Pasifika returns

Auckland’s Pasifika Festival is returning to Western Springs next year, after this year’s event was moved to South Auckland. The festival, which has been going for 23 years, was forced out of its usual venue because of restrictions placed in the Queensland fruit fly emergency in the area at the time. The event was taken to Hayman Park, in Manukau, and proved to be hugely popular still — with many locals later gunning for the event to stay in South Auckland, where there is a large Pacific population.