Waikato Nesian Festival - Samoan performance
Photo: Supplied / K aute Pasifika
The event begun in 2007 to give the Pacific community in Hamilton; an annual Pacific festival; a Pacific early learning space; and a Pacific health service.
K aute Pasifika is a charitable trust based in Hamilton, providing health, education and social services to Pasifika communities and other ethnicities.
The trust is also the organisers of the Nesian Festival and this year have announced that it will take place on Saturday 27 March 2021 and for the first time, it will be held at the University of Waikato sportsground.
K aute Pasifika said that as the festival had grown, there was a need for increased parking space and much better traffic flow for the community.