By Simone Kaho It’s just past 1pm on April 29th as I walk down West Coast Rd towards the Auckland Action Against Poverty action outside Carmel Sepuloni’s office, with the big red Carmel Sepuloni signage. The action is asking for benefits to be lifted to liveable levels, keeping up with the cost of housing, food, […]
A fundraising page has been set up to support the family of Fijian rugby player Nemani Waka, who died in France earlier this week following a long battle with cancer. By RNZ Pacific The 34 year-old second rower played club rugby in Wellington and for East Coast in the Heartland Championship before stints with Chambéry
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Among the 15 cultural groups representing Manurewa High School at Polyfest was their very first Tokelau Group. Despite having only 10 Tokelauan students out of the 2000 student population, Deputy Principal Rev Pennie Vaione Otto wanted to have the smaller Pasifika ethnic groups represented. Taitu’uga Ed Hendrikse was the assigned teacher for the Tokelau Group.
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The jail term given to a man convicted of slavery and trafficking has been called manifestly inadequate. By Hamish Cardwell of RNZ Hastings-based Samoan chief Joseph Auga Matamata was last year given 11 years in prison for bringing 13 Samoans to New Zealand and exploiting them for more than two decades. In the Court of
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The last time I spoke with Grammy-winning opera singer Jonathan Lemalu, it was mid-November last year and the city of London had entered its second lockdown. With his gigs and performances postponed or cancelled, and his classes shifting to a digital medium he was yet to get comfortable with, Lemalu was incredibly honest about adjusting
Samoan-Māori singer La Coco and The Family sing We Fall Down by Donnie McClurkin with Soul Sessions host Sara-Jane.
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Poet Daren Kamali transports himself back in time, sharing memories through the eyes of a young teenage boy growing up in the soldiers’ barracks in Suva, Fiji.
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La Coco is a Samoan-Māori singer extraordinaire from Māngere, Auckland. Since singing at an early age in church, she’s become a renowned session vocalist and award-winning artist – all while gaining a Master’s Degree and working towards a Doctorate.
La Coco and The Family join host Sara-Jane to talk about their music and sing on this week’s episode of Soul Sessions.
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Pacific islands soldiers have served in the New Zealand armed forces for many years and continue to do so to this day. For the families of veterans who’ve passed, this special commemoration is often a source of pride that is remembered each Anzac Day.
Joseph Meanata Jnr reflects on the life of his late father, who was the first Tongan in the 28th Māori Battalion. John Pulu reports.
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A memorial to recognise the contribution of Pacific Islands people who have served in the New Zealand armed forces since the first world war was unveiled at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington last month.
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