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'Be prepared to seize every opportunity at any given time'
Eseta Rasmussen, 16, travelled to New York for a UN conference on women empowerment.
Watch: Kiwi student, 13, wows in Samoan speech competition
"When you speak another language, it's powerful." - Bethsharon Mattocks, 13.
Disabilities community hope to grow the sport of adaptive boxing
An inclusive adaptive boxing event plans to expand and raise awareness of the sport.
'If Shakespeare was Samoan, this would fit the bill - drama, backstabbing, betrayal and power'
'While it’s fiction, it felt like fragments of my life were before my eyes, as a Samoan.'
How helping his seamstress mum turned into a career in fashion
"I started sewing at a young age because my mum would ask me to help her."
'No child should get sick or die of measles' - World Health Organization
A priority on Covid-19 vaccinations has led to other routine vaccinations being forgotten.
Tofaga Meke expected to reel in big crowds at Pasifika Festival
Tofaga Meke is among the big names performing at this year's Pasifika Festival.
'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.
'For our Pacific parents, it's not just a place to share a random status'
"It's not unusual to attend a Samoan funeral and see an aunty going live on Facebook."
Arm wrestler Fred Lam Kam: 'It's given me a purpose'
Fred Lam Kam was addicted to drugs a few years ago. Arm wrestling helped him change.
Efeso Collins' funeral: Organisers set plans for huge community farewell
He is currently lying in state until the service on Thursday.
Opinion: Efeso Collins was the migrant’s dream come true, what our ancestors dreamt of
Many are grieving the man that was, but also the man he was going to be.
'I spent more time in a bedroom than a classroom'
Olisa Faatupu, 17, used a heart condition to motivate her to do well at school.
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.
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.
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.
Miss Pacific Islands 2024: Miss Samoa wins crown, follows in mother’s footsteps
Miss Samoa's Moemoana Schwenke is the new Miss Pacific Islands.
Stories behind the flags flying high at Waitangi
'The flags being waved this Waitangi don’t mean any harm, we protest in peace'.
'It would have created a lot of jobs' - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board chair
Community leaders says light rail would have been a 'game changer' for South Auckland.
Polyfest parody heading for world premiere
Behind the scenes with a new Pasifika company's debut theatre production.