Tag: Sports
‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...
Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ Pacific
Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Dr Percival is one...
Family happy with Fiji PM’s pledge of $1m package for sevens...
By Paulini Curuqara in Suva
Fiji Olympic rugby sevens captain Seremaia “Jerry” Tuwai’s parents couldn’t hold back their tears and kept thanking God for the...
Pacific Games: New Caledonia lead, Samoa following at halfway point
By RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia has a healthy lead on the Pacific Games medals table after the first week of the competition.
The French Territory has...
New Caledonian football teams end NZ’s Oceania dominance
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Caledonian football teams Hienghène Sport and AS Magenta have ended New Zealand’s dominance of the OFC Champions League with upset...
Glittering time at Toulouse, but Novès’ sacking smacks of scapegoating
TRIBUTE: By former Planet Rugby editor Danny Stephens
Not three hours had passed since last week’s message from Queen Elizabeth II said she was “…hoping...
One year after vowing support for Games, Pohiva calls for another...
By Philip Cass in Auckland
It is just under a year since the Tongan government assured the Pacific Games Council that it was fully committed...