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These excerpts are from Untold Pacific History, which was named Best Pacifica Programme at the 2021 NZ TV Awards. The "often provocative" five-part series explores stories from Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Rarotonga and the Pacific community of South Auckland. These excerpts are taken from episodes exploring the murder of an unpopular Kiwi diplomat in Niue, land rights issues involving a derelict hotel in Raratonga, and immigration and political instability in Fiji. Shimpal Lelisi presents the first excerpt. Untold Pacific History shines a light on little known stories involving Pacific history, and the part Aotearoa has played in it.
Watch the full series, Coconet TV website
New info on Niue governor Cecil Hector Larsen (episode two), The NZ Herald, September 2007
Article on the derelict Raratongan hotel featured in episode four, Stuff, June 2021
Girmit website, on Indian indentured labourers in Fiji (episode five)
Te Ara section on the history of South Pacific peoples in Aotearoa
