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The arts element of PHAB Pasifika 📍
Through stage performances, we create spaces for Pacific rangatahi with disabilities to discover their voice, express identity, and
develop creatively. 🌺

28/09/2026

🌺 FA’AALIA LOU TAGATA MONI — SHOW YOUR TRUE SELF 🌺
After an incredible 12+ week journey, our Nesian programme is coming to a close—but not before our participants take the stage for their final showcase!

We are incredibly proud of:
✨ Dominique Lelei
✨ Ioasa Mamea
✨ Eliza Tohi
✨ John Manupule
✨ Jordan Kareroa
✨ Tara Aumalesulu
✨ Hare Greaves

Each participant had the opportunity to work alongside a mentor to develop a personal goal within the arts. Over the past few weeks, they have explored their creativity, strengthened their skills, built confidence and prepared something special to share.

Our theme, Fa’aalia Lou Tagata Moni, means “Show Your True Self.” It encourages our participants to be proud of who they are and express their identity, culture, talents and stories through their art.

A special thank you to Le Va Pasifika and the Faiva Ora Community Innovation Fund for making this programme possible, and to our foundation PHAB Pasifika , for continuing to create opportunities where future creatives from all walks of life can believe there is a place and a future for them in the arts.

We also want to acknowledge our wonderful mentors:
💛 Papaina and Faithleen Tou
💛 Albert Latailakepa, an aspiring Tongan-Samoan actor from Wellington
💛 Mele Tae’i’loa and John Vaifale from the Projekt Team
💛Pacific Toastmasters
💛 Joegan Daniels
💛 Our Tongan queen, Milika Pusiaki from Feunu Koula Performing Arts
Thank you for generously giving your time, knowledge and encouragement to help our participants prepare for this special moment. Your support has played an important part in their journeys.
🎭 The showcase is happening this Thursday!
Our participants are nervous, excited and ready to present what they have been working so hard on. We cannot wait to celebrate their courage, creativity and growth.
This is their moment to be seen, heard and celebrated.

27/09/2026

It was great to be apart of this and bump into friends from other organisations that we have crossed paths with 🫶

Thankyou to a great friend and mentor of ours, Fonoti Pati Umaga for inviting us to be apart of his presentation at Whakamanawa - National Social Services Conference ‘26

As much as we joke around with Pati about being “voluntold”, it’s really about giving things a go when opportunities arise. The best memories we have is simply by giving things a go ❤️

22/09/2026

Passing down culture through movement 🇹🇴 when one teaches, another one learns and both carries the culture forward. Special shout-out to Milika Pusiaki Aleva from Feunu Koula Performing Arts for being a mentor to our girl Eliza, who is reconnecting with her Tongan roots. Not only has she been learning movements, she’s been learning about the stories of her culture & traditions that has been passed down through time. It has been an absolute pleasure seeing Eliza challenge herself and embrace her culture and creativity with the guidance of an amazing mentor

27/08/2026

A huge thankyou to our āiga at Le Va ❤️ we thankyou for the support and guidance you have given us to support our members in exploring the arts, reconnecting with their culture and embracing who they are with authenticity

10/08/2026

In loving memory of Lolomana’ia Filiai also known to many as Lolo.

It is with enormous sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Lolo, a deeply respected Tongan leader, champion of the disability community, and a man who holds a very special place in the history of PHAB Pasifika.

PHAB Pasifika exists today because many years ago, three extraordinary Pasifika men, Lolo, the late Tanu Toso and the late Ava Faamoe invited PHAB into their community.

That invitation meant far more than simply opening a door.

These three giants welcomed us into their communities and cultures, introduced us to their people, stood alongside us and guided us in how to serve our Pasifika disabled people and families with respect. They shared their knowledge and connections with us and, importantly, they trusted us.

We have never forgotten the significance of that.

Lolo continued to stand proudly and quietly alongside our people. He didn’t need recognition or to be at the centre of things. His leadership was in his service, his integrity, his relationships and his unwavering commitment to his community and to disabled people.

It is incredibly sad to now have lost all three of these extraordinary men. Lolo, Tanu and Ava each gave so much to the disability and Pasifika communities, and their fingerprints remain firmly on PHAB Pasifika today.

We will always be grateful that they invited us in, walked beside us and helped us understand the responsibility that came with being welcomed into their community. May they rest in peace.

From that invitation, and through their trust and guidance, PHAB Pasifika flourished. From those beginnings, Nesian emerged, continuing the connection, culture, and community that Lolo, Tanu, Ava and a handful of change makers in the room - first shared with us. Nesian will be a reminder of a collective legacy, and we will always honour the foundation they built.

To Lolo’s wife and children, his family, his colleagues at Vaka Tautua, and his many friends and community connections, we send our deepest love and condolences.

Lolo, thank you for opening the door to us. Thank you for your trust, your guidance and your service. We will continue to honour what you, Tanu and Ava entrusted to us.

You will be deeply missed and forever remembered.

Ofa atu,
from your PHAB and PHAB Pasifika family.

02/08/2026

Fa’afetai tele lava to a very good friend of ours, Fonotī Pati Umaga, for inviting us to the world premiere of his documentary, “My Humble Friend, Fonotī Pati Umaga,” at SkyCity Theatre 🎬

It was such an honour to hear more about his journey, from his days as a musician in Kabasa and the Holidaymakers, through the life-altering fall in 2005 that left him paralysed from the neck down, to finding renewed purpose and becoming one of the strongest voices for our Pacific disability community. The experiences that have shaped him, and the heart behind why he continues to advocate so fiercely, came through so powerfully on screen.

Your story definitely has made an impact Pati, and we’re grateful to have shared this special moment with you, and even more grateful that we have you in our circle 💙🌺 We love you brother x We’re so excited to see what else you get up to!

21/07/2026

Nesian Productions operates as the cultural and performing arts arm of PHAB Pasifika, grounded in its values, people, and community.

A massive shout out to Phab Pasifika for being the foundation that Nesian was built on. It has been an incredible four-year journey growing within a space that has always centered inclusion, culture, and opportunity.

Here’s a bit of a backstory..

Back in 2012, a group called Phusion 2.0 was formed by members within PHAB Pasifika. They performed in some amazing spaces and challenged many stereotypes around what disability performance could look like, especially for Pacific communities.

They paved the way for us.

Then 2022 came and Nesian Productions was born from that same foundation.

Through PHAB Pasifika, we have continued that legacy as the performing arts arm, creating culturally grounded dance and performance opportunities for our community to express themselves on stage.

Cheers to 4 years ❤️

20/07/2026

Nesian Turns 4 🔥

Just a throwback to our launch in 2022 🤍

06/06/2026

It’s been a week celebrating our beautiful Samoan Language Week 🇼🇸

This year’s theme: E afua mai i mauga tetele manuia o le nu’u, which translates to: From the high mountains are the blessings of the village

It’s a reminder that that no achievement is ours alone. Behind every performance, every story and every opportunity is a village that has guided, supported and believed in us. It’s also a reminder that our village are found in those that walk alongside us, our friends, our families, our ancestors, our communities and each other.

Fa’afetai tele i le tatou nu’u - thankyou so much to our village! Happy Samoan Language Week from us to you ❤️

16/04/2026

Honoured watching our mentor Fonotī Pati Umaga sit down with Joegan Daniels from The D*List to talanoa about Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan – a powerful story of resilience, culture and disability leadership woven on stage.
Loved hearing Phab and those long-time connections being acknowledged, and seeing how years of relationship and community are woven through this production.
Watch the full kōrero here: https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/fonoti-pati-umaga-on-the-genre-defying-music-portrait-of-a-humble-disabled-samoan/

Address

7 Tavern Lane, Papatoetoe
Auckland
2025

Opening Hours

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Telephone

+6494887490

Website

http://www.facebook.com/phabpasifika

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