KEYS DOWN, REAL TALK ft SWISS
Keys Down, Real Talk – True Story #3
“You know your parents shouldn’t be drinking and driving but you don’t say anything because you think it’s going to be alright…they’ve been doing it for years”
Here is the 2nd #KeysDownRealTalk story featuring Swiss. The campaign message is simple: there’s no safe level of alcohol when you’re driving.
#KeysDownRealTalk is a new campaign aimed at reducing drink driving. The community-led initiative features three video stories created in collaboration between, South Auckland award winning sound/music & video producer Anonymouz, and three popular South Auckland urban music artists - Tha Movement, Mareko, Swiss and Ōtāhuhu-based DB Breweries.
#DontDrinkAndDrive
JASON MOMOA: HAKA - LOS ANGELES AQUAMAN PREMIERE
Go behind the scenes with Jason Momoa in the lead up to performing the haka at the Los Angeles premiere of Aquaman.
Maori Television spoke to Tuhoe kaihaka Shannon Borell who was instrumental in helping put together the haka "Tangaroa Ararau" for Jason Momoa Aquaman's premiere in L.A. He also collaborated with Momoa and other Māori martial art fighters during the filming of Aquaman in Australia over a six month period to integrate mau rākau into the fight scenes.
The former Te Matatini leader said the Hollywood actor only had 30 minutes to learn the haka with members of the Manawa Ora group, who train in Māori weaponry on the Gold Coast including TV star, Cole Smith.
"We wanted Jason Momoa to be likened to Tangaroa, god of the sea.…more
JASON MOMOA: AQUAMAN WORLD TOUR
'AQUAMAN' has finally hit NZ theatres and gone straight to #1 at the New Zealand box office with the highest Boxing Day opening of all time AND the biggest opening for a Warner Bros film this year.
There's loads of action, the visuals & under water scenes are amazing, the cast is very cool - shouts to New Zealands own Temuera Morrison & did we mention more Jason Momoa? Here's our Coco crew review ...
"Great story of the families. Good mix of land and sea. Awesome to watch the underworld in this way. Heaps of action scenes, family story and deep meanings. Good references of our poly/maori heritage. Colourful and fast paced in some places and then slows down to five the audience time to breathe and digest what just happened" - Elizabeth Koroivulaono
"Heaps of fun! Full of action, amazing visuals and colour - the underwater world is awesome. Lots of Polynesian and Māori easter eggs in there for the peoples! Jason Momoa is a likeable renegade antihero.…more
NFL: VAI SIKAHEMA - SOLE BROTHERS
Watch the beautiful story of how former NFL players Vai Sikahema and Barret Brooks are bonded for life over a simple act of Kindness.
Vai Sikahema has been a pioneer for his island nation of Tonga. He's the first Tongan to win a football scholarship to Brigham Young University, the first Tongan to play in the National Football League and the first Tongan to play in the Pro Bowl.
Upon retiring from the NFL in 1994, Vai was hired by then-CBS owned and operated television station WCAU in Philadelphia to do weekend sports. He later moved to weekdays, becoming a morning news anchor as well as the station's sports director.
In 2002, Vai graduated from BYU — 17 years after he left the school to join the NFL! As of 2018, he's been at WCAU for 24 years. He also regularly contributes a column, generally related to religion rather than sports topics, to the Deseret News.
Credit: NFL Films
KEYS DOWN, REAL TALK ft MAREKO
Keys Down, Real Talk – True Story #2
“I didn’t think anything of it, that anything was serious at the time”
Here is the 2nd #KeysDownRealTalk story featuring Mareko. The campaign message is simple: there’s no safe level of alcohol when you’re driving.
#KeysDownRealTalk is a new campaign aimed at reducing drink driving. The community-led initiative features three video stories created in collaboration between, South Auckland award winning sound/music & video producer Anonymouz, and three popular South Auckland urban music artists - Tha Movement, Mareko, Swiss and Ōtāhuhu-based DB Breweries.
#DontDrinkAndDrive
TOGETHER ALONE
By Indira Stewart, RNZ
Read RNZ’s full investigation into Pasifika mental health here: http://shorthand.radionz.co.nz/together-alone/index.html
Mental health will become the most important issue for Pacific people in New Zealand over the next decade, a South Auckland psychiatrist says.
Dr Siale Foliaki says self-harm and suicide attempts are growing issues in the Counties-Manukau district, which has the country's largest Pacific population.
"They sometimes end up in an intensive care unit. We see all sorts of self-harm, the sort of self-harm that would frighten you if you saw them, so some serious trauma. And you've got to ask yourself [what] the state of mind of a young person has to be able to inflict that level of trauma,” he says.…more
College Football: TUA TAGOVAILOA - HEISMAN TROPHY FINALIST
Each year in December The Heisman Memorial Trophy aka the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman, is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football in the United States whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work.
This year Samoan Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (born and raised in Hawaii) who plays for the Alabama Crimson Tide is a finalist. It's the first time in 84 years that the top 3 vote getters are Quarterbacks of colour!
Another Samoan Quarterback born in Hawai'i - Marcus Mariota won the Heisman in 2014.
The 2018 winner of the award will be announced tomorrow night in New York. All the best Tua! Check out his 2018 highlight reel in the video above.
HUMANS OF THE ISLANDS - ASUELU PULA'A
Asuelu Pula'a from a little village in Falealili, Upolu, Samoa went viral around the world after appearing in the US TV show '90 Day Fiance' Season 6 with his fiance Kalani.
We check in with him to find out how he's enjoying his new life in America!
Since the last time we caught up with Asuelu, he went on to marry Kalani and they now have two beautiful boys Oliver and Kennedy, but have since run into marriage trouble (yikes!). They feature in the latest '90 Day' spinoff series, '90 Day: The Last Resort', you can check out an exclusive clip here:
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Their first YouTube video takes you back to how they met ...
But it's been rough seas for the couple from the moment they set sail
'90 Day: The Last Resort' follows couples from hit reality TV show '90 Day Fiancé' who have hit their breaking points endeavor to revive their relationships. Through a couples retreat, every pair will engage in activities designed to assess the possibility of mending past hurts.…more
KEYS DOWN, REAL TALK ft THA MOVEMENT
Keys Down, Real Talk – True Story #1
“Everyone that knows me, knows that I’m just the sober driver, and the main reason why is because I try make sure my friends get home”
Here is the first #KeysDownRealTalk story featuring Tha Movement. The campaign message is simple: there’s no safe level of alcohol when you’re driving.
#KeysDownRealTalk is a new campaign aimed at reducing drink driving. The community-led initiative features three video stories created in collaboration between, South Auckland award winning sound/music & video producer Anonymouz, and three popular South Auckland urban music artists - Tha Movement, Mareko, Swiss and Ōtāhuhu-based DB Breweries.
#DontDrinkAndDrive
VIRTUOSO STRINGS ORCHESTRA - PORIRUA
Tomorrow night, the Virtuoso Strings Orchestra from Porirua will join forces with Grammy award winning bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu in a first time collaboration in Wellington.
This one night only concert ‘Some Enchanted Evening’, will feature Lemalu performing some of the most well-loved bass arias by Bach and Mozart, as well as classics by Copland, Gershwin and others, old favourites like Jerome Kern’s ‘Ol’ man river’, and of course Rodger & Hammerstein’s ‘Some Enchanted Evening’.
The Virtuoso Strings Orchestra was formed in 2013 by Elizabeth Sneyd and Craig Utting who were in awe of the natural talent in the community especially among the Maori and Pasifika students. Today the popular youth orchestra is based in Cannons Creek, Porirua, and is run by the non-for-profit Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust.…more