Operatic Tenor Ben Makisi To Sing At Labour’s FiaFia Fundraiser

It’s expected to be a who’s who of the Pacific community tomorrow night at Labour’s Pacific Sector fundraiser in Auckland. Expect a full turn out with family, friends and supporters of Labour’s Pacific candidates including performances from Auckland’s Cook Islands, Niue and Tongan communities.

One of New Zealand’s leading operatic tenor, Ben Makisi, will be performing  along with Tongan poet and writer Kalo Mila-Schaaf.

In between, there’ll be auctions of Pacific art, Pacific books and New Zealand wines.

Labour currently has four sitting MPs of Pacific descent and they’ll all be there tomorrow night along with the new kids on the block.

Current Labour MPs of Pacific Descent

Minister of Pacific Islands Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban, and also MP for Mana
MP for Maungakiekie Vui Mark Gosche (retiring at this election)
MP Charles Chauvel
MP Su’a William Sio

The newest Pacific candidates in this election are Auckland University’s Equity Manager Carmel Sepuloni and lawyer Josephine Bartley.  And the Fijian Indian community will finally have a voice in Parliament with Rajen Prasad, the former Families Commissioner and former Race Relations Conciliator.

Prasad, with decades of community, social work experience and lecturing on it at Massey University, is highly placed at number 12 on the party list.

In a media released from the Pacific Sector, it says limited door sales are available. For more information, click on Fono Notices under Categories on this website.

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