Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori, and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them. Vanuatu...
The Indonesian government, supported by New Zealand and Australia, will organize a trade, investment, tourism, and cultural event called the 1st Pacific Exposition. It will be held at the Skycity Convention Center in Auckland, New Zealand, from 11 to 14...
Samoa is a country of great natural beauty with a rich and distinguished cultural heritage. Living in isolation from the rest of the world in the vast Pacific Ocean, Sāmoans have developed a body of traditional ecological knowledge and a...
The publication “Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in Tuvalu” is a report the first intangible cultural heritage (ICH) workshop held in Funafuti in 2017. Linking its discussions to the Tuvalu National Culture Policy (TNCP): Strategic Plan 2018...
In mid-January, the Island Ark Project (IAP) held a one-day workshop for Palauan organizations, NGOs, and community groups to discuss and test an ICHCAP-developed web template to safeguard intangible cultural heritage (ICH). The format of the workshop allowed IAP members...
ICHCAP publishes audiovisual collections on ICH from Fiji and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), which are titled ICHCAP Audiovisual Collection Ⅶ and Ⅷ. Through ICHCAP’s 2017 Program for Supporting the Digitization Project of ICH-Related Analogue Audiovisual Materials in the...
On 13 September 2018, experts of the Asia-Pacific region gathered to discuss maritime topics. Organized and hosted by ICHCAP and the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage, the symposium, in two sessions, allowed an opportunity to discuss issues related...
Oceans have been sustaining people’s livelihood since the beginning of time. By understanding oceans, people can relate to oceanic changes as reflected by the wind or tide, or even the moon; they can also smell and feel such changes with...
The star of Auckland’s winter season, the Matariki Festival, returns with an exciting line-up of more than a hundred events from 30 June to 22 July, from an evocative dawn karakia to a captivating kapa haka, a street party, family...
The sixth Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival (MACFEST) will take place at various venues in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from the 1 to 10 July 2018. The 10-day festival is organized by the Melanesian Arts Festival National Organising Committee (MACFNOC), comprising...