NZ Pacific News & Current Affairs show. Live broadcast in NZ every Saturday 09:30am on TVNZ1 and tpplus.co.nz. Made with support from NZ On Air.

Joined March 2009
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The countdown has begun with less than ten days till the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris kick off. Our very own Pasifika athletes will showcase their sporting prowess representing their respective countries and flags. tpplus.co.nz/entertainment/p…
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The oral submission hearing into the Samoan Citizenship Bill’s first reading have wrapped up. Joining Marama T-Pole is the Bill’s sponsor Green MP Teanau Tuiono and academic and broadcaster Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai. tpplus.co.nz/news-politics/t…
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As the only Pacifc team to fly in from outside of Aotearoa to compete at the World Choir games, Primanavia Fiji will be returning home with Gold 🇫🇯🏆 Primanavia took out first place in the Folklore and Indigenous Music with Choreography category. Vakanuinui vinaka 🥳
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Filo Patumau, an 83-year-old Niuean woman, has been a regular at her local Mangere pools for 18 years in an effort to keep active. However, she says the water temperature has become too cold. “The pool is  not heated, the pool is too cold!” tpplus.co.nz/health-lifestyl…
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When we think of climate change in the Pacific our minds might first go to islands like Tuvalu and Kiribati, which are at risk of disappearing into the sea. But here in Aotearoa, Pacific communities are also facing dangers from climate change events. tpplus.co.nz/community/maori…
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Loasi Latu and her husband are relieved they are able to remain in New Zealand after the associate minister of immigration Chris Penk granted them a five-year temporary visa. tpplus.co.nz/community/tonga…
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Defence Minister Judith Collins is in the Kingdom of Tonga to take part in the opening of a New Zealand-funded His Majesty’s Armed Forces Leadership Centre and to meet with counterparts. tpplus.co.nz/pacific-region/…
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We caught up with weightlifter/'professional croissant eater' David Liti as he is only just a few days away from representing New Zealand in his second Olympics campaign. #tagatapasifika #tpplus #davidliti #tonganweightlifter #olympics #weightlifting #newzealand #aotearoa #tonga
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"I don’t like to blow my own trumpet but Red, White and Brass made me so proud to be Tongan," - Tagata Pasifika Tongan reporter John Pulu gives his opinion on the Red, White and Brass: The Play. tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/opin…
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Auckland councillor and veteran Pacific politician Alf Filipaina is not ruling out a tilt at next year’s mayoralty. “At the moment for me, if there is a decision to be made well then I’ll be making it after I talk to my family and very close friends. " tpplus.co.nz/community/never…
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