Akanuanua Podcast

Akanuanua is a series exploring the lived realities of our MVPFAFF Queer Pasifika community. We take an up-close and personal look into the lives of 5 extraordinary Queer Pasifika people. Experiencing the ofa (love) they create, the mafana (warmth) they exude, the malie (humor) they share, and the faka'apa'apa they deserve. All of these elements are woven together to create moving 21st-century stories jumping out to be told, Akanuanua does just that! This year commemorates 50 years of Pride in Tāmaki Makaurau. 50 years on from the start of the Gay Liberation Movement in 1972. Akanuanua is about celebrating how far we have come as a community and where our young people wish to take us.

Episodes

Living with HIV

Welcome to the Akanuanua Podcast! A space to unpack what its like being a part of the ever-evolving MVPFAFF Queer Pasifika community.The Talanoa is guided by our host, Doron Semu. He is an ‘afakasi Samoan siapo maker, acupuncturist and c...

February 27, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 45:26

I've been transitioning all my life

In this episode of Akanuanua our host Doran sits down today with Bianca Hope Dawson Puia.She is a trans woman who, with the support of her family, is undertaking gender-affirming surgery. While at High School, Bianca challenged her scho...

February 21, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 42:37

They call me a Leitī

Katrina Malisha Aho also known as Hurricane Katrina by her fellow Divas, is a young, brown, trans registered nurse strutting the wards of Auckland City Hospital. Before this, she attended De La Salle College and for all of her years there was p...

February 17, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 42:20

Every section of my life is Queer

Meet Kitty Wasasala.She is a Lesbian actor, activist, florist, and freelancer. Kitty works at the Auckland Central Green Party office and is actively trying to make political spaces Rainbow and POC friendly, as historically, there hasn’t...

February 17, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 39:18