Damon Salesa
How do the internet and Pacific peoples get on? It’s complicated
Writer and artist Lana Lopesi and academic Damon Salesa discuss the complicated relationship between Pasifika people and the internet – the subject of Lopesi's book False Divides. Audio
Auckland University creates new Pacific leadership role
A New Zealand academic says his appointment to a new Pacific leadership role will pressure other universities in the country to follow suit. Audio
Why Oamaru is more Pacific than Auckland
The ways in Pacific communities and cultures are affecting New Zealand is explored by Damon Salesa, an associate professor of Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. Discussing ideas set out in… Audio
New fund important to preserving Pacific histories
A prominent Pasifika academic says a new fellowship fund in New Zealand will be important for saving Pacific histories that are at risk of being lost. Audio
New fellowship focuses on Pacific histories
The South Pacific is a key focus for a new fellowship established to help convey previously untold histories from New Zealand and the region. Audio
Claims NZ curriculum failing to reflect Pasifika identity
The director of Pacific Strategy and Engagement at the University of Auckland says New Zealand's curriculum fails to reflect its students from Pasifika and other minority backgrounds. Video, Audio
Futurists
The world's leading futurists are in Australia for an international meeting. Audio
Guns as raffle prizes
The Parkland School shooting is shedding more light on Americans attitudes to guns. A children's baseball team is raffling off a AR-15 rifle. Audio
Calls for Government intervention on concert ticket scalpers
Promoter Brent Eccles talks to The Panel about the state of ticket sales being undermined by the ticket resale market. Audio
What the Panellists want to talk about
What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Damon Salesa want to talk about. Audio
Work-life balance
Writer Mia Freedman asks what's wrong with not having the perfect work-life balance? The Panellists discuss their positions on the work-life balance. Audio
TPP delivers tariff reductions
A revised, fully-implemented TPP could add up to 1% of NZ's annual GDP but in reality it may only bring a third of that. Audio
Gita brings really bad news for Kapiti-Wellington commuters
The sea wall on the Centennial Highway has been shattered and contractors are racing against time to get the road up and ready again. Audio
We can be better at maths
Maths tutor and consultant weighs in on the subject's failures in our schools. Audio
The Panel with Alexia Russell and Damon Salesa (Part 2)
Writer Mia Freedman asks what's wrong with being a little unbalanced? The Panellists discuss their positions on the work-life balance. What the Panelists Alexia Russell and Damon Salesa want to talk… Audio
The Panel with Alexia Russell and Damon Salesa (Part 1)
What do we do about a reported "accelerated decline" in some of our children's maths' abilities? The Panel talks to maths tutor and teaching consultant, Audrey Tan, about the recent ERO report that… Audio
Damon Salesa: our Pacific future
'Auckland and New Zealand are becoming more Pacific by the hour' writes Damon Salesa in his new book Island Time, NZ's Pacific Futures. Yet unlike other ethnic communities, Auckland's Pacific… Audio
Labour told allow partners to also have 26-weeks parental leave
Will Labour cede to National's demand for both parents to be able to take parental leave at the same time? Audio
Church minister urging caution before doors open for Ed Sheeran
The argument for not opening shops for Ed Sheeran fans on Easter Sunday Audio