'What I love about poetry is that you can say what needs to be said'
Award-winning Tongan poet Karlo Mila was the voice behind the thought-provoking words.
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NY Times: The tiny island nation says it was cheated out of the lucrative .nu domain.
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How a Samoan teine gets on a hot South Korean dance show
Emma Huch dances for the Jam Republic crew in the South Korean hip-hop competition.
The Uncle Winston effect: Peters a well-respected leader in Pacific region
Winston Peters and Dr Shane Reti's Pacific Mission toured Tonga, Rarotonga and Samoa.
What will it take to fix Fletcher Building?
'All they did was inject another level of risk ... the CEO is not the problem here.'
New health science degree set up in Samoa to boost doctors, nurses in region
New Zealand is helping to create more doctors, nurses and health workers in Samoa.
Was Winston Peters missing Shane Jones in the Pacific?
The coalition Government has visited three different Polynesian countries in five days.
A week on island time with Peters and Reti: Name mix-ups, island banter, suits in 32C weather
The ministers visited Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa in a whirlwind Pacific Mission tour.
Pacific Islands push for more uni students in Australia
Going to university in Australia could become simpler for Pacific Islanders.
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, no tsunami expected
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Laughs and island banter in the 685 as Pacific Mission ends
The final leg of the Pacific Mission is finally here, in Samoa.
'I was a stranger and they took me in' - Vaovasamanaia Winston Peters
The Samoan matai in the New Zealand Government - Winston Peters.
Winston Peters and Shane Reti all about the suits, no matter the heat
The Pacific Mission finishes day two in Rarotonga - next stop: Samoa.
Pacific Mission's day in Tonga a regal affair
A look at the first day of this week's Pacific Mission with Winston Peters and Shane Reti.
Govt to give $20m to weather response initiative for the Pacific
Winston Peters made the announcement in Tonga.
Miss Pacific Islands 2024: Miss Samoa wins crown, follows in mother’s footsteps
Miss Samoa's Moemoana Schwenke is the new Miss Pacific Islands.
Pacific Mission will focus on strengthening ties with region
The two ministers will travel to Tonga first, ahead of official talks on Wednesday.
Mary Los’e: I needed to get something more potent than the male appendage
From playing psycho Nurse Ana to aiding Pasifika people, Mary Los’e has a wide career arc.
Fiji meth bust accused ran popular kava bar and Australian import business
Jale Aukerea was among 13 people charged over two seizures of 4.8 tonnes of meth.
New research shows which families are most at risk of cot death
First study of Pacific infant sleep practices finds gaps in the way advice is being given.
Cot death: Baby may have been saved if Oranga Tamariki had helped with bedding, says coroner
Silongo Mafi, 3 months old, died while sharing a bed with his mother.
Fijian police seize tonne of methamphetamine
The drug was found in both crystal and powder forms, some of it stored in kava bags.
'Voyagers': Waka ama a second home for Pacific people
Pacific paddlers competing at the waka ama nationals say more Pasifika should compete.
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Miss Samoa Global makes history as the first runner-up in the Miss Global pageant.
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Three months after Tropical Cyclone Lola, dozens of schools remain uninhabitable.