Curator Grace Taylor is helping bring to light a variety of older works by Pacific poets, and theatre director Fasitua Amosa has formed these into the show Upu, which means 'words' in Samoan.

The poems are from different perspectives and are the work of writers scattered across the Pacific - from the Marshall Islands, Guam, Hawai'i and Tonga.

Taylor said it was an emotional start to the process of creating the show.

When we had the read through at the first rehearsal, it was emotional for me because I am just so glad that people from different walks of life coming to this show will get to hear the works of Pacific poets. We reached out to every single poet featured in this show and they all give their blessing and are humbled to have their work on stage. None of them said no...

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