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Big Event

Art and sports festival draws the crowds

10 Mar, 2011 04:00 AM

THE BHP Billiton Sporting and Arts Festival 2011 presented by Moana Pasifika attracted 32 netball teams and 10 mixed touch football teams to the Rushton Park Sporting Complex over the long weekend.

Teams from as far as Melbourne, Port Hedland, Kalgoorlie, Bunbury and the metropolitan area were involved.

Teams, spectators and supporters were treated to a traditional Polynesian welcome followed by a Zumba warm up by more than 500 competitors.

Cultural entertainment was provided by Australia's National Kapa Haka Winners Manawa Mai Tawhiti who had just returned from competition in New Zealand.

The Cook Island Hula Magic Group and the Samoan Nysifix Team performed Samoan Traditional Song and dance.

Workshops were run during the day for the children which included New Zealand culture, Hawaiian and Tahitian dance and the Maori Haka.

In the evening the children showcased the activities they had learned during the day to a massive response from the crowd.

A high standard of netball was played with all the Juniors Divisions finals ending in a draw which meant teams had to play extra time.

The Women's Pool A Grand Final was played between Te iti o te Maui from Kalgoorlie and Southern Stylz from Melbourne with the Kalgoorlie team taking the win.

The women's Pool B final was played between Ringa Maui and Taitokorau with Ringa Maui scraping home by one goal in the last 15 seconds.

In the Social Division Sisters defeated Te iti o te Maui from Kalgoorlie.

The Under 15s final went to Steelers from Kalgoorlie, too good for Ngatahi.

The Under 18s final had the crowd on edge as Hedland Reds and Turbos from Perth drew at the final whistle.

Extra time was played with the Perth team winning by three goals.

Best player in the final was Samara Brown from Port Hedland who also was named the MVP for the U18 division.

The Touch final was won by Crazy Horses from Mandurah after they defeated the TGA Drifters.

The most valuable players in all divisions were presented with an Olympus Digital Camera and all the fairest and bests players were presented with an ipod Shuffle.

Teams that participated in the tournament have already booked accommodation in Mandurah for next year's tournament, and the Melbourne team have confirmed they will be entering three teams in the 2012 festival.

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Dinner dance and floorshow, fundraiser.

Sat 15th November 2008.

Forster Park Hall

Cnr Abernethy Rd and Kean St Belmont.

From 6:30 onwards.

Entertaianment From the Maori Band

WE 'R' ONE

Floorshow by The Maori Culture Group

"TE URU PUTOI O TE ARAWA"

DOOR & SPOT PRIZES.

Tickets $30 each all inclusive.

For more info & tickets contact your Moana Pasifika Rep, or call...

Peter Madden 9437 6795 or

Bob Kingi 0404 585 008

November 2008 UMCA Polynesian Festival

Perth Maori Netball Tournament :

Proudly presented by New Zealand Sports And Cultural Centre Inc.

Date: 27^th & 28^th September 2008

Venue: Noranda Sports Complex, Garson Court, Noranda

Time: 9.00am

For Enquiries, please contact:

Annette Tupaea 0412-090-758 or Email: annettetupaea@optusnet.com.au

STAMP OUT STRESS 2009

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY

Rockingham Campus Dixon Rd presents,

"STAMP OUT STRESS DAY CELEBRATIONS

MULTICULTURAL MARKET & FAIR DAY"

This is all happening on Saturday 9th May 2009

there will be plenty of entertainment and stalls .

For stall enquiries and information contact

Nancy Nowell    Student guild Council Rep on

9529 4676    or     0400 202 980

Stay tuned for further updates.

Polynesian Night

Polynesian Night

Joe Haami and his Band

Appearing at the Stilrling Arms Hotel Guildford

Friday May 9^th and Saturday May 10^th

TICKETS ARE $12 AND $10 FOR CLUB K.1.W.1 MEMBERS

Contact Jan or Pera on (08) 9279 1015

South Pacific Festival 2008

Moanapasifika in conjunction with the Jandaklot Lake Lions are presenting The 2008 South Pacific Festival.

Will be held at The Beeliar Oval, The Grange Beeliar on Sunday May 4^th.

Starting at 1:00pm with live Kapa Haka and Polynesian entertainment from throughout the Pacific.

There will be pacific food and handicraft stalls.

A great family day.

Artwear 2005:

Moana Pasifika presented Artwear 2005 which was a big production The Artwear show itself was a big success, Once again most of the Pacific Cultures were represented but failed to draw the public. Valuable lessons were learnt.

Moana Pasifika participated in the New Zealand Day celebrations, where we had a stall to promote the Association and do recruiting for the radio station also selling craft as a fundraiser.

Artwear 2005 was a performance based on wearable art which meant taking art off the wall and putting it on the body. The show took this concept further by parading these amazing creations on the catwalk to a background of cultural performances. The overall theme of the show was "Oceans" and carried the conservation message.

The venue for this colourful, vibrant event was the Kwinana Community Arts center in the magnificent Amphitheatre. From the opening performance to the grand finale it offered people of many ethnic backgrounds an opportunity to work together on a unique project and to create friendship, understanding and ongoing support between the various cultural groups. The project included Tongans, Samoans, Niueans, Cook Islanders, NZ Maori, Fijians, Australian Aboriginals and European cultures

Artwear 2005 was an opportunity for extraordinary people to showcase their creative arts and talents to the wider community. Bizarre, outrageous, stunning and amazing were some of the words that were used to describe the entries that were exhibited on the night. The categories shown on the night were ,"Sensational Skin Body Art" ? Recycled Revolution' ? Overtly Organic ? ?Illumination Action' ? Fantastical Magical ?and ?Inspiration De Culture. Each category featured 5 to 10 wonderfully creative designs.

This year we were fortunate again to be sponsored by Air New Zealand who donated the major prize valued at approximately $5,000, the category prizes were divided between Polyculture and Moana Pasifika .

Westyle Pasifika 2003

In September 2003 Moana Pasifika produced its major event for the year: "Westyle Pasifika" The show included over 90 models, performers and technical crew and was attended by over five hundred people.

Westyle Pasifika

Westyle Pasifika was a performance based cross cultural fashion exhibition demonstrating the translation of Pacific style from ancient times through to the modern era. The exhibition included body art and wearable art, ceremonial and traditionally inspired clothing, contemporary clothing, music, ritual, dance, crafts and song.

Westyle Pasifika was an opportunity for people of the Pacific, living in Western Australia, to come together in the spirit of sharing and brotherhood, to showcase their arts, music, craft and clothing to each other and to the wider community. It offered people of many ethnic backgrounds an opportunity to work together on a unique project and to create friendship, understanding and ongoing support between the various cultural groups. The project included Tongans, Samoans, Niueans, Cook Islanders, NZ Maori, Fijians, Kiribas and Australian Aboriginals.

The fashion show exhibiting six categories of designs: body art & wearable art, traditionally inspired and ceremonial, Lavalala/Pareo, Family/parent & Child, Urban streetwear and Pacific Glamour was married together with performances and set design drawn from the cultures of the Pacific.

As well as Office of Multicultural Interests funding, Moana Pasifika was able to attract sponsorship and support from Air New Zealand, Kaulima Jewellers, the Cook Islands Tourism Commission, House of Earnest, Spectator Sport Fremantle, Polykulcha Inc, Australia Pacific Business Migration and Settlement Services, and New Age Modelling Agency. The value of this sponsorship was estimated at approximately $6,500 and we thank them for their generosity.