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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Disabling Paradise ‘for the greater good’
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) CW: Nuclear Testing, Colonialism, Suicide, Henry Kissinger Global imagery of the Pacific has long been...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages : Nauru
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning!
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Review: Ngā Rorirori
Words by: Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds (she/they) After debuting in 2022 with great success, Ngā Rorirori is back and better than ever....
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Aug 30, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations & Languages
Tonga By Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds (She/They) & Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (She/Her/Ia) Welcome back to Salient ’s Pacific language learning!...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: Kūki 'Airani—Cook Islands
Last week was ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani—Cook Islands Māori Language Week!
Ethan Rogacion
Aug 12, 20243 min read
Skirmish on the High Seas
The sandwich skirmish isn’t restricted to ye landlubbers! Yo ho, me hearties: Interislander and Bluebridge have thrown their sailor’s hat in
Salient Mag
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Editorial: Issue 17—Immigrant & Refugee
This edition of Salient highlights our students’ migration stories—of safety, survival, and opportunity.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Jul 29, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: French Polynesia and Norfolk Island
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week we have French Polynesia and Norfolk Island.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Jul 29, 20243 min read
Paris Olympics Plans Ecocide in Tahiti.
Damage done by the barge, and the tower’s construction, could impact 2500 square metres of the reef
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Jul 22, 20244 min read
Akamai Night 2024
There are pockets of incredible promise when I’m just given a little morsel of something to hold out for. Akamai Night was one of those.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: Republic of Kiribati (Tungaru)
Welcome back to our very special project! This year at Salient we decided we wanted to celebrate our Pasifika language weeks
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Unfinished Ritual
Words by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds The fabric of our skin was paperbark. Unravelled my tapa to unravel your tapu. Phrygian shepherd...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Jun 11, 20244 min read
Akamai Night 2024
Words by: Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Over the past couple of months, I’ve often experienced these waves of existential dread and...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
May 27, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: Gagana Sāmoa
Welcome back to another week of Pacific Nations and Languages! This week is Gagana Sāmoa (Sāmoan) Language week, so obviously we have to...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
May 20, 20243 min read
Tagata o le Moana mō Tangata Whenua: A Guide for Pasifika on How to be Allies
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) — Tahitian (Ra’iātea, Taha’a, Huahine) and Norfolk Islander As Pasifika in Aotearoa, we’ve been lucky...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
May 13, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week is Rotuman Language Week, or Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta. This year's theme...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
May 13, 20246 min read
Making Waves on Norfolk Island
Words by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) So the world’s on fucking fire, and we’re all gonna drown. We’ve just had the hottest March...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
May 6, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages—New Caledonia
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week we’re looking at New Caledonia, which is not currently included in...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Apr 29, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week we’re looking at Vanuatu, which is not...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Apr 15, 20245 min read
The Dusky Maiden’s Search for Love
Shared by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) It's no secret that Pasifika women have been sexualised since early European contact....
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