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Blogs & Opinion Pieces

Israel Folau’s demise is also partially ours

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Queer businesses to support this Pride Month, and beyond

The future is bright for the formidable Shaneel Lal

There are ghosts in this place: Growing up Sāmoan and queer in 1990s South Auckland

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We're Here, We're Queer, We're Going Nowhere: FAFSWAG at The Basement in 2017

We’re part of New Zealand’s Pacific story

Dear Israel Folau – your unchristian comments hurt young, vulnerable Pasifika

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Starting the Conversation

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Goodbye Israel Folau – I’m sad it had to end this way

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New project looks at the challenges for Aotearoa's Pasifika Rainbow communities

Manalagi: Aotearoa Pacific Rainbow/Queer/LGBTIQA+ MVPFAFF Health and Wellbeing Project

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New health project for New Zealand's diverse Pacific Rainbow community

We’re part of New Zealand’s Pacific story

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Mana at heart of Pacific Rainbow health project

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In Defence of Pacific Sexual Minorities: Why Israel Folau is no Hero

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Our Pacific communities do have love for us

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fafswag is the auckland collective celebrating queer pacific islander culture

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Our Heroes – Moana pioneers shifting mindsets and creating space

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Just a normal girl with normal issues

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The House Of Iman's Fashionable Roots & Understanding Our Vibrant Voguing Scene

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Inside New Zealand's Radical Pacific Queer Community

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Why Must I Wait For Night? - The Restless Diaspora of Dan Taulapapa McMullin

Jaycee Tanuvasa’s favourite places

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A Similar Mauri, but a Different Āhua

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They Call Me a Bunga

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A Lament on Pacific Queerness

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Indigenous Samoan Dance as Therapy

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The new historic list celebrating the nation’s rainbow landmarks

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By Any Means Necessary

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You Will Not Erase Us

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Good little Sāmoan Boy: An Afakasi Story

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Honour Thy Queer Ancestors: On Queer Progress

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Clever, Impactful, Hilarious Theatre: A Review of Fala Muncher

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Gender and Other Performances

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The Politics of Being Brown and Queer

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