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Sold out: Mana Moana shows with Signature Choir and NZSO
Wellington Scoop
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Mana Moana with the Signature Choir and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Photo/Latitude Creative) News Release – NZSO Wellington has again embraced the hit show Mana Moana and its spectacular fusion of symphony and songs of the Pacific. Both...
Mana Moana Wellington Shows With Signature Choir And NZSO Now Sold Out
Scoop
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Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 3:48 pm Press Release: NZSO Wellington has again embraced the hit show Mana Moana and its spectacular fusion of symphony and songs of the Pacific. Both performances by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the 50-strong...
Aftershocks continue to rattle Tonga after strong quake
Otago Daily Times
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March 30, 2025
Aftershocks are continuing to rattle Tonga after an early-morning magnitude 7 quake - the biggest felt in a decade. The strong quake hit 79km south-southeast of Pangai, in the Ha'apai group of islands in the Pacific, about 1.20am today. It is...
Festival celebration of Pasifika cultures, tradition
Otago Daily Times
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March 30, 2025
The culture and traditions of Dunedin’s Pasifika communities were celebrated at the fourth and largest Moana Nui Festival at the weekend. The festival, led by Pacific Trust Otago, returned to the Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday for more than a...
Meet 25 young people changing Aotearoa and the world
The Spinoff
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July 17, 2025
From poets to Paralympians and policymakers, this year’s YWCA Y25 list celebrates some of Aotearoa’s most inspirational young people Illustrations by Kerilyn Clarke. Every year, the pool of nominees for Y25 grows bigger and stronger. In its six...
The only European player on a footy team full of Pacific Islanders reveals his surprising take on having to learn Polynesian war challenge
Daily Mail
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March 26, 2025
Tom Savage is the only non-Pacific Islander player at Moana Pasifika By JAMES COONEY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 21:05 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 01:22 EDT, 28 March 2025 English rugby star Tom Savage has made the surprising revelation...
Tom Savage interview: How an Englishman ended up captaining Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby
The New Zealand Herald
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March 26, 2025
Savage is the only European player at Moana Pasifika but it is a mark of his popularity that he took over the captaincy from injured New Zealand flanker Ardie Savea in the defeat by the Chiefs last weekend. While much of the novelty of playing...
How Samoa's Ballroom scene is carving space for Pacific futures
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 17, 2025
On a warm Tuesday night in Fugalei in Apia, Samoa's capital, the air hums with anticipation as a local hall fills with young people. With the Boom Kaisi Ball just days away, Pacific Rainbow+ youth have gathered for a series of workshops designed...
'Untenable': Goff sacked as diplomat over Trump comments
Otago Daily Times
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March 5, 2025
By Jo Moir of RNZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says Phil Goff's position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is "untenable," following public comments about US President Donald Trump. Video shows Goff speaking at a Chatham House...
New opportunities in Oceania Rugby
The Fiji Times
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July 18, 2025
Oceania Rugby president Richard Sapias says the region is set to benefit from new international partnerships, including a potential French-backed competition to be hosted in Fiji, following a productive Annual General Meeting held yesterday at...
Mana Moana returns to Wellington with Signature Choir and NZSO
Wellington Scoop
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Press Release – NZSO The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Signature Choir are excited to bring back Mana Moana — a spectacular fusion of symphony and songs of the Pacific — to Wellington in July. Mana Moana celebrates two worlds of music, with...
Pacific News In Brief For 15 July
Scoop
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Samoa - elections In a historic milestone for Samoa, two prominent members of the Samoa Fa'afafine Association (SFA) have announced they will be candidates in the upcoming general election. Afioga Falesaopule Seimaleula Vaialia Iosua will be...
Samoan soprano Aivale Cole happy to sing to her own tune
TP+
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June 13, 2025
Soana Aholelei | Reporter / Director Fresh from a trip to Niue recently, Samoan soprano Uitualagi Aivale Cole stopped by in Auckland on her way back home in the UK to chat about life, love and career. The recent Commonwealth Celebrations at...
King’s Birthday Honours 2025: The full list - knights, dames and all other recipients
The New Zealand Herald
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June 1, 2025
Emeritus Distinguished Professor Alison Stewart, CNZM, for services to plant science and the arable sector Catriona Ruth Williams, MNZM, for services to spinal cord injury research and equestrian sport Knights Companion (KNZM) Mark Leslie Smith...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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July 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Pasifika recipients say King's Birthday honours not theirs alone
RNZ
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June 2, 2025
Mele Ikiua with four of her five children. L-R: Eunique Ikiua, Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Ms Ikiua, Hannah Edwards-Ikiua Photo: Supplied A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King's Birthday honours...
Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone
Asia Pacific Report
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June 2, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, Iliesa Tora, and Christina Persico A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list reflects the importance of connecting young tagata Niue in Aotearoa to...
PMN shines bright at 2025 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific Media Network (PMN) made its mark at the 2025 NZ Radio & Podcast Awards, winning two key awards and reinforcing its position as a leading voice for Pacific communities in Aotearoa. PMN Niue received the Best Pacific Language Programme...
NCEA result anxiety over for thousands
Otago Daily Times
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January 15, 2025
The wait is over for tens of thousands of secondary school students, after the results for NCEA went online yesterday. For Lisa Lokman, 17, who received excellence-endorsed in all of her subjects, it was something of a relief. "The date of January...
Pacific news in brief for 7 July
RNZ
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July 7, 2025
Artisanal miners search for gold in the waters downstream from the Panguna mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Photo: OCCRP / Aubrey Belford Bougainville - mining The Bougainville House of Representatives amended the Mining Act last week. The...