The latest play from Aroha Awarau, directed by Jennifer Ward-Lealand, shines a light on the absurdity of New Zealand’s legal loophole through the lens of the LGBTQI+ community.
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The Inaugural World Nines Confederation Cup (WNCC) Tournament was officially launched in Apia earlier today. In launching the event, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi acknowledged the many benefits that Samoa stands to reap from the upcoming tournament. “The magnitude of the World Nines tournament is the first of its kind in rugby league to be
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An estimated 7000 people took part in the Auckland pride march on Saturday 8th Feb including a strong Pacific presence. Now called OurMarch, the event focused on inequities still experienced in the rainbow community around New Zealand and the Pacific. Watch RNZ’s coverage of the event.
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Brisbane, AUSTRALIA: History was made and classrooms were packed as Brisbane’s Tongan community welcomed the long-anticipated QLD Tongan Language School at Griffith University Logan Campus over the weekend. A team of volunteer teachers, members of the Brisbane Tongan Community executive, media and a mixture of pre-school, primary and secondary school students in addition to a
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Tuigamala Lei Toetu has started a new chapter in his life. He’s set up the ‘Book Stop’, a free little library to inspire a love of reading and forge community connections.
The Book Stop is open 24/7, providing access to free books in areas where resources are scarce. At the same time, Tuigamala transforms old fridges destined for landfill by repurposing them for the little library.
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Commissioner of Police Stephen Caldwell suspended four police officers from police duty on Wednesday. Two on-duty police officers were suspended for drinking alcohol while patrolling in a police vehicle on Sunday 19 January 2020, where they also picked up two off-duty police officers to continue drinking while on patrol. Commissioner Caldwell said, “The public rightly
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All Blacks and Crusaders outside back Sevu Reece has announced he has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby and his Super Rugby club until 2022. The news comes on the back of the 22-year-old’s breakout season last year. Reece was called into the Crusaders as a replacement before joining the squad fulltime. His blistering pace and unbelievable finishing saw
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Former rugby player Va’aiga Tuigamala had been named chief on both his mother and fathers’ side. Recently, he decided it was time to receive his Pe’a or Malofie, traditional Samoan tattoos marking his chiefly status. Renown Tufuga Ta Tatau Li’aifaiva Lavea Levi was in NZ to mark the occasion.
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The Ministry of Health & Medical Services of the Republic of Kiribati has updated its health travel advisory in relation to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Effective immediately, all incoming international travellers into all ports of entry of Kiribati will be subjected to temperature check. All travellers from areas and territories in countries with ongoing local
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Jane Nicholas is the third of her siblings to represent the Cook Islands in canoe slalom at the Olympics, and although elder sister Ella won’t be competing this year, the two-time Olympian is on hand helping with training at the Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Manukau, for Tokyo later this year.
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