Casting lines out into Moana Pasifika and pulling words back to West Auckland, Tongan, Samoan and Pālagi poet Karlo Mila reads from her book The Goddess Muscle and Fijian poet Daren Kamali performs his poetry and accompanies himself on traditional Fijian musical instruments.

These two exceptional performance poets trade poems across the stage of the Glen Eden Playhouse and the imagined waves of Moana Pasifika as part of Going West’s 2021 Gala Night, touching on the personal, the cultural and the political.

The session is introduced by the evening’s MC, Pita Turei.