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The Pacific Islands Screen Artists group supports, encourages and promotes individuals of Pacific Islands heritage working in the New Zealand Screen sectors at all stages of their journey.

LEA TUPU’ANGA | MOTHER TONGUE LA ScreeningA special LA screening of Lea Tupuʻanga / Mother Tongue, a New Zealand short f...
03/12/2025

LEA TUPU’ANGA | MOTHER TONGUE LA Screening

A special LA screening of Lea Tupuʻanga / Mother Tongue, a New Zealand short film that’s now officially in the Academy Screening Portal for Oscar consideration. This is a huge moment for Tongan storytelling! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Written by and starring PISA MEMBER (The Night Agent, Chief of War), and directed by award-winning Tongan filmmaker PISA KOMITI MEMBER (For My Father’s Kingdom, Panthers, Lomu), the film has been making waves around the world.

If nominated, this would be the first Tongan film in history recognised in the Live Action Short Film category. Two Tongan women leading a project at this level is rare, powerful, and something we want our community to experience firsthand 🇹🇴

The LA screening will feature cultural performance and a Q&A with the creative team. It’s a chance for the Tongan and Pasifika community in LA to connect, uplift each other, and be part of this historic moment for Pacific cinema.

Monday, 8th Dec, 7pm.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lea-tupuanga-mother-tongue-community-screening-tickets-1976417314391

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01/12/2025

PISA EOY BBQ x GAMES 2025

Whitney Houston Challenge 🥁

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PISA EOY BBQ x GAMES 2025What a fantastic way to wrap up the year with exciting games and plenty of laughter. Great to s...
01/12/2025

PISA EOY BBQ x GAMES 2025

What a fantastic way to wrap up the year with exciting games and plenty of laughter. Great to see the competitive spirit from PISA members over the weekend. 👀😅

Thank you for having us & PISA GM Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa the games master 🎲

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Reminder for all PISA MEMBERS to RSVP 🚨PISA x BBQ x GAMES Get ready to celebrate the end of a fantastic year with PISA a...
24/11/2025

Reminder for all PISA MEMBERS to RSVP 🚨

PISA x BBQ x GAMES

Get ready to celebrate the end of a fantastic year with PISA at our ‘End of Year BBQ and Games’ event! We’ll have thrilling games, lots of laughs, and a tasty meal to share.

Event Details:
🗓 Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025
⌚ 11 am - 3 pm
📍 Taro Patch Creative, 9 Dunnotar Road, Papatoetoe, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)

Come and celebrate the end of the year with us and fellow PISA members. We look forward to ending the year with our PISA family with some good food and games!

Don’t miss out on the fun!

Please RSVP by the End of today for catering purposes - https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-bbq-games-2025

Exclusively for PISA members only.

Celebrating our Pacific Islands Screen Artists ✨We want to congratulate all nominees for awards and those who took home ...
24/11/2025

Celebrating our Pacific Islands Screen Artists ✨

We want to congratulate all nominees for awards and those who took home awards over the weekend at the 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

New Zealand On Air Best Children’s Programme:
First Place
Written by Bianca Seinafo, Mario Faumui (PISA Members) & Leki Jackson-Bourke
Directed by Damon Fepulea’i, Bianca Seinafo
Produced by Eileen Lee & Hope Papali’i (PISA Members)
Tikilounge Productions / Coconet TV / TVNZ+

Best Costume Design - Feature:
Liz McGregor (PISA Member)
The Convert
Jump Film and Television / Brouhaha Entertainment / 2024

Best Reality Series:
The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
Ben Bayly, Adrian Stevanon (PISA Member), Sam Blackley, Philip Smith and Briar Coleman
Great Southern Television / TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

Equity New Zealand Best Actress in a Feature:
Anapela Polata’ivao
Tinā
The Brown Factory / 2025

Reporter of the Year:
Indira Stewart
TVNZ+ In-Depth
TVNZ 1 & TVNZ+

New Zealand On Air Best Pasifika Programme:
We The South: The Manukau Rovers Story
Mark Malaki-Williams, Ross Karl
Sky Sport

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PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. Calling all Pacific Islands Screen Artists! See you in 2026, ready to ...
18/11/2025

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. Calling all Pacific Islands Screen Artists! See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them and work towards bringing them to life.

Join us for the FINAL workshop of the ‘This is our Year’ series. It’s all about Island Time meets Writing Time. Refining your writing process and habits. Guest Speakers: David Mamea, Gina Cole and Suli Moa.

Island Time meets Writing Time - Refining your writing process and habits.

Finishing up our workshop series by reconnecting with your stories and redesign or refine your writing routine with tools grounded in Pacific perspectives. You’ll learn what’s worked for other writers and explore what could work for you.

Register now to secure your spot:
https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-presents-this-is-our-year-workshop-series-4

🗓️ 22nd Nov - THIS SATURDAY
⌚️10:30 - 1:30 pm
📍St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby.
🚗 Parking available on site.
💻 Zoom link also available.

Delicious Refreshments provided.

Brought to you with the support of NZ on Air.

PISA x BBQ x GAMES Get ready to celebrate the end of a fantastic year with PISA at our ‘End of Year BBQ and Games’ event...
11/11/2025

PISA x BBQ x GAMES

Get ready to celebrate the end of a fantastic year with PISA at our ‘End of Year BBQ and Games’ event! We’ll have thrilling games, lots of laughs, and a tasty meal to share.

Event Details:
🗓 Saturday, Nov 29th, 2025
⌚ 11 am - 3 pm
📍 Taro Patch Creative, 9 Dunnotar Road, Papatoetoe, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)

Come and celebrate the end of the year with us and fellow PISA members. We look forward to ending the year with our PISA family with some good food and games!

Don’t miss out on the fun!

Please RSVP by Mon, 25 NOV 2025, for catering purposes - https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-bbq-games-2025

Exclusively for PISA members only.

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them ...
10/11/2025

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them and work towards bringing them to life. We have our next workshop for our series coming up this SATURDAY! Come join us.

Creative Collaboration: Finding the Right Fit for Your Story

For our Pacific screen writers and creatives - Thinking about teaming up on your next script — or wondering if you should go it alone? Join writer & director Tavu’i Marina McCartney (Milk & Honey, Vai, My Life is Murder) as she shares her experiences and shares what you as a writer should take into consideration when collaborating to help a project soar and when it’s best to trust your solo voice. Learn how to set creative boundaries, build strong partnerships, and develop ideas that bring out the best in everyone.

Perfect for writers, directors, and creatives looking to strengthen or refine their creative processes.

Saturday 15th Nov
10:30 - 2:30 pm
St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby.

Parking available on site.

Zoom link also available. Registrations are a must. Register via link in bio ⏫

Delicious Refreshments provided.

Brought to you with the support of

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them ...
04/11/2025

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them and work towards bringing them to life. Have a look at the next workshop in our series…

Creative Collaboration: Finding the Right Fit for Your Story

For our Pacific screen writers and creatives - Thinking about teaming up on your next script — or wondering if you should go it alone? Join writer & director Marina McCartney (Milk & Honey, Vai, My Life is Murder) as she shares her experiences and shares what you as a writer should take into consideration when collaborating to help a project soar and when it’s best to trust your solo voice. Learn how to set creative boundaries, build strong partnerships, and develop ideas that bring out the best in everyone.

Perfect for writers, directors, and creatives looking to strengthen or refine their creative processes.

Saturday 15th Nov
10:30 - 2:30 pm
St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby.

Parking available on site.

Zoom link also available. Registrations are a must:
https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-presents-this-is-our-year-workshop-series-3

Delicious Refreshments provided.

PISA presents the “This is Our Year” Workshop series. The next workshop is happening this weekend! It’s a FREE workshop,...
04/11/2025

PISA presents the “This is Our Year” Workshop series. The next workshop is happening this weekend! It’s a FREE workshop, and food is provided because we are PISA.

The art is ready to go

Calling all Pacific screen artists - got an idea for a series and wondering what to do next. Then get an introduction to the process with experienced producer Adrian Stevanon for a hands-on workshop about NZ On Air funding — what to think about when shaping your proposal, understanding the current media landscape, and Jeremiah Tauamiti who will speak about his experience directing Faith, Family, Footy and producing and directing Lolo, from conception of the idea to ex*****on and all the learnings that come from trying to bring your vision to life.

Saturday 8th Nov
12:30 - 3:30 pm
St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby, AUCKLAND.

Parking available on site.

Zoom link also available. Registration is required:
https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-presents-this-is-our-year-workshop-series-2

Delicious Refreshments provided.

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. Calling all Pacific Islands Screen Artists! See you in 2026, ready to ...
25/10/2025

PISA presents “This is Our Year” Workshop series. Calling all Pacific Islands Screen Artists! See you in 2026, ready to go with new ideas and a plan to refine them and work towards bringing them to life.

Topic: Ideation: Developing ideas and deciding which one to pursue.

🗓 Saturday 1st November
⏰12.30-3.30pm (Doors Open: 12.00pm)
📍St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby

Registrations required - places limited.

Limited Online Zoom spots also available

Register Here: https://www.pisa.org.nz/event-details/pisa-presents-this-is-our-year-workshop-series

Food will be provided - because we are PISA 🤙🏾

Guest Speakers
Hweiling Ow (12.30-2.00pm)
A multi-talented actor, writer, director, producer. Hweiling is the definition of what hustle in the Aotearoa screen sector looks like. You will probably identify with Hweiling’s journey of trying to find your voice, pursing your creative instincts while figuring out how the NZ screen industry actually works - leaving no stone unturned from 48 Hour film competitions, to television series, acting in commercials, producing her own online series, creating animation in Unreal, short films (Vivie), feature films (Grafted). Hweiling will speak to her process of working through her ideas and spotting the opportunities to bring them to life.

David Atai (2.30 - 3.30pm)
A founding member of the award winning, and chart topping Nesian Mystik - David’s journey with his bandmates is one of cultural creativity, integrity, and innovation. Together, they crafted a sound that defined an era of New Zealand music—blending Pacific heritage with contemporary influences to create something truly unique. For us screen artists we can learn a lot from the creation process that David and his bandmates used, being resourceful - creating one of their first singles using a playstation, but also the mindset of balancing audience expectation with creative ambitions. Among his many roles, David is a music mentor at Crescendo, empowering the next generation of musicians.

Brought to you with the support of

Look out for our next workshops. 2026 is Your screen year!

Combined Guilds Xmas Parties 2025 – Ōtautahi | Tāmaki Makaurau | Te Whanganui-a-TaraIt’s been another interesting year f...
24/10/2025

Combined Guilds Xmas Parties 2025 – Ōtautahi | Tāmaki Makaurau | Te Whanganui-a-Tara

It’s been another interesting year for Aotearoa’s screen industry, now it’s time to reflect, raise a glass, and celebrate together! Join the writers, directors, editors, actors, stunties, crew, producers, postproduction and VFX magicians and all the screen creators who keep the cameras rolling and the stories flowing.

The Combined Guilds Xmas Parties are your chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new collaborators, and enjoy a well-earned festive catch-up with good people who get it.

What’s included:
- Your $10 ticket covers a bar tab and snacks
- A warm, welcoming mix of industry whānau across all screen guilds
- The perfect chance to unwind, swap stories, and toast to another creative year

Whether you’ve been in development, on set, in post, behind the scenes, or in front of the camera, come celebrate the people who make Aotearoa’s screen industry what it is!

Dates & Venues:
📍Ōtautahi / Christchurch – Tuesday 9 December, 5–9pm
Venue: Dux Central, 144 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City
https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-christchurch

📍Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland – Thursday 11 December, from 6pm
Venue: The Longroom, 114 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn
https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-auckland

📍Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington – Thursday 18 December, from 6pm
Venue: Southern Cross Garden Bar & Restaurant, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro
https://events.humanitix.com/combined-guilds-xmas-party-wellington

Tickets: $10 per person – includes bar tab + snacks
Dress code: Come as you are (festive flair welcome!)

Proudly hosted by:
Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand(DEGANZ) · Equity New Zealand · Ngā Aho Whakaari (NAW) · New Zealand Cinematographers Society (NZCS) · New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) · - Pacific Islands Screen Artists (PISA) · Pan-Asian Screen Collective (PASC) · Proud Voices On Screen · Screen Industry Guild Aotearoa NZ (SIGANZ) · Screen Music & Sound Guild of New Zealand (SMSG) · Screen Producers NZ (SPADA) · VFX Guild · Women in Film and Television NZ (WIFT NZ)

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Our PURPOSE

Support, encourage and promote individuals of Pacific Islands heritage working in the New Zealand Screen sectors at all stages of their journey.

· Faka’apa’apa - Respect Underlying our mission is respect for all screen art disciplines and to see the value in each; but also to show respect to the often overlooked individuals within the strands of each discipline.

· Va’a Tuatua - Advocacy We will be loud and proud while being respectful. We will advocate for our members to ensure that they have a voice within the screen sector where their contributions are acknowledged and respected and the pathways provided not only to exist but to excel in the screen industry.

· Lumana’i fou - New path We will provide opportunities for individuals to improve and learn about their craft. Not simply echoing the paths of those before but finding new ones in an ever changing landscape.