This annual TVNZ entertainment special showcases Pacific Island contemporary and traditional fashion design, as well as music and dance. The live event and the TV show are both produced by Stan Wolfgramm and Julie Smith of Drum Productions, and Wolfgramm usually co-hosts along with someone from the TVNZ stable of stars. The first Style Pasifika special screened in 2000 (the live show had been covered by TVNZ’s regular Pacific magazine series Tagata Pasifika prior to that), and the programmes continue to be produced each year.