Pacific Underground

Pacific Underground has produced plays, music, workshops and events and continues to be an active influence on performing arts culture within New Zealand.

[3]: 94  In the 1990s Members of Pacific Underground tutored a school holiday programme called Culture Shock at the Christchurch youth centre.

[8] Pacific Underground were an intrinsic part of the Christchurch Arts Centre with an office for many years at the Dux de Lux (a well-known live music venue).

The Arts Centre was deemed unsafe following the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and Tanya Muagututi'a and Pos Mavaega after losing their work space relocated to Auckland.

[10] Original cast member Tanya Muagututi'a directed, with one review saying of the production: "It gathers us all in and gives us an opportunity to start the conversation around Pacific people and the challenges of prejudice in an inclusive way that highlights the aspiration of New Zealanders to understand each other in our diversity and beyond our stereotypes.

Music artists include Ladi6, Brent Park, Dallas Tamaira of Fat Freddy's Drop and rapper Scribe.

In the 2005 issue of Spacifik magazine, feature writer Felolini Maria Ifopo asked the question: Would Samoans be Naked or the Bros be in Town if it weren't for Pacific Underground?