Entertainment

Tuita Boyz on Dancing With the Stars

Check out the Tuita Boyz Hefa, Soane and Niua Tuita as they break it down on the dance floor!

Born and raised in Utah to a Tongan father and European mother, these three brothers have been taking over the dance world - you might recognise Hefa from High School Musical, and as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, JLo and Chris Brown! Check out their #SWAG

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Ray of Hope Concert 2014

Spend 2 minutes with Pieter T as we take you behind the scenes of the Ray of Hope concert in Samoa!

Along with Kiwi artists Aaradhna, Jae'O, Julie Ta'ale and Sammy J, check out the awesome cause behind the music! 

With special thanks to Tagata Pasifika for the footage of the concert!

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Check out more action from this year's Teuila Festival!

See how Happy the people of Samoa really are!


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Congrats to the newest female Pacific MP's!

Huge congrats to our latest Poly-Suga's who are now Members of Parliament!

Tongan ta'ahine's Carmel Sepuloni (Labour MP for Kelston) and Jenny Salesa (Labour MP for Manukau-East) along with Cook-Island Princess Poto Williams (re-elected as Labour MP for Christchurch-East) are the latest in the long line of Pasifika women to be Members of the New Zealand government! 

Well done ladies!!


Sports

Former NFL player gives up his career to donate a kidney to his brother.

Ma'ake Kemoeatu didn't think twice about donating one of his kidneys to his little brother Chris Kemoeatu. How's that for brotherly love?! 


Sports

FOOTBALL: Fa'afafine Football Star in the making!

The remarkable story of the American Samoa football team featured in the documentary 'Next Goal Wins' continues to hit the headlines around the world.

And much of the attention is on Jaiyah Saelua, with calls for the transgendered player to be made a World Cup ambassador in Brazil next month, to campaign against sexual discrimination in sport.

Jaiyah played an heroic role in securing American Samoa's first ever international win which is at the heart of the story, and now she's become a symbol of gender equality.

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Fa'afafine tips from the queens themselves!

Move like a Fa'afafine


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Teuila Blakely - on life and "that moment"

Close ya Snapchats! Ditch the hashtags and the newspaper headlines because we got the real word from Teuila herself. These are her thoughts on life, love and living with the stigma of being 'the girl in the video'


Pacific Blog

Featured Writer: Tusiata Avia

This months featured writer is Tusiata Avia - Impossibly Smart, utterly funny and a true artist with the written word. Sink into her modern retelling of the beloved ‘Sina and the Tuna’ legend- and let us know your thoughts!

Surfing for Sina by Tusiata Avia

For an eel, Tuna wasn’t a bad looking guy, not good looking, but he wasn’t a dog.

No, Tuna was an eel. But Tuna, like most eels, had a hard time with the ladies – what with the smell and the slipperiness and the slime: not qualities most women find appealing. It would take someone special to see beyond that. And, let’s face it – we all care about looks, now, don’t we? Well, we do, don’t we?

Tuna lived his life in the sea of  I.T. If I say he was a genius I wouldn’t be far off the mark. And socially, it suited him. A laptop doesn’t care if you’re a little clammy, a P.C. accepts you just the way you are.…more


Coco News

KEEPIN’ IT COCO

Talofa Lava, Malo E Lelei, Kia Orana, Fakalofalahi Atu, Bula Vinaka and WASSUP YO! Welcome to The Coconet TV, the new online hub featuring all things Cocolicious, Coco-Fresh & Coco-Nasty!

For the past 4 months, we have been filming our epic ‘How to’ webisodes across the pacific. As a kiwi-born Hamo livin’ it up in New Zealand, you sometimes lose a bit of your heritage. You go to Island occasions looking a bit durrr and not appreciating the importance of the customary activities being practiced.

This web/online/poly portal (ups to you how you call it) gives us the opportunity to learn hips and hips like how to make Takihi, do a Siva, lay an umu, drink kava and so much more. It’s cool cause we’re not only putting the stories we gather out there, but we want you to put up your top Island tips as well.…more


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What is The Coconet TV?

The Coconet TV on Tagata Pasifika


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The Coconet TV Launch Party on @TotesMaori

Check out what went down at the Launch of The Coconet TV on Totes Maori

Check out the pictures from the The Coconet TV Launch