Check out this awesome video from Auckland policemen Constable Atai Ayling, who grew up in Aitutaki, and Sergeant Craig Cartwright – made for their love of the Cook Islands Māori language!

Thanks to Sergeant Craig of The Jam Unit for the share.
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Malia Vehikite is a woman on a mission – reducing carbon emissions for one of New Zealand’s leading transport agencies, KiwiRail. But it’s more than a job for Malia, who says reducing carbon emissions in countries like New Zealand means reducing the effects of climate change in her homeland of Tonga.

The Pacific legal community had plenty of cause to celebrate with the swearing-in of Judge Penelope or “Lope” Ginnen at the Manukau District Court.

Only the second Samoan woman to be appointed to the New Zealand bench, family, colleagues and friends were on hand to mark her elevation.

Thousands have converged on a section of Māngere known as Ihumātao, where a group of mana whenua and land protectors are opposing a housing development by Fletcher Building on what is considered sacred Māori land.
Among the supporters have been academics, lawyers, community leaders and entertainers but Pacific people have also rallied behind the standoff in a show of support for indigenous rights.