The bombshell news of the week though, was the revelation of Auckland Mayor Len Brown’s affair with Bevan Cheung over the last two years. City ratepayers are questioning his future including many of the mayor’s staunch supporters – the Pasifika communities. Tagata Pasifika spoke earlier to unsuccessful mayoral candidate and chair of the now dissolved

Next week sees the launch of a brand new Pacific online hub – thecoconet tv. It’s aimed at Kiwi islanders and will feature a number of webisodes looking at how to do things the Pacific way in the modern day. Here’s a special sneak preview of what you can expect to see once the coconet