While some of you might be turning to the big-time jewellery chain stores for your last-minute Christmas gifts, you might want to consider this. Danika Cooper Jewellery is an Auckland start-up featuring a piece of Pasifika as its centrepiece. Alice Lolohea met the couple behind the jewels.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced further support for Samoa’s longer term needs as it continues to respond to a devastating measles epidemic. “Samoa’s health system has experienced massive strain in the wake of the measles epidemic. The volume of patients needing care during this outbreak, and the number of very complex cases, has been […]

The Ministry of Health confirms a total of 5,080 measles cases have been reported to the Disease Surveillance Team, since the outbreak started.  There were 85 recorded in the last 24 hours. There are currently 169 measles cases who are in-patients at all health facilities.  Of this, 127 are at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital […]

Ardie Savea collected three awards at this year’s ASB Rugby Awards in Auckland last night, including the supreme Kelvin R Tremain Memorial award for the overall Player of the Year, bookending a year of consistently remarkable performances from the All Blacks and Hurricanes loose forward. Savea, who underwent knee surgery yesterday and was not able […]

The disgruntled Rotuman community group angry at being left out of the Pacific language week celebrations in New Zealand say they will meet with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples next week. Nik Naidu from the Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group Incorporated (ARFGI) say they plan to meet with Ministry officials on Monday. Naidu says the meeting is a response […]

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio will travel to Samoa on Friday, where New Zealand medical teams are helping Samoa respond to an outbreak of measles. “New Zealand has been working closely with the Government of Samoa and offering our assistance from the early stages of the outbreak. […]

Twenty-four coffins are among the donated goods to be sent to Samoa by Auckland-based Samoan community group ASA Foundation. Group leaders in Auckland held a prayer service this morning to bless the coffins which were donated by the Kiwi Coffin Club Charitable Trust in Rotorua. They include sizes for adults, teenagers and children. It has been reported that many grieving families in […]

A 16,149 kilometre Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable will bring improved internet performance, resilience and affordability to Tokelau. Technical teams visited the three Tokelau atolls of Fakaofo, Nukunonu and Atafu recently to assess a number of sites to home the cable landing station facilities. Construction on the stations is expected to begin in 2020. Tokelau […]

2019 has seen the release of a number of Pasifika films, short films and literature. Take Home Pay, For My Father’s Kingdom, Mophead, Crafting Aotearoa and more – the demand for Pacific and indigenous stories has grown exponentially. So too has the need for Pacific storytellers to create and tell their own narratives, and for […]