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Three Houses Down and Spawnbreezie release new track
South Auckland reggae band Three Houses Down has joined forces with one of the Pacific’s hottest international acts, reggae singer Spawnbreezie. The 10-piece band has been working hard in the studio recording its latest hit, She’s My Woman, featuring none other than the American star, who is of Samoan descent.… Read More
“Kizuna” in the Pacific that binds us all together
A friend in need is a friend indeed. This widely quoted but truthful proverb was most manifestly embodied by the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami last year. We will never forget the compassionate encouragement and assistance from the people of Tonga… Read More
Tongan students attend ‘Young PALM’ in Okinawa, Japan
Two High School students from the Kingdom of Tonga have been selected to participate in the first Young PALM meeting hosted by the Okinawa Prefecture Government from May 21st to 27th, 2012 in Japan. Mr. Mosese Uili from Tonga College and Miss ‘Ilaisaane G. Namoa from Queen Salote College paid… Read More
‘Local crops make nutritious flour,” says Head of SPC’S CETC
Greater food value, economically viable, local resource material: these features make flour production at the Community Education and Training Centre (CETC) anything but ‘run-of-the-mill’. “We have been working with women at the grassroots level, showing them how to make flour from kumala, breadfruit, dalo and cassava – homemade flour from… Read More
Four Pacific countries to benefit from Island Biodiversity project
A USD 1.7 million dollar project to conserve island biodiversity in the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu was launched at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Apia, Samoa. Under this three year initiative the island nations will carry out a range of activities with their… Read More
A Princess Diary Part II
- By Hon. Frederica Tuita The sun has set on the Island Kingdom of Tonga and many will go back to their daily routines and responsibilities after laying to rest their beloved King George Tupou V. A new sun has risen, yet the shadows still expose a great loss. A… Read More
Tonga judo moves up
The President of the Tonga Judo Association, Mr Lennie Niit, has been elected as the new Oceania Judo Union President during the Oceania Judo Union Congress held in Cairns, Australia late April. As President of Oceania Judo Union Lennie also becomes one of the five Vice Presidents of the International… Read More
Assaults, repression, self-censorship plague Pacific media, says new PMW report
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Brutal repression of journalists and civil rights in Indonesian-ruled West Papua, censorship and self-censorship in Fiji and abuses of a free press in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu have been highlighted in a Pacific media freedom report published today. The 41-page report by the Pacific Media Centre’s… Read More
My Values, My Voice
- By Hon Frederica Tuita Taimi Media Network has been granted permission by Hon. Frederica Tuita, daughter of the only sister to the late King, HRH Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita and Lord Tuita, to re-publish articles that contains her personal insights to her life, role and responsibility as a… Read More
Mental health documentary showcases ‘disturbing history’
- By Alex Perrottet of Pacific Media Watch AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): The ground-breaking new film by New Zealander Jim Marbrook is currently being screened around the country, following its premiere in Auckland. Mental Notes is a documentary on the history of mental health care in New Zealand,… Read More
