Neighbourhood - Hornby (with Pearl Runga)

My dad was Ngāti Kahungunu. He was stationed in Malaysia during the Vietnam War, and he met my Chinese mother and brought her back here where all three of us were raised.  

– Presenter Pearl Runga on her whakapapa, at the start of this episode

People like you, New Zealanders, look at the 1000 cranes. 'Ooh'; they are amazed...

– Yasue Parker, from the Japanese Society of Canterbury, on Kiwis appreciating origami

The music tells us the mood of the time that the dance was introduced. The costume would also tell us the style of the colonial rulers [Spanish] who set foot in our country. And the movements would tell us the kind of people that we are, from north to south.

– Delia Richards on tinikling, a traditional Filipino folk dance

I’m the shyest and I suppose that’s why I knew I never wanted to be a performer like they did. Bic is a little shy, too, but not Boh. Because I’m quite a private person, I couldn’t handle being recognised wherever I went. Imagine having to put make-up on every time you went out of the house just in case you ran in to a fan who wanted a photograph!

– Pearl Runga, Localmatters website, 14 August 2013

Falafel's the Egyptian's fish and chips. Egyptians have it everyday.

– Egyptian Moreen Girgis

I am a Filipino. I love my dance, I love my country, and how I express my culture is through dance.  

 

– Filipino folk dance teacher Delia Richards

If I hear this sound, it takes me back, way back to Africa...

– Zimbabwean Joseph Chitonga on the mbira instrument