Sistas, Let’s Talk is a show for women across the Pacific region. Each week, host Natasha Meten talks to inspirational women about the issues affecting them, and discusses how to navigate modern life as a Pacific Island woman.
Finding the extraordinary in Ordinary Tongan Lives
What motivates a person to tell the stories of everyday people in their community?
A passion for writing combined with the advice of her late father motivated Haitelenisia Afemui 'Uhila Angilau (Sia) to start the Facebook page Ordinary Tongan Lives.
When he was alive her father had said when she feels self-pity or sadness she should go out and serve others.
Instead of focusing on Tonga’s high-profile people, Sia writes about the everyday people she meets on the street.
She shares her own story with Natasha Meten on Sistas Let’s Talk.
Listen on ABC Radio Australia.
7 Oct 2026
When disaster hits home: Telling Vanuatu’s climate change stories
When big environmental events happen in the Pacific, who tells the important stories?
In Vanuatu, it’s Tiffany Baldwin.
A climate change reporter for Vanuatu Broadcasting Television Corporation, Tiffany is passionate about environmental journalism.
She's been telling these stories through El Niño and cyclones, even when her own family is dealing with the fallout from disaster.
Tiffany speaks to Natasha Meten for Sistas Let’s Talk about being a woman in journalism, how disasters in Vanuatu impact women and what she does to unwind.
Listen on ABC Radio Australia.
30 Sept 2026
How a girl from Rabaul became a champion for Wantoks in Australia
For more than 40 years, Waso Mathews has been the person others turn to for support.
From her childhood in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, to her life as a respected chef and community leader in South Australia, she has spent decades helping families build new lives, creating connections across cultures, and championing the wellbeing of her fellow Wantoks.
Waso has done everything from bringing comfort to people in nursing homes, feeding troops as they trained to go to war, to putting artefacts to sleep in a Melanesian lullaby.
On Sistas Let's Talk Waso chats to Natasha Meten about everything from her childhood to her life in Australia.
Listen on ABC Radio Australia.
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