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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Agnes Tupou |Finau Fonua |Doug Dingwall
Arthur Folasa Ah Loo — known as Afa Ah Loo — was a self-taught artist who loved to reach deep into his Samoan heritage for the designs that earned him his growing reputation. It even inspired his foray into Hollywood, when he dressed Moana 2 star Auli'i Cravalho in a custom draped shell top and black high waisted pants at the movie's world premiere last year.
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4 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Finau Fonua
Samoa's former long time prime minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi believes his party has a good chance of regaining power after the implosion of the ruling FAST Party. Tuila'epa reign of more than two decades came to an end in 2021 when a court ruled Fiame Naomi Mata'afa was the rightful prime minister after a months-long constitutional crisis. However, infighting and dispute within Fiame's government will now culminate in the dissolution of parliament and early elections.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Finau Fonua
Conservationists in Solomon Islands are questioning a decision by the Solomon Islands government to lift a ban on the harvesting of sea cucumbers. The ban which has been in place since 2022, after a study revealed a dwindling sea cucumber population. The Government says the decision will economically benefit communities, but environmentalist Lawrence Makili (Mah-Kee-Lee) says it's unsustainable and threatens the species' survival.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Finau Fonua |Dinah Lewis Boucher
Groundbreaking Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura will be posthumously awarded a degree from the University of Oxford nearly 100 years after starting her studies. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1873, Papakura is believed to be the first Indigenous woman to attend Oxford, and her pioneering research on Māori culture has had a lasting impact on both academic and Māori communities.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Finau Fonua
The Solomon Islands government has announced the establishment of a commission of inquiry to investigate millions of dollars in missing mine payments. Mines Minister Derick Manuari says the commission will investigate what happened to money from 33 shipments of bauxite from the country's southern province of Rennel between 2017 and 2019.
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