By Dahlia Malaeulu 

Our Mase had come home from school a little wired which was nothing new. He completed his after school routine of uniform off, favourite after school clothes on, lunchbox on the bench before pacing around the house until he was ready for the daily recall of his latest obsessions. 

Superheroes were on today’s agenda.

Facts about Spiderman and Optimus Prime came first. I took my usual position on the couch next to him as he re-enacted scenes and lines from his favourite books and films in real time. My job was to listen, answer rhetorical questions and ask many more for Mase to enlighten me with all his superhero wisdom. 

Then out of the blue came a surprising question, ‘Mum, why don’t we have Samoan superheroes?’ I took a moment to search the corridors of my mind for an answer. 

‘We kind of have Samoan superheroes but they were around a really long time ago,’ I replied.…more

Samoan actor and comedian Rose Matafeo was recently on the Kelly Clarkson show to talk about Season two of her HBO Max series 'Starstruck'.

She dishes on filming the show during lockdown, living alone in her London bachelorette pad and starting stand-up comedy when she was 15.

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Get familiar with Rose here where she shares with us her journey to comedic stardom, her love for cats and her vehement distaste for her Rastafarian parents choice in music.

The 'Turf War' Weigh-ins yesterday between Barry Hall and Sonny Bill Williams got a bit feisty with Barry head butting SBW in the face during their face-off.

Sonny weighed in at 109 kgs while Barry has given away more than 11kgs weighing in at 97.8kgs.

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The Sky Sport team caught up with Sonny yesterday for a quick chat - check out their interview below.

Meet Mata.

He’s the youngest of the Grey siblings and can be described as: “homegrown, self-taught, trial by fire because he had to play the bass for his dad’s gigs, who evolved into a studio musician and can pretty much play with the best of them BECAUSE of his experience as a kid (coupled with his BA from UC Irvine’s School of the Arts).”

Mata dreamed of being a football player, until one year on the summer of his junior year, he earned a coveted music scholarship from the Brian Campbell Foundation, which enabled him to attend an exclusive camp for music hosted by Berklee College of Music, a school known for putting out artists like Eric Clapton and John Mayer.

Listen in on how this one summer music camp became the TURNING POINT in his life, when he made the decision to pursue music as a career.

Today, the Grey's brother is a singer-songwriter and the lead guitarist for the hit band Common Kings.…more

Samoan comedian Rose Matafeo makes her first ever appearance on late night US television with an interview on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'.

She talks with Stephen about the second season of the show she created and also stars in - 'Starstruck' which airs on HBO Max in the States and finds common ground with him as the two discuss their love for "The Lord of the Rings" and the actors from Peter Jackson's films.

Threads?  Rose is wearing a pink trouser suit made by luxury London design brand ME+EM.

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Check out the trailer for the second season of 'Starstruck' below - 

An emotional Viliame Kikau receives the jersey for his 100th NRL game from his family during a surprise visit from Fiji.

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Watch the special NRL video from the time Viliame went back to Fiji to visit his family and shared the unbreakable bond he has with his brother Jope (who surprises Vili shown in the video above) - click here to watch 

Caring for our elders is a natural part of our culture that often gets underestimated as a huge undertaking. It’s a bit like becoming a parent … you can never really grasp the level of responsibility, patience, care, and compassion you need to have to tend to the needs of your ageing parents or grandparents.

When you layer in something like diabetes or heart disease and all of the extra knowledge and understanding and empathy that has to come with it, it’s a jolt to the system.

Fa'anana Jerome Grey's daughter Ana shares her insights on how things played out with their dad when he had his first stroke, and then a second. She also gets pretty vulnerable about witnessing their Mom’s battle with diabetes slowly getting more difficult and eventually taking her from their family. Both diseases run prevalent in our Pacific Islands community.…more

In October last year, Hemi 'The Heat' Ahio made history winning the first-ever World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight title in the Middle East when he fought Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid on Amir Khan's Crypto Fight Night in Dubai.

The South Auckland born, Tongan heavy hitter and his coach Doug Viney share Hemi's fight night experience, winning the WBC Middle East Heavyweight belt and goals for the future.

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Public Interest Journalism funded by NZ on Air 

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Director - Penina Momoiseā

Editor - Sefa Taouma 

Camera Operator - Adrian Mcbirney 

Watch Dwayne Johnson return in the hilarious sitcom about his extraordinary life starring Pasifika stars from down under Stacey Leilua, Uli Latukefu, Ana Tuisila and Fasitua Amosa.  Check out the trailer above.

If you're in the US tune in to NBC where the new series will premiere in NBC's Tuesday comedy block at 8pm.

While we wait to see if TVNZ picks up the series for audiences here, you'll also be able to watch it on PeacockTV but you'll need a VPN.

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Dwayne also recaps Season 1 and shares what you can look forward to coming up in Season 2 in this sneak peak video below -