February 10, 2016
Two day Pasifika at Western Springs
Auckland Council has confirmed the world’s biggest celebration of Pacific Island culture and heritage will return to Western Springs.
Pasifika was moved to South Auckland last year because of the discovery of a Queensland fruit fly in a neighbouring street just days before the festival was to start.
Run for the second year by Orange Productions on behalf of the council and on behalf of Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, it is being stretched over two days, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 March.
Mayor Len Brown says Auckland is renowned for its Pacific influences, with its large Polynesian and Pacific Island population.
Aotearoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Hawaii, Kiribati, Samoa, Tahiti, Tuvalu, Tonga and Tokelau will all represented with their own villages with stalls and performance stages.
For the first time the neigbouring Museum of Transport and Technology will host a Pan Pacific village where visitors can find authentic Pacific products that are not defined to one specific island.
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