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Way to smash it Tilali Scanlan! Tilali has a new PB of 1:10.01 and has set a new ASA national record for 100m Breaststroke. She finished 3rd in her heat in the 100m breaststroke, beating her personal best of 1:13. Tilali reminds everyone to “check out the official olympics.com page and be sure to...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Court of Appeal has ruled that the country has a new government after it judged the impromptu swearing-in by the newcomer FAST party on 24 May was legitimate under the doctrine of necessity.
The ceremony came on the 45th day following the general election, the last day...
As the Manu Samoa players gather to celebrate their recent qualification to take part in the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating Tonga's 'Ikale Tahi rugby team 37-15 in Hamilton on Saturday night, one of the team comes forward and starts to offer a traditional dance. And that started a big brouhaha...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The theft of his name led a Pacific Island boy down a path of state care, where he was abused.
Fa'amoana Luafutu, 69, has shared his story at the inquiry into historical abuse in state care in South Auckland.
The Royal Commission has opened a two-week hearing into the harm...
His body is in Dillingham, Alaska but his heart and mind are with his Village of Ofu and all of Manu’atele! Ia manuia tele lou sisiga fu’a Manu’atele all the way from Dillingham Alaska — o gai kamaiki mai Ofu. [photo: Manu’atele Worldwide]
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Auckland group show Moana Waiwai, Moana Pāti, is taking a deep dive inside artist Melissa Gilbert's distinctve neo-nesian, earth punk aesthetic.
Gilbert is an artist, storyteller and student, who focuses on “the constant talanoa of identity, connection and healing”.
Talanoa...
Fort Jackson, SOUTH CAROLINA — PFC Kerisiano Ricardo Castro graduated from the U.S. Army Basic Combat Training for the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on July 8, 2021. Over the next 14 weeks, he will be completing advanced individual training for his job as a...
O le susuga Vitolio ma Rosie Smith o Ottoville lea ua pale i la’ua e avea ma Fa’afeagaiga taulagi i le Ekalesia SISIDAC- Samoa ma sa fa’au’uina le la’ua tofi a’o galulue i le Ekalesia i Falesiu. Malo le tauata’i, e leai se faigofie i lou galue ai i le galuega a le Atua, ae silisili ai o le tofi mai...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata presents an ula fala to her former House colleague, new Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in the Secretary's office on July 4. Sec. Haaland made history when she became the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary. She is a member of the Pueblo of...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A renowned Samoan dancer has scooped up another award for her artistic achievements and efforts to open up the arts world to people with disabilities.
Lusi Faiva has won the Arts Access PAK’nSAVE Artistic Achievement Award 2021.
Faiva, 53, uses a wheelchair and is non-verbal...