What is Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's true ethnicity?
When one talks of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s name is bound to pop up during the conversation. It would be safe to say that he’s the Hulk Hogan of our generation.
Johnson’s enormous popularity extends far beyond the wrestling world, with the California native one of Hollywood’s most successful superstars, as well as a global figure of affection. All that popularity hasn’t diminished his humbleness, with the star being one of the nicest celebrities around; always happy to oblige his fans with selfies or autographs. One thing that has always intrigued Johnson’s fans is his ethnicity, with the wrestler possessing a mixed heritage. And this article decode the question, which is: What is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s true ethnicity?
Johnson was born into a family of wrestlers, with his grandfather, “High Chief” Peter Maivia a well known wrestler, as well as his dad, Rocky Johnson, who created history by becoming the first black to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, along with partner Tony Atlas.…more
All Blacks welcomed to Rugby World Cup 2015
Jerome Kaino talks us through the All Blacks official welcome to Rugby World Cup 2015 at the Tower of London.
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Manu Samoa Welcome Ceremony 2015 Rugby World Cup
Don Opeloge has won bronze for Samoa!
The champion gold winning Opeloge family who took out the weightlifting medals for Samoa at the South Pacific Games and now their family tradition has been extended, with the youngest Opeloge weightlifting star - bringing home the bronze for Samoa at the Youth Commonwealth Games this week!
16 year-old weightlifter Don Opeloge has won bronze for Samoa during the afternoon session of the 77kg Men's Weightlifting competition at Tuanaimato, Samoa.
Don lifted 96kg in the Snatch and 122kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 218kg.
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How Can Tiny Samoa Dominate The NFL?
When University of Washington Defensive Tackle Danny Shelton arrived for the NFL Draft in Chicago wearing traditional Samoan dress and almost choked the life out of Commissioner Goodell in an on-stage hug, it symbolized the amazing dominance that one tiny island and its’ Polynesian neighbors have in NFL football. Five Polynesian players were selected in the first 66 picks of the 2015 NFL Draft, the most ever for the first three rounds. Over 70 players in the NFL are of Polynesian descent. There are 30 players from American Samoa in the NFL and more than 200 play Division I NCAA Football. A Samoan male is 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than an American non-Samoan.
Super Bowl Champions Jesse Sapolu and Ma’a Tanuvassa along with Kevin Kaplan and his company Coaching Charities decided to pay recognition to the contributions by establishing a Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in 2013. It had its’ first group of inductees the next year including players like Junior Seau, Kevin Mawae and Jack Thompson (“The Throwing Samoan”).…more
Behind every great man.... is his cousin?! The Rock's Samoan Stuntman
The Man Behind The Rock’s Stunts For The Past 13 Years Is His Cousin.
In Hollywood, you’re only as good as the guy doing your stunts.
And in the case of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, he might have the best damn stuntman in the entire business.
The same man has held DJ down and made him look good on camera since The Rock’s acting debut in “The Scorpion King” back in 2002.
But just like wrestling, it’s a family business and The Rock’s stuntman is none other than his cousin Tanoai Reed.
The Rock is the biggest action movie star in Hollywood right now.
So it’s only right he has the best stuntman in the game.
Thanks to his cousin, Tanoai Reed, he has exactly that.
For the past 13 years, their partnership has been a successful one, and they’ve starred in over a dozen films together.
It works really well because they have the same body type.
And they even wore the same number as football players.
They both clean up well when they have to.…more
Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Kicks off
The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games have kicked off featuring some of the highlights from Day 1
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Tongan Fakaleiti finding their way in conservative country
While transgenders in Australia typically exist on the periphery of society, in the Kingdom of Tonga, they sit close to the king – or wait on his table, at least, writes Peter Munro.
"You've got to be strong to be a woman" â even when you're not
In Australia, transgenders are typically on the fringes of mainstream society. In Tonga, they sit close to the king â or wait on his table.
Perched within cooee of the king – at a long table topped with suckling pigs, lobsters, coconuts and big blocks of supermarket chocolate – is Joey Joleen Mataele. She's hard to find among the hundreds of nobles gathered on a grassed oval to celebrate the coronation, on a steamy day of singing, dancing and double desserts in the Kingdom of Tonga.
A local takes me to her table, past a handful of male waiters wearing white blouses and heavy make-up – their lips red, eyebrows plucked and chests waxed. "Some of them are more graceful than girls," my guide says. "They are reliable workers.…more
Scribe and family to sing redemption songs
The distant sound of a conch call is heard. As waves burble onto the shore, Lupepe or Pepe for short, with her hair in an immaculate bun, sings a moving Samoan hymn. Proud and strong, she strums her treasured white kikala. She wants to leave a life of slavery. Dreams are packed tight into banana boxes. She will take her children to New Zealand for a better life.
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Fa'amoana Luafutu is a small shoeless boy at a New Zealand airport. Looking about curiously at the foreign sights and smells, he feels as if he has swallowed a rainbow.
On his first day at school in Auckland he is given his new name, John, as Fa'amoana is considered too difficult to pronounce. He feels dumb and lost. He looks up and sees the phrase "deeds not words" embossed in concrete on the main school building.…more
Malakai Fekitoa in Jockeys for NZ Fashion Week
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