37-618: The Pasifika Festival is a festival celebrating Pasifika New Zealanders and their pan-cultural identity, held annually in Western Springs Reserve , Auckland . Celebrated since 1993, it is the largest festival of its type in the world and attracts over 200,000 visitors every year. The event is owned and hosted by Auckland Council . The festival presents a wide variety of cultural experiences, including traditional cuisine and performances from Samoa , Tonga , Cook Islands , Fiji , Niue , Tahiti , Tokelau , Tuvalu , Kiribati and
74-407: A large company sponsorship. Although the involvement of KFC as the main sponsor was deemed highly controversial, it helped to increase the budget and attracted other major sponsors to the consequential events. The other important development of that year was the concept of 'national villages' that were presenting culturally appropriate items and performances. After the event Leiser stepped down from
111-412: A lettable area of 45,236 m , and has 2,113 carparks and 187 shops, including Farmers , Countdown , JB Hi-Fi and Event Cinemas . Manukau Supa Centa covers 37,010 m . It has 40 stores including Kmart . Puhinui School is a state contributing primary school (years 1–6). It has a roll of 781. South Auckland Seventh-day Adventist School is a state-integrated full primary school (years 1–8). It has
148-571: A reorganisation, Auckland City Council encapsulated the Pasifika committee and the support from the South Pacific Island Nation Development Agency became redundant. After that, the new event coordinator Pitsch Leiser worked towards making the festival sustainable during the two years he was involved with it. From that time onwards visitor numbers started to grow rapidly. The Pasifika 1999 was the first Pasifika festival with
185-515: A roll of 371. Both schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of August 2024. Manukau also has the South Campus of Auckland University of Technology and the Manukau and Tech Park Campuses of Manukau Institute of Technology . Redoubt North School is a full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 551. Manukau is well-connected for transport. The Southwestern Motorway ( State Highway 20 ) joins
222-601: Is located 23 kilometres south of the Auckland Central Business District , west of the Southern Motorway , south of Papatoetoe , and north of Manurewa . The industrial and commercial suburb of Wiri lies to the east and south. The suburb is named after the previous Manukau City district, named in 1965 by a poll of residents. The headquarters of Manukau City Council were in Manukau Central until
259-424: The 2008 New Zealand general election , Samoan-born Sam Lotu-Iiga was elected as MP for Maungakiekie , and was joined by Labour list MPs William Sio and Carmel Sepuloni , who was the first MP of Tongan heritage. In 2010, Kris Faafoi entered parliament by winning the 2010 Mana by-election , becoming the first MP of Tokelauan descent. In 2011, Alfred Ngaro became the first MP of Cook Island descent by winning
296-621: The 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 318 people (10.2%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 711 people (26.0%) since the 2006 census . There were 1,083 households, comprising 1,764 males and 1,689 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 567 people (16.4%) aged under 15 years, 942 (27.3%) aged 15 to 29, 1,584 (45.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 354 (10.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 21.0% European/ Pākehā , 10.3% Māori , 23.2% Pacific peoples , 52.9% Asian , and 3.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
333-533: The Dawn Raids as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by the New Zealand government in New Zealand's history". Immigrant Pasifika families settled in the inner city suburbs of Auckland and other major cities in the country, when middle-class Pākehā families were tending to move outwards to newer, more distant suburbs. Pasifika immigrants also tended to replace Urban Māori in central suburbs. By
370-490: The Maungakiekie electorate. Further Pasifika MPs entered parliament in the 2010s: Asenati Taylor for New Zealand First (2011), Christchurch East MP Poto Williams (2013), Manukau East MP Jenny Salesa (2014) and Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (2017). The 2020 New Zealand general election saw the largest cohort of Pasifika MPs entering parliament: Terisa Ngobi , Barbara Edmonds , Tangi Utikere , Neru Leavasa for
407-742: The Second World War Pasifika in New Zealand numbered only a few hundred. Wide-scale Pasifika migration to New Zealand began in the 1950s and 1960s, typically from countries associated with the Commonwealth and the Realm of New Zealand , including Western Samoa (modern-day Samoa), the Cook Islands and Niue . In the 1970s, governments (both Labour and National ), migration officials, and special police squads targeted Pasifika illegal overstayers. Pacific Studies academic Dr Melani Anae describes
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#1732851140108444-689: The Tangata Whenua (New Zealand Māori). The original driving force behind the festival was a secretary of the South Pacific Forum , Roy Vaughan. His idea to create an event to celebrate the cultures of the South Pacific came to realisation in February 1991 when he showed his proposal to several high-ranking officials of South Pacific nations: Cook Islands Consul General Bill Te Ariki , Papua New Guinea Consul General Alister Martin and others. Initially
481-521: The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders ) outside of New Zealand itself. They form the fourth-largest ethnic grouping in the country, after European descendants , indigenous Māori , and Asian New Zealanders . Over 380,000 people identify as being of Pacific origin, representing 8% of the country's population, with the majority residing in Auckland . Prior to
518-589: The 2018 census, up from 62.3% at the 2013 census and 60.0% at the 2006 census. In terms of population distribution as at the 2023 census, 275,079 (62.1%) Pasifika New Zealanders lived in the Auckland region, 126,678 (28.6%) live in the North Island outside the Auckland region, and 40,845 (9.2%) live in the South Island. The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board area of Auckland had a majority Pasifika population at 60.4%, with
555-702: The Labour Party, and the first Pasifika MP from the Green Party , Teanau Tuiono . 2023 saw Efeso Collins , formerly a member of the Auckland Council , joining as a member of the Green Party. The Auckland Council has had three Pasifika councillors since its founding in 2010: Alf Filipaina and former National MP Arthur Anae representing the Manukau ward since 2010, and Efeso Collins in 2016, replacing Anae's for
592-492: The Manukau ward. In 2022, Collins unsuccessfully ran for the 2022 Auckland mayoral election . Collins entered parliament in 2023 as a member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand , serving until his death in February 2024. Manukau Manukau ( / ˈ m ɑː n ʊ ˌ k aʊ / ), or Manukau Central , is a suburb of South Auckland , New Zealand , centred on the Manukau City Centre business district. It
629-506: The Pacific Peoples ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census , making up 8.9% of New Zealand's population. This is an increase of 60,990 people (16.0%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 146,691 people (49.6%) since the 2013 census . Some of the increase between the 2013 and 2018 census was due to Statistics New Zealand starting to add ethnicity data from other sources (previous censuses, administrative data, and imputation) to
666-681: The Tu Fa'atasi festival and the Creekfest). Maiava reworked the compensations model for the participants. The auditioning process was streamlined by Tanya Muagututi’a who also established a workshop for emerging artists. Around that time the preparations started taking the whole year, and many staff members do it as a full-time job. After the 2010 festival Pasifika was moved under the Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development jurisdiction. The question of Māori exclusion bothered many people, but
703-538: The census data to reduce the number of non-responses. The median age of Pasifika New Zealanders was 24.9 years, compared to 38.1 years for all New Zealanders; 136,077 people (30.4%) were aged under 15 years, 123,828 (28.0%) were 15 to 29, 156,534 (35.4%) were 30 to 64, and 26,193 (5.9%) were 65 or older. At the 2018 census, there were 191,391 males and 190,254 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.006 males per female. The majority of Pasifika were born in New Zealand: 66.4% at
740-404: The city centre in 1998. Manukau Institute of Technology , which has its main campus at Ōtara , built 2 campuses at Manukau Central, (Manukau) in 2014 which has the Manukau train station below and (Tech Park) in 2020. The suburb, since November 2010, is in the Manukau ward , one of the thirteen electoral divisions of Auckland Council . Westfield Manukau City was established in 1976. It has
777-622: The city centre. The Pasifika populations in Ponsonby and Freemans Bay peaked in 1976. Grey Lynn continued to have a large Pasifika population (particularly Samoan ) until the mid-1980s. The umbrella term Pasifika , meaning "Pacific" in Polynesian languages , was first used by government agencies in New Zealand in the 1980s to describe all migrants from the Pacific islands and their descendants. There were 442,632 people identifying as being part of
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#1732851140108814-411: The coordinator role. The new coordinator, Michelle Khan, re-established communication with the communities, raised the stallholder's fees and worked on improving and increasing the role of villages that were mainly just market stalls while the performances mainly occurred at the main stages. The organisers started to express their concerns to the performing groups if they felt that the performance quality
851-452: The council was merged into Auckland Council in November 2010. Manukau Central should not be confused with the much larger Manukau City, which was the entire area administered by the city council. Manukau covers 12.01 km (4.64 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 4,120 as of June 2024, with a population density of 343 people per km . Manukau had a population of 3,450 at
888-521: The development of an administrative and commercial centre. The Manukau City Centre mall, now Westfield Manukau City , opened in October 1976, and the Manukau City Council administration building in 1977. Several government departments established offices in the late 1970s. In 1983 Manukau City Council decided to rename the area Manukau Central, with the name Wiri continuing for the industrial area to
925-524: The festival broadened at the very first event as several Micronesian and Melanesian groups chose to participate. Despite some initial scepticism and remarks on lack of representation in an evaluation report delivered by Nancy Sheehan, overall it was successful. The festival was awarded the Creative New Zealand Creative Places Award next year. Annual events were held for the first four years without significant change. In 1997, after
962-520: The festival was cancelled for safety reasons on account of the Christchurch mosque shootings . In 2020, the festival was again cancelled, because of the Coronavirus Pandemic . It was held in 2021 at Mount Smart Stadium . Pasifika New Zealanders Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples ) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from,
999-554: The festival was supposed to take place in Central Auckland. The newly formed South Pacific Island Nation Development Agency accumulated feedback from the community and changed the location to Western Springs a week and a half before the event; Western Springs was supported by the mayor, Les Mills , and the City Council. The first Pasifika Festival was held 6–12 March 1993; its community day was visited by 30,000 people. The scope of
1036-618: The first Pasifika member of parliament (MP), when he won the Otara electorate seat for Labour . Field was joined in 1996 by Samoan politicians Mark Gosche and Arthur Anae (the first Pasifika MP from the National Party ), and by Winnie Laban in 1999. In 2008, Field left the Labour Party and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party , a short-lived political party aimed at representing conservative Christian Pasifika communities. For
1073-509: The mid-1970s, gentrification became an issue for Pasifika communities in Auckland. The cheap housing found in Ponsonby and other inner city Auckland suburbs were attractive to Pākehā young professionals, especially socially liberal families searching for a multicultural and urban lifestyle. As these houses were purchased, the available rental stock plummeted, and Pasifika families who tended to rent more began to relocate to suburbs further out from
1110-466: The next highest concentrations in the nearby Ōtara-Papatoetoe local board area (48.7%) and Manurewa local board area (39.9%). Porirua City had the highest concentration of Pacific people outside of Auckland at 26.5%. The lowest concentrations of Pasifika New Zealanders are in northern Canterbury : the Kaikōura district had the lowest concentration at 1.0%, with the neighbouring Hurunui district having
1147-523: The organisers could not immediately find a solution that would be appropriate for all parties involved. The 2012 festival was only two days long, and its length is limited to 2 to 3 days as of 2019. The 11th Hawaiian village was added in 2015. In 2015, the festival was moved temporarily to Hayman Park in Manukau after the discovery of Queensland fruit flies in the Grey Lynn area near Western Springs. In 2016, it moved back to Western Springs. In 2019,
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1184-546: The second-lowest concentration at 1.3%. According to responses to the 2018 census, 91.6% of Pacific Peoples spoke English, and 37.8% spoke two languages. At the 2018 census, 59.4% of Pasifika reported belonging to a single ethnic group. The largest Pacific Peoples ethnic groups – immigrants from a particular Pacific nation and their descendants – are Samoan New Zealanders (182,721 people), Tongan New Zealanders (82,389), Cook Island Māori (80,532), and Niueans (30,867). In 1993, Samoan-born Taito Phillip Field became
1221-410: The west. The name Manukau City Centre has been used for the central business district around the mall and city council building. The Rainbow's End theme park opened just south of the city centre in 1982. Due Drop Events Centre (formerly Vodafone Events Centre), a multi-purpose event centre, is also opened in 2005 located at Manukau. Another shopping centre, Manukau Supa Centa, opened to the west of
1258-562: Was 55.5, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 18.4% had no religion, 35.1% were Christian , 1.1% had Māori religious beliefs , 17.9% were Hindu , 5.0% were Muslim , 3.4% were Buddhist and 13.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 549 (19.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 471 (16.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 255 people (8.8%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
1295-399: Was appointed the festival's director in 2003 and held that position until 2006. The position of the full-time festival administration was vacated in 2004 and filled by Rebecca Knox, who in 2006 initiated splitting of the director position into 2: the operations manager (Knox) and the strategic/relationships festival director (Ole Maiava, an artist and an event manager who was earlier involved in
1332-422: Was lacking, advising them to gain more experience at smaller local festivals. The Pasifika Festival 2000 was attended by close to 100,000 people. The 2001 festival was awarded with the Creative New Zealand Creative Places Award. The 2002 festival was jointly organised by Mere Lomaloma Elliot and a non-Pacific event manager, but it was deemed unsuccessful due to the lack of mutual understanding between them. Elliot
1369-438: Was that 1,605 (55.7%) people were employed full-time, 318 (11.0%) were part-time, and 126 (4.4%) were unemployed. The Manukau Central area is mostly commercial or rural. The Puhinui East area is mostly residential. The Manukau Central area was part of the largely rural area of Wiri in the early 20th century. Its transition from farmland was driven by Manukau City Council, which formed in 1965 and purchased land there in 1966 for
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