"What do you mean" Segway dance
Check out the skills of these talented dancers taking choreo to the next level....
Performing to 'What do you mean' by Justin Beiber on SEGWAYS! First we've seen, check it out!
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NZ Actor cast in Game of Thrones!
New Zealand actor Joe Naufahu confirmed as part of the cast in hit fantasy series Game of Thrones!
Best known for his roles on Go Girls and Spartacus: Vengeance, Tongan actor Naufahu will be joining the epic Emmy Award-Winning show for it's sixth season.
Deadline Hollywood reported Naufahu had been cast in a recurring role, and that further details are still under wraps.
Speculation is that he could be playing a part in the Dothraki plotline, the horse riding people in the popular television series.
Naufahu joins fellow kiwi Keisha Castle-Hughes who appeared last season as Obara Sand, and is expected to return next season.
Last year, Naufahu starred in the critically acclaimed feature film The Last Saint¸ the directorial debut of his brother, former Shortland Street actor Rene Naufahu.
Malie doko!!!
Erica excelling thanks to StarJam
Fourteen-year-old Erica Aii could dance before she could walk and "always had the beat".
Down Syndrome hasn't affected her quality of life but she's never been able to relate to others with the condition until now.
She attends dance classes at StarJam in Manurewa, a programme giving young people with disabilities the chance to experience performing through the common love of music.
"It's very normal and very challenging," says the young dancer, who's favourite dance is hip hop and Samoan.
Her mum Janene says Erica really looks forward to going to StarJam every week.
"We lived in France and Japan so couldn't really find anybody to relate to there," she says.
"I think because she's been mainstream her whole life it really didn't make a difference to her.…more
Samoa team banned from fast food
Samoan management have banned it's players from eating at the McDonald's and KFC restaurants near their hotel.
Even though their Tongan brothers were taken under the wing of their local Nando's, the Samoan team unfortunately will have to make do without the fast-food until after the tournament.
Flyhalf Tusi Pisi said: "All I can see are the fast food restaurants across the road (but) coach barred us from there."
Tonga on the other hand visited Nando's 10 days in a row, with some players going more than once a day - making the restaurant in Exeter their second home.
"The team, which has been based in Exeter, Devon, got ready for their second game of the tournament with several peri-peri binges" reported The Mirror.
This news follows reports of the Candian team eating the World Cup organisers out of house and home, when the team's kitchen staff had to scramble to get more food after consuming 22lbs of roast beef in 15mins.
This is Lima Sopoaga (lululemon)
A story about the extremities of being an athlete and the sport of rugby. Despite injury and disappointment, the love for the game will triumph every single time. This is Lima Sopoaga.
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Happy Tuvalu Language Week!
This week we celebrate Tuvalu Language Week in New Zealand.
Providing a week of celebrations through music, song, dance, food, crafts and language, there will be events happening right across the country.
For more info on what's on, check out the Ministry website or Facebook page.
You can also familiarise yourself with Tuvalu language and culture right here
And some key phrases of the Tuvaluan Language to get you started:
Tuvalu Language Week is promoted by Auckland Tuvalu Community Trust with support from the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, community members and other organisations.
Last Saint star Beulah Koale gets Best Actor nod at first foreign outing
One of our favourite Kiwi films from last year The Last Saint, an independently financed New Zealand Feature film. The Last Saint, which spawned those famous words uttered by actor Calvin Tuteao “Ponsonby’s gone to the dogs” has started rolling out in international territories with its star, Beulah Koale, winning a Best Actor award at its first festival.
The Last Saint received its international premiere at the Harlem International Film Festival in New York where Koale’s performance in the gritty story of Auckland’s underworld received the Best Actor accolade
Last Saint director, Rene Naufahu said, ”Beulah is one of the most courageous young men I’ve ever met- and he uses this courage to maximum effect in his performance of Minka.…more
Te Vaka's new album 'Amataga' Out Now!
In Loving Memory of Papali'i Pita Ulitau Taouma
We would like to pay tribute to a Great man, a Pioneer, a Leader, a Father, a Mentor, a Musician, a Husband and more...
Papali'i Dr. Pita Ulitau Taouma
Papali’i Dr. Pita Taouma is the head of the Malietoa Pouesi family in Aotearoa/Niu Sila. He is most well-known as a dentist who served our community for many years, first in Samoa as the head of dentistry at the hospital in Matautu, Apia and then for many years as a dentist here in Aukilani.
Papali’i was first sent to Niu Sila to take up a scholarship at Whangarei Boys High School at the age of 14. He spent these years schooling while also traveling to Aukilani during holidays to spend time with family, mostly in and around the Ponsonby area.
Papali’i then went to Otago University to study dentistry – a profession which ran in the family as his father Tofa Fesula’i Taouma Leteletaneolevao was also one of a group of seven dentists originally trained in the craft in Samoa.…more