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Jul 17, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
The Pacific Music Awards (PMAs) finalists were announced with much fanfare at the Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland this month, marking 20 years since these annual honours began. This year has also seen the largest number of entries, resulting in 27 finalists across 13 award categories.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
eveningreport.nz | Justin Latif |AsiaPacific Report.nz
By Justin Latif in SuvaDespite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
asiapacificreport.nz | Justin Latif
By Justin Latif in SuvaDespite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region's reporters. The three-day event in Suva, Fiji, co-hosted by the University of South Pacific, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Asia Pacific Media Network, was the first of its kind for Fiji in the last 20 years, marking the newfound freedom media professionals have been experiencing in the nation.
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May 26, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
The date 27/5 may not mean much to most people, but for many in Māngere, it’s one day in the calendar that has come to have extra significance, thanks to an innovative businessman. That's because for the last four years Fitz Manase and his wife Lily have been organising a special community event on 27 May called 275 Day - which this year will be 2pm-6pm at the Māngere Town Centre.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
“If I’m honest, I wasn’t ready.”That’s Vasa Fia Collins reflecting on her decision to launch a podcast, that she started with her late husband Fa’anana Efeso Collins, who died suddenly on 21 February, 2024. Collins says the Rising Sun podcast, which premiered at an intimate event in Ōtara last week, was a passion project Fa’anana and her first began planning in the months after his mayoral campaign in 2022.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
This was first published in 2023 and is being republished as we reflect on the contributions of Pacific communities to our military history. While many around the Pacific will be remembering Anzac Day this week, for members of the Tuvaluan community this will also be a time to remember a totally different aspect of the Second World War. On 23 April 1943 the Japanese bombed the Tuvaluan island of Funafuti, killing two American soldiers and one elderly Tuvaluan man named Esau.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
New Zealand’s first Pacific women’s footballer has finally received her debut cap over four decades after taking the field against Australia. Rosie Ah Wong, who began playing for the Football Ferns in 1979 and scored the Ferns’ first ever goal against Australia’s Matildas, was presented her cap by New Zealand Football (NZF) president Johanna Wood to rounds of applause at Walter Massey Park in Māngere earlier this month. Rosie Ah Wong recieves her debut cap from New Zealand president Johanna Wood.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
Four Ōtara primary schools have come together for a celebration of sport and Pacific culture, thanks to a new initiative by Healthy Families South Auckland (The Cause Collective). The initiative, called the Village Games movement, is all about getting Pacific children active through learning to play traditional games unique to their heritage.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
pmn.co.nz | Justin Latif
Rugby greats Sir Bryan Williams, Jonah Lomu and Seiuli Fiao'o Fa'amausili will be among those honoured tonight as the first inductees to the Pasifika Rugby Hall of Fame. The others to be inducted at Eden Park Peter Fatialofa, Brian Lima, Waisale Serevi and George Smith. Pasifika Rugby Hall of Fame chairperson and All Blacks legend Savae Sir Michael Jones told Ma'a Brian Sagala on 531pi's Pacific Days, the event is about paying respect to those who have paved the way for others to excel.
