Pasifika

== English == === Etymology === From English Pacific, changed to use Samoan orthography. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pəˈsɪfɪkə/ === Noun === Pasifika (plural Pasifikas or Pasifika) (New Zealand) A Pacific Islander. 2018, The Guardian, "Post-colonial talk back: seeing London in the South Seas", Selina Tusitala Marsh, 24 February 2018 (Selina Tusitala Marsh is a poet-scholar and New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2017–2019) My political stance as a Pasifika poet has always been one of inclusion – I'm a bridge not a wall. === References ===