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Pasifika festival borne out of Dawn Raids

From Saturday Morning, 7:54 am today
A Niu Dawn (left), and Leki Jackson-Bourne (right).

A Niu Dawn (left), and Leki Jackson-Bourne (right). Photo: Supplied

A free one-day festival born out of the government's apology for the Dawn Raids is taking place at Te Pou Theatre and Corban Estate Arts Centre in Henderson next Saturday.

If you want to try Fijian dance, delicious kai from across the pacific, indulge in some theatre and live music - it's the place to be. 

From that hurt and mamae in which thousands of Pasifika were rounded up by police and immigration, accused of overstaying in the Dawn Raids, has come an event focused on the intricacies of our pacific whānau now and their hopes for the future. 

Leki Jackson-Bourke is curating the event today, and performing not once but twice.

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