DigitalPasifik

Ni sa bula vinaka. Sa dre ko Malolo. There is a season for all things, and we are pausing our time here. You can continue to connect with us via Facebook or digitalpasifik.org/contact-us digitalpasifik.org/items/490273 via @aucklandmuseum

Typhoon Karen struck #Guam with winds of 280 km/h (170 mph) on November 11 1962. Whilst only 11 people died in the storm, 95% of homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving at least 45,000 people homeless. digitalpasifik.org/items/624900 via @BPLBoston

On this day in in 1995, "more than 90 politicians from 9 national governments, including 30 Australian politicians, united with Tahitians to call for an end to French nuclear testing. Tahitian independence leader Oscar Temaru led the march." abc.net.au/abc-internatio…

La double-pirogue servait aux grands transports. (Ile des Pins)." The postcard was issued by the "Missions Maristes de Nouvelle-Caledonie." Source file: digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?VP3=Da… via @USCLibraries #NewCaledonia 🇳🇨

This @RNZPacific special tells the story of the Coastwatchers, Pasifika people from across the islands who played their part in New Zealand’s defence system during World War II. Check out the podcast, the video version and some behind the scenes content. rnz.co.nz/programmes/coa…

A collection of various materials gathered about several Papuan languages spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Collected by Don Daniels and available via @PARADISEC_Aus #oralhistories #spoken catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/DD1

The provenance of this item is unknown. It may be a sample of "Ko Mamani mo Hono Ngaahi Me'a Fakaofo" (The Wonderous World), a weekly programme on Radio Tonga hosted by Mateaki-kihe-Lotu Heimuli. It is 11 minutes, 59 seconds long. ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col… via @ngataonga 🇹🇴

We are looking for a new and improved Programme Manager. This is NZ based & fixed term until June 2024. You will be looking after a super team leading talanoa about digitised Pacific heritage. And a website. If you're keen, check the details: …qg-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

From May 2023, this celebration of Tuna Day, hosted in Tarawa, features #Kiribati versions of tasty tuna dishes. youtu.be/jKii9nl6Wy8

Te nuota. Belt of human hair. The nuota is a waist ornament used as part of the adornment for Kiribati male dancers' costumes. The nuota is made with long lengths of flat 4-ply braided ira n atu (human hair) Text via @aucklandmuseum Image: @Te_Papa digitalpasifik.org/items/176988 🇰🇮

Celebrating Kiribati Language week. Listen to a Glibertese song ‘Teribaro’. on our website homepage.   Click on the audio player on the ""Celebrating Kiribati Language week" card.  natlib.govt.nz #PacificLanguageWeek  @digitalpasifik @VikingRecords @Pacific_Peoples

The @ucsdlibrary holds Sylvester M. Lambert collection, with large numbers of photographs digitised and accessible. Many are labelled like this one, "Women and girls in a building" with people of #Kiribati unnamed. You can view the holdings online: #aspace_ref281_4au" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findi… 🇰🇮

Filmed between "July 8, 1946–July 10, 1946" & before the Baker test of #OperationCrossroads this footage shows at the 7:54 mark a 'Native graveyard' & 'Two native graveyards on Bikini' We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, catalog.archives.gov/id/81110

Kam na bane ni mauri! You can check out the events and access resources for this Kiribati Language Week at the @Pacific_Peoples page: mpp.govt.nz/programmes/pac… Or follow them on FB: facebook.com/OfficialKiriba… Kam rabwa!

"Reverend Bollen and seven local teachers of Maravovo, Solomon Islands" Photographed in 1906, by J.W. Beattie. digitalpasifik.org/items/10536 via @nlagovau #SolomonIslands 🇸🇧

Showed my 3-screen film “Mine Lands: for Teresia” at the Museum of Literature Ireland last night at the #PostExtractivistLegacies conference @UCD_Hum_Inst Banaba has such poignancy when viewed in a room filled with scholars & artists studying the impacts of mining across the 🌏

"June 1960. Paea, Tahiti. Modern thatched house." This photograph is part of the Roy Rappaport collection, held @ucsdlibrary which has 2367 digital objects, recorded in Papua New Guinea, as well as French Polynesia, particularly Moorea and Tahiti. library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb36…

Feohi'anga Ālonga 'Ia Kalaisi kava and vocal-instrumental collective performing 'Siueli Pasifiki' (Jewel of the Pacific). This song was composed and put to music by the late Queen Sālote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tupou III. youtu.be/-eMBMuo6CzY via @TheCoconetTV #Tonga 🇹🇴 @LagiMaama_

Wantok Niuspepa Issue No. 1847 (January 13, 2010) Digitised and available to download from @ucsdlibrary #PapuaNewGuinea #TokPisin 🇵🇬 library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb06…

Filmed in February 1931, this 2:40 of surfing footage is from Hawaiʻi. digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collec… via @uofscdigcoll