I am a child of the tropical Moana Pacific islands. I am traditional storyteller with a focus on researching, preserving and reviving artforms and cultural traditions that once formed the soundscape of our islands, pre-European contact.

I am also a business entrepreneur wth over 20-years of experience in marketing and international business throughout Australia, the pacific islands, South Asia, and the Middle East and North African region. I am also an international award winning musician and composer.

My family and I are strong advocate of the disability community as key supporters of Tōfā Mamao Collective, currently the only pacific disabled collective in New Zealand. Part of this advocacy word included petitioning the Government of New Zealand to launch a stand alone Ministry for Disabled Peoples that was launched in 2021. Our interest in this space is in support of our son who lives with a deteriorating condition called Charcot Marie Tooth.

Anthropology Of Belonging, Anthropology of Knoweldge, Applied Linguistics, Austronesian Languages, Austronesian Prehistory, Climate Change Migration, Climate Change Adaptation, Colonial Politic

Philosophy

Polynesia
Micronesia
Melanesia
Samoa
American Samoa
Tonga
Tuvalu
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu
Solomon Islands
West Papua

Ancestral Oceania
The Colonial time
First and Early contacts
Lapita and the Austronesian expansion
20th century
21st century

Samoan