Check out the incredible NFL Network Feature about the Polynesian influence on the NFL.

All of the interviews occurred at the 2016 Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement weekend by NFL Network's Steve Wyche.

Check out some of the hightlights from one of the fastest success stories in Rugby, the Ioane brothers Rieko and Akira Ioane! 

After being stars at Auckland Grammar, Rieko and Akira Ioane pulled on the black jersey of the Maori All Blacks for the first time together in 2015. Later that year they were selected together in Sir Gorden Tietjens 7s squad. Since then, they have played many tournaments, and have scored many great tries, which are featured in this video.

Video cred: lewif007 Productions

But after moving in with my Aunty Henga in my second year at Auckland University, I found myself in the centre of true blue Samoan lotu. There was a song to begin, a prayer from everyone present, another song, a final prayer from Uncle Asora (a minister), then a song to finish. All this, and I didn’t understand a single word.

Lotu is pretty boring even when you know what you’re praying for. Lotu when you can’t understand what is going on is next level. For me, lotu was essentially sitting in silence and trying to pick out the odd word that I recognised.

But the songs were awesome.…more

Pita Taufatofua

Taekwondo Olympian

Tongan / Australian

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Pita is currently raising funds for the Kingdom of Tonga after a large Tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption devastated Tonga on the 15th of January.

Click here to donate to this fundraiser which has a 1 miliion dollar goal with funds specificed to go towards those most in need, infrastructure and damage to schools, hospitals etc.

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My mother's Australian/British.  My father's from Ha'apai and Vava'u in Tonga. There's seven of us, but one of my sisters passed away from Cancer when I was about 4 or 5. I'm the 3rd eldest. 

I still have memories of it. I still remember the day we had her funeral. At that age I felt the sadness from everyone else around. Because I was so young I didn't have a full grasp of what death was. But what I do remember was the sadness of the people around me, my family and everyone else. She was a student at Queen Salote college at the time, she was only 12.…more

Joe Naufahu at the Season 6 Premiere of "Game of Thrones" check out Joe Nafahu hosting Fresh Saturday 23rd of April 10am on TV2.

Check out the girls of Fifth Harmony and their amazing rendition of America the Beautiful at this year's Wrestlemania!

Nastajia Bourke

Tongan / Irish

Sommelier

35 yrs, 

Check out the uso Krit Faanene Schmidt in #TalkingKrit where he catches up with Hurricanes and All Black player Victor Vito! 

The usos catch up on life - from moving to France to the New Zealand flag and everything in between.

Florence Jaukae Kamel

Bilum Fibre Artist

Goroka, Papua New Guinea

2026: Florence Jaukae Kamel, in a powerful and history making moment, has taken Pacific designs to one of the biggest stages in global fashion at New York Fashion Week. Showcasing traditional bilum weaving, cowrie shell adornment and ancestral craftsmanship, the Papua New Guinean bilum fibre artist brought generations of cultural knowledge to the international runway. Her NY Fashion Week debut marks a proud milestone not only for Papua New Guinea but for the wider Pacific, affirming that our traditional designs, stories and artistry belong at the centre of the global fashion conversation.

I am Florence Jaukae Kamel, I was born and raised in Goroka. I am a single mum with five children and I have 3 grandchildren.

My mother taught me how to weave and I started weaving when I was a small girl, like 6 or 7 years old. But I didn't take it very seriously. Then one day I was looking through an encyclopedia and I saw the carpet snake and I thought 'I really like those colours'.…more