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Mariner Fagaiava-Muller

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Mariner Fagaiava-Muller (19) hails from the villages of Iva and Lepā in Sāmoa and Nukunuku in Tonga. He is proud to be South Auckland-born and bred, single mum-raised and Decile 1 schooled. Mariner works within the journalism space to be a tusitala, humbling Western notions of telling indigenous stories.

Image: Archi Banal

Koaga i le aoga means do good at school

A letter from a Pasifika university student to his family.

By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller | 6th March, 2022

Why Police Ten 7 hurts us

Why Police Ten 7 hurts us

'You already watch us with a ball on the field, with guitars in our hands and you want to watch us get arrested too?'

By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller | 29th March, 2021

New MPs Teanau Tuiono of the Greens and Tangi Utikere of Labour (Photo: Facebook)

What this election means for Pasifika

National's Pacific MPs are gone, the Greens have their first, and Labour's Pasifika caucus is now its biggest ever.

By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller | 20th October, 2020