Penina O le Moana

2024 for Penina o le Moana has started on an amazing high as our Peninas took to yet another stage when they performed at the Moana Nui festival last weekend.

We want to give a big fa’afetai tele lava to Ma’ole Faletolu and the team at Pacific Trust Otago for providing the space to celebrate Pacific diversity in our community.

Fa’afetai tele lava to the Samoan komiti that led this performance project, Moananu Pesamino Tili, Tautalamaleava Faletolu, and our very own Penina matriarch and director Tala’i Nabalagi, for their leadership, time, and tautua.

If this performance is an indicator of what is to come throughout the year, then buckle up for what will surely be an exciting adventure!

Don't forget to share our page, photos, and posts far and wide to ensure your aiga and community are following us, staying up to date with what our Peninas do next!

Penina o le Moana forever! 🌺 🇼🇸

📸 Danni Gunn

Penina o le Moana is excited to be part of this years Moana Nui Festival make sure to look out for us in the Samoan bracket! 🇼🇸🌺

Practices for the Moana Nui Festival start tonight.

Girls 10years and under who would like to join the Penina O le Moana item for our community performance, practices for you begin tomorrow (Tuesday 12th March, 5.30-6pm).

Each year we choose a Samoan story to share with the girls. This year, it was the story of Leafaitulagi and the passing of her beloved mother Vaopunimatagi.
Doing this emphasises to our Penina, that story telling is a place holder for our history, kinship and aganu’u and siva Samoa is the instrument used to share these stories.
Shout out to our beautiful Mila-Rose and Kaliti who danced with so much grace, depicting the sadness and heartbreak in the Samoan song we all know - 🎶 Leafaitulagi.

2021 🌺 2022 🌺 2023
Penina o le Moana ✨
We want to thank and acknowledge Ministry Of Education, Mercy Hospital Dunedin, SPS Security LTD and the awesome Djsoleveni Sa'u for your generous sponsorship to help make Penina o le Moana possible this year. Fa’afetai tele.