May 15th 2012
Profile: Parekotuku Moore
Anti-violence campaigner by day, stand-up comedian at night – Parekotuku Moore is a larger-than-life Maori ‘sheila’ set to take this year’s International Comedy Festival to new heights of humour.
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May 10th 2012
Pacific Dance Artist in Residence 2012: Sesilia Pusiaki
Pacific Dance New Zealand is pleased to announce the Pacific Dance Artist In Residence for 2012 - Sesilia Pusiaki Tatuila. This Pacific Dance Artists’ Residency is in its third year.
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May 8th 2012
Emerging artist: Sarah Frances Johnston
Samoan Singer, Sarah Frances Johnston will begin a 2 Month Residency at one of the newest and most famed high end restaurants inside one of the newest hotels in Las Vegas.
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May 3rd 2012
Who's your parenting hero competition- Get Voting
Celebrate Mother’s Day this year by voting for the awesome people in our communities who have been making parenting a little - or a lot - easier.
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May 1st 2012
Polynesian beauty wins Miss Earth NZ
Gloria Ofa Blake was one of 12 contestants who competed to represent New Zealand at the Miss World 2012 contest in Mongolia later this year.
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April 26th 2012
Questions over Miss Fiji's eligibility for Miss World
With questions raised about the eligibility of recently-crowned Miss World Fiji, Torika Watters, pageant organisers reassure that this is not the case.
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April 24th 2012
Who's your parenting hero?
You have prepared for the arrival of your baby. They have somewhere safe to sleep, a pram, warm clothes, excited relatives. You’re looking forward to meeting them, choosing a name, seeing their personality emerge, getting to know their likes and dislikes.
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April 23rd 2012
16 year old Watters crowned Miss World Fiji
Sixteen year old Torika Watters was crowned Miss World Fiji 2012 in the weekend. Watters who is the youngest out of the thirteen contestants is currently a student at International School Nadi and hails from Savusavu.
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April 17th 2012
Fiji celebrates inaugural national women's forum
A diverse group of women were brought together last week for Fiji’s inaugural national Women's Forum. The event was co-convened by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, FemLINKPACIFIC, the National Council of Women and the Soqosoqo Vakamarama I Taukei.
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April 17th 2012
Samoan woman settles with centre after unfair dismissal
A San Francisco homeless resource center has agreed to pay $10,000 and rehire a counselor who said she was dismissed from her job in 2007 because she was Samoan and pregnant.
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April 16th 2012
Keisha Castle-Hughes has role in 'Rewind'
New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is playing a behavioural anthropologist in an action thriller called Rewind being produced for television.
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April 12th 2012
Niue tries to lure Lady Gaga
The tiny Pacific island of Niue, known as “The Rock,” is trying to lure pop diva Lady Gaga to perform there. If she does, the whole population is promising to attend.
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April 5th 2012
Breast cancer in your 20s and 30s - message to young NZ women
Kylie Richardson was only 27 and Cheryle Robins just 34 when, during 2010, they both embarked on something far more unexpected, far more unplanned and far more trying than either of them could ever have imagined.
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April 4th 2012
Final Call - Miss Samoa NZ Contestants 2012
If you are crowned this year - You will have the opportunity to tour Samoa & NZ as a Samoan ambassador in service to the community.
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March 20th 2012
New website launched to inspire single mothers
Single mother Sarah de Janeiro has launched a new diversity website to inspire women and has already attracted multiple views. The site How Love Is had more than 4500 unique views over the past week alone.
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March 20th 2012
Capitalising on Women's potential in times of crisis
Mary Kini, Angela Apa and Agnes Sil belong to three warring tribes in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Tribal laws prohibited them from any interaction with one another. But after years of intertribal violence in their district, they flaunted social taboos and schemed, in secret, to bring peace to their communities.
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March 19th 2012
Tamati voted the sexiest man in TV Guide poll
The winners in the country's biggest People's Choice Awards have been announced and the Breakfast programme has caught the eye of the New Zealand viewing public in more ways than one.
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March 14th 2012
Tongan women get wise
World Bank outfit International Finance Corporation’s 2010 report on Gender and Investment Climate Reform in Tonga showed only 16 percent of the female population operated a registered business or participate in paid work.
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March 14th 2012
Miss World Samoa hits international stage
Te’ev ā Matāfai; Director of the Miss Samoa New Zealand pageant has now been appointed as Director for the newly established Miss World Samoa. This is a historic stepping stone as the winner from this pageant will enter the renowned Miss World competition that involves 140 countries from all over the globe.
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March 12th 2012
ISSUE 49 EXCLUSIVE
What is Plunket?
Plunket has been welcomed into the homes of New Zealand families for over 100 years, and Pacific families are no different. Some of us will still remember aunty or mum shout out “the ’blunket’ nurse is here!”
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February 29th 2012
Celebration day for women
The achievements of women will be celebrated on Waiheke at two free, women-only events on March 10. A daytime workshop at Piritahi Marae and an evening concert at Artworks Theatre will mark International Women's Day.
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February 27th 2012
Tonga's first radio station for women
TONGA will open its first community radio station in a bid to highlights issues affecting women. The radio station 98FM has begun transmitting but will officially open on March 7 in the lead-up to International Women’s Day.
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February 23rd 2012
Well done that 15 year old girl!
The Girls' Self Defence Project warmly congratulates the 15 year old Auckland schoolgirl who so bravely fought off an attempted abduction earlier this week.
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February 23rd 2012
Solomon Islands Business women open new office
SIWIBA, the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association last week opened its new office in Honiara as a networking and business development hub for Solomon Island businesswomen.
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February 20th 2012
Celebrating the past whilst navigating our future
The rich tapestry of pioneering Pacific women and their journey in New Zealand over the last 36 years has been captured on film, and will be launched at the upcoming PACIFICA conference.
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February 20th 2012
Get the girls out for regular breast screening!
Women are being encouraged to ‘get the girls out’ for free breast screening, in new television ads. That could be any of the girls in your life - like your sister, your aunty, your mother, your cousin, or your friend.
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February 17th 2012
Tashitian Dance classes for adults
Have you always wanted to learn how to sway or shake your hips like a Tahitian goddess? Are you and your girlfriends looking for something fun and active to do together? Well ladies… Here’s your chance.
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February 16th 2012
Girls, listen to your aunties and have free breast screening!
You might have seen ‘aunties’ Ella Henry and Whetu Fala on TV, encouraging you to ‘get the girls out’ for free breast screening. It’s worth listening to them because breast screening can find really tiny cancers, that can’t be felt. Finding breast cancer early means you have a better chance of beating it.
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February 15th 2012
Hawaiian prisoners help to feed the hungry
Inmates at Hawaii's correctional center for women are growing cloned breadfruit trees to help feed hungry people. The state Department of Public Safety says inmates incarcerated at the Women's Community Correctional Center in Kailua have grown the cloned trees
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February 13th 2012
Music world in mourning for Whitney Houston before Grammys
The music world was in mourning Sunday for pop diva Whitney Houston, who died under mysterious circumstances in a Los Angeles hotel on the eve of the annual Grammy Awards. Police were called to the Beverley Hilton hotel on Saturday afternoon local time and found the 48-year-old singer unresponsive.
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February 10th 2012
Young Pacific film producer wins international award
16 year old Vanuatu film maker Nenneth Sakita has scooped up a 2011 OneMinutesJr. Award for the film “Discrimination Against Women”. The film was selected by an independent jury in competition with 250 videos from around the world.
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January 24th 2012
Looking Good Breastfeeding baby photo competition- Voting is Open
Here’s a great opportunity to show your support for the breastfeeding mums in New Zealand. You can vote for your favourite photo in a great online competition. We want to show that breastfeeding is completely natural.
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January 20th 2012
Vanuatu women need to get men onside to get themselves into parliament
Vanuatu women wanting to run in next year’s elections have been told they need to work more closely with men to try and ensure election. The organisation United Nations Women is running workshops, in collaboration with the Vanuatu National Council of Women, to prepare women to stand in the poll.
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January 12th 2012
Rethink Breast cancer: Your man reminder
Let this hot guy show you how to give your breasts some TLC.
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January 11th 2011
Looking Good Breastfeeding Photo Competition Reminder- Entries are open!
Breastfeeding is a natural part of life, giving babies the best start in life and it’s great for mums too.
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