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| Pasifika celebration at the 'Cloud' on Quay Street, Auckland CBD |
It was also good to see many of the corporate sponsors and Auckland council representatives, Aupito Su'a William Sio and Alf Filipaina.
We were all entertained by the winning group of the PolyFest for the Cook Islands stage which who were from Mangere College and there were also some other Pasifika dancers who made the evening special.
It was the first time that I'd been at the cloud which reminds of Sydney's Darling Harbour as there were many tourists who took pics around the area. The highlight of the night, quite apart from the Pasifika dancers, was when they turned on the lights of the Auckland Harbout Bridge and there was Cook Island drums playing in the background that synced in with the changing of the patterns and colours on the harbour bridge.
All in all, we had a neat evening with singing, entertainment, some nice Pasifika themed food but at a cocktail type occasion i.e. small portions which made for a lovely evening. As we reflected upon the drive home, it was neat to be a part of a vibrant, growing community of what Aupito described in his opening speech about this Pasifika generation being beautiful, bold, bilingual (multilingual for me) etc.
With so much more to look forward to for our Pasifika communities...
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