

Is it a cliche that 'we're all leaders in a way'? Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer and editor from Mount Druitt. She is also the General Manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. In this discussion with Helen McCabe, Winnie discusses intersectionality, how stereotypes limit leadership opportunities, and the importance of listening to those with lived experience.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

an audio vignette exploring the past and future of pasifika music and what it means to make forward-thinking music as a pasifika artist. narrated by conversations with experimental producer ripley kavara (lakatoi, kandere) and aus hip-hop pioneer hau lātūkefu (koolism) @lonelyspeck / Sione Teumohenga is a Tongan-Australian artist, producer and musician based on Kaurna land, best known for producing experimental pop music as Lonelyspeck. Drawing from diverse sounds and styles, their work emphasises the physicality of sound to explore relationships with space, perception, origins, the body and the natural world.

The Tongan-Australian man on being privileged to see love in action in his grandparents, how a spiral into grief and anger led him to periodic detention, and how cutting hair today helps him steer young men away from a dark path (R)

Sela Ahosivi Atiola is a Tongan Australian writer from Sydney Australia. She is a mother and early childhood educator with a Bachelor of Social Science from Swinburne University of Technology. Her writing has been featured on SBS Voices and Storycasters Culinary Magazine.  She's popped in today to chat with Ken about her writing journey, finding a niche in the picture book market, a passion for her writing community and diversity in literature, and her new picture book titled, I am Lupe – a wonderful celebration of the differences that make us who we are.  Plus, Liv reviews a series of new books for early readers titled, Hello Twigs. Liv chats to Ken all about the first four books in the series, the characters, the important themes, the quirky illustrations and all the fun that Liv sees as being a new favourite series.

Tongan-Australian rapper Hau Latukefu won the first ever ARIA award for hip-hop music, and now hosts Triple J's hip-hop show. His new book King charts the rise of Australian hip-hop over the past three decades, and it's intersection with race, culture and politics. In this episode of The Drop, Hau discusses the origins of Australian hip-hop, the dominance of white, suburban rap in the 2000's, and the dominance of drill music and acts like OneFour. The Drop is a weekly show tackling the latest in the world of pop culture and entertainment. Join host Osman Faruqi and the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's team of culture writers and critics along with interviews with musicians, actors, film makers and everyone involved in the world of culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tongan-Australian man on being privileged to see love in action in his grandparents, how a spiral into grief and anger led him to periodic detention, and how cutting hair today helps him steer young men away from a dark path

Tongan-Australian duo. They are well-known as members of Joe Camilleri's The Black Sorrows in late 1980's. They were inducted into Hall of Fame by Music Victoria. - このトンガ系オーストラリア人の姉妹は1980年代後半にジョー・カミレーリのブラックソローズのメンバーになって以来、広く知られています。一昨年にはミュージックビクトリア賞の殿堂入りも果たしました。

Third Sunday of Easter - Lk 24:35-48 I am a first generation Tongan-Australian. My family and I migrated to Australia in the early 1990's. I am an ordained Deacon in the Uniting Church in Australia and am currently serving as a Tertiary Chaplain at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. I am passionate about advocating and encouraging different faiths and communities to come together in dialogue on differences and social justice issues. I have a strong interest in studies of the Hebrew Bible and contextual Theology. As a young contemporary Theologian from Oceania, my hope is to see more Theological work from those at the grassroots of Pasifika. I hope to liberate our younger generations to write and relate to their own context. I love to spend time reading novels, tales from Pasifika and hanging out with family and friends.

As a mixed-race Tongan Australian kid growing up in Mt Druitt, Winnie Dunn thought her home was a place the arts came to die. She didn't access culturally diverse Australian writing in School or uni, and she'd never seen literature about Western Sydney written by people from Western Sydney. That's until she joined Sweatshop Literacy Movement - a project devoted to empowering culturally and linguistically diverse communities through reading, writing and critical thinking. Today she is the Sweatshop General Manager, the editor of several critically acclaimed anthologies, and her writing has been published in The Saturday Paper, Griffith Review, Meanjin, SBS Voices, The Guardian and Huffington Post. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disability service organisation founded by Australian-Tongan woman helps people living with a disability and their families.

Welcome back! Today I am joined by the very talented Emily Havea. Emily is an actor, performer, singer, writer, dancer, aerobics instructor, runner (as in set runner), photographer, drag king - the list literally goes on and does not stop. You may have seen her on tv in Wentworth or The Secrets She Keeps or you may have seen her in our Black Birds show, Brown Skin Girl. Emily, Angela Nica Sullen and myself initially wrote the show in 2016, and since then it’s had three sold out seasons and may soon be getting another life. In the short time I’ve known Emily she has evolved and absolutely stepped into her own; her own cultural identity as a Tongan Australian, her sexuality, her feminine and masculine energies and her abundant creativity. We talk about all this and more in today’s episode, and can I just say when I was editing this and listening back I couldn’t stop smiling. Also! Emily is currently in quarantine in Perth, getting ready to rehearse and perform in a production of Oklahoma, so when you listen to this and you feel some type of way make sure you send a little message to Em or tag her on IG because quarantine gets lonely! P.S. In case you missed it ~ this podcast is now going to come out weekly on a Tuesday, so make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts or FOLLOW on Spotify so that you don’t miss a new ep. Also! Rate, review and while you’re at it give us a share on IG. Instagram links are here...@bl.ckb.rds@eeshash@texas_gold See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.

What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.

What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.

What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.

Hi and welcome back to another episode of No Offence, But.I'm happy to be bringing you a conversation with one of my favourite artists and people, Sela Vai. Sela, is a Tongan Australian artist who seeks to create sensuous alchemy through movement. I first saw Sela perform a few years back at a Ngaiire gig at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney. A couple of months later, Sela was working with Black Birds as choreographer of our first full-length theatrical show. Since then, Sela has choreographed all of our Black Birds shows and has become our Movement Director and Associate Artist. She's also movement directed for Ngaiire, Thelma Plum, L-Fresh the Lion (to name a few), choreographed for events, commercials and is a sought after teacher for movement and dance programs around the world. Sela also runs an artistic development program called Humxn that aims to connect, up-skill and empower womxn of all walks of life, inclusive of those femme/female-identifying/non-binary. Humxn is a safe space for womxn to explore their artistry to the ends of their unbound potential. Last year Humxn (which was previously known as You Therefore Me) and Black Birds co-curated an event called Reclaim at Sydney's PACT, which went on to win FBi Radio's SMAC award for Best On Stage (yeet!).In today's chat Sela shares her experience of being of the diaspora and living between two worlds, what it was like learning traditional Tongan movement from one of the Tongan Royal Family's ex-staffers and why it's so important for teachers and choreographers to facilitate a safe space. She tells us how the commercial dance industry is inhibiting artists and why she created Humxn. We also touch on the sometimes perilous world of Instagram and Sela tells us why she avoids using the word 'inclusive'.I loved this korero with Sela - I hope you do too! (And if you do ~ rate, review and subscribe!!!)You can find Sela and her program Humxn on IG @selavai and @__humxnor on YouTube (this is her new channel and this is her older channel). I highly suggest you just search 'Sela Vai' on YouTube because a whole lot of gold comes up. To find out more about Black Birds check out @bl.ckb.rds or my IG @eeshash See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In May 2019, Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement released the first-ever anthology produced entirely by women of colour. In this exclusive panel discussion, Tongan-Australian editor Winnie Dunn, opens an urgent and critical dialogue with the contributors from this ground-breaking anthology. With Divya Venkataraman, Ferdous Bahar, Janette Chen and Phoebe Grainer.

Listen to Seini Taumoepeau AKA SistaNative on the Deadly Voices podcast, a Tongan Australian who has a career spanning over 30 years in the performing arts as a presenter and a performer. She has been involved in broadcasting since she was 13 years old and is committed to extending the stories and narratives of Oceania and refers to herself as an orator and song woman. Exploring the truth of a mistold tale of circus and wonder, Natives Go Wild uncovers the stories and tales of a mob of circus delights, highlighting their strength and resilience through provocative political humour, searing irony and stinging social commentary. https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/first-nations/2019/natives-go-wild.html  

This week on Race Matters, Tanya chats to Emily Havea, a Sydney-based actor, singer and dancer who is currently starring in a one-woman play titled Grounded, at Parramatta's Riverside Theatre. They talk growing up Brown in white spaces, creative communities of colour and Brown Skin Girl, an incredible play from Sydney theatre collective Black Birds that Emily has written and starred in. You also hear from Leah Jing Mcintosh, the founder and editor of Liminal magazine, about the Liminal Fiction Prize: a creative writing prize for and judged by Australian writers of colour. Black Birds are doing another show this April. It's called Exhale and you can head here to find out more / buy tickets. Grab tickets to see Emily in the already widely acclaimed Grounded here. Find more information about the launch of Liminal's first print edition in Melbourne here. We also begin the show with a few words about the Christchurch terrorist attacks that Tanya shared earlier in the day, on Monday Arvos. If you have the means, the New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups and the New Zealand Islamic Information Centre are both running funds to support the victims and their families.

This special episode is a wave from across time and space, featuring a range of selected Digital Writers’ Festival artists who have sent through an audio postcard from a place that’s meaningful to them and their work. Extra music is Quizitive by Lee Rosevere. We’re super stoked to say that we’ve just launched the program for the Digital Writers’ Festival! You can view it here: http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/ Gail Ingram is a writer from New Zealand, featuring in our Online Lit Collectives event Monday 30 October 7pm. Gail’s representing Sponge, an online journal for science fiction and speculative fiction, based in the post-apocalyptic city of Christchurch. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/late-night-lit-journals/ Aimee Knight is a cultural critic and writer of creative non-fiction from Adelaide, who describes herself as a poptimist. She’s featuring in Editor and Author: Live Editing at 12:30pm lunchtime on Friday 27 October. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/in-convo-live-editing/ Jesse Oliver is an emerging trans slam poet from Perth who enjoys rapping Shakespeare, practising his articulation and writing about social justice, aliens and star-crossed love. He’s the WA Slam Champion, and he’s appearing in our closing festival event Manifest at 7pm on Friday 3 November. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/manifest/ Mindy Gill is a poet and editor-in-chief of Peril Magazine, working on one of our festival projects, Voices of Trees, in partnership with Australian Poetry and Red Room, which will be published on the DWF website when the festival begins on Tuesday 24 October. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/voices-of-trees/ Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer from Mt Druitt. She is a manager and editor at Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement. She's appearing in our closing festival event Manifest at 7pm on Friday 3 November. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/manifest/ Misty McPhail is our Sydney-based Creative Producer, as well as the Volunteers Manager for the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and a current PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, researching online literary festivals. Misty has programmed and produced Writing Web Series: Serial Showcase on Thursday 2 November, 7pm, as well as helping out with West Meets West, our collaborative event between Sweatshop in Sydney and West Writers Group in Melbourne, Tuesday 31 October 7pm. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/writing-web-series-serial-showcase/ http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/west-meets-west-sweatshop-westwriters/ Samantha Glennie is our Sunshine Coast-based Creative Producer, as well as a poet and writing student from Queensland with a cosmic perspective on life. Sam has programmed and produced two events on Friday 3 November - the Digital Tour of Fanfiction Spaces at 12:30pm and Representation in Fanfic at 3pm. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/digital-tour-fan-fiction-spaces/ http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/representation-in-fan-fic/ Steven Finch is our Perth-based Creative Producer, and he’s passionate about sustainability, Earth’s future and Australia’s literary community. Steven has programmed and produced Mapping Ecologies of the Digital, to be held in Perth on Saturday 28 October, 6pm local Perth time, and live-streamed to the rest of the world at 9pm AEDT. http://2017.digitalwritersfestival.com/event/perth-event/

Tongan-Australian teenager who wanted to do more to stop Dimitrious Gargasoulas, the man accussed of driving through the crowds of pedestrians in Melbourne's Bourke St Mall on Friday 20 January 2017, leading to the deaths of five people. - Tongan-Australian teenager who wanted to do more to stop Dimitrious Gargasoulas, the man accussed of driving through the crowds of pedestrians in Melbourne's Bourke St Mall on Friday 20 January 2017, leading to the deaths of five people.