New Zealand

20 December 2021
19 December 2021 The New Zealand boxer Joseph Parker has bagged a unanimous points decision win over British veteran Dereck Chisora in their heavyweight rematch in Manchester. Joseph Parker lands a punch on Dereck Chisora. Photo: Mark Robinson/Photosport Parker, who won the first fight back in May by a controversial split decision, won this morning's bout far more decisively, by at least two rounds on all three judges scorecards.
30 November 2021
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and personnel to transport PPE and medical supplies to provinces in Papua New Guinea. The stores were being held in warehouses in Port Moresby but getting the supplies from the capital to provincial areas has been a major challenge for local authorities.
24 April 2021
After last year's cancellation due to Covid-19, New Zealand will warmly welcome back its Anzac Day services tomorrow. The cancellation was the first since the day was marked in the early 1900s. The Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio said he was pleased and relieved that New Zealand could again honour the huge sacrifices of the country's soldiers including the Pacific troops.
19 April 2021
SIX60 will play the first ever concert at Eden park this Saturday 24th April to the largest crowd of the SATURDAYS tour! To celebrate the band’s history-making concert at Eden Park, artist Glenn Jones was commissioned to create a SIX60 mural which has just been installed in Mount Eden. In what is set to be a monumental event, the band are pulling out all the stops to make it an unforgettable evening for all.
10 April 2021
Organisers of the Pasifika Festival are expecting thousands of people to celebrate its return in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland this morning. Cancelled for the past two years, due to the Christchurch terror attacks and the Covid-19 pandemic, the two-day festival will be held at a new venue, Mt Smart Stadium. Previously it was held at Western Springs.
1 April 2021
Creative New Zealand recently announced that Caren Rangi ONZM has been appointed as the new Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. Ms Rangi will be the first Pacific Chair and third woman to hold this role of Chair of the Arts Council in its 55-year history. She is a founding director on the Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) board, following our establishment in 2015.
15 March 2021
The Cook Islands biggest cultural festival, Te Maeva Nui, returning to Auckland after it was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, the event was held in Aotearoa for the first time in its more than 50-year history. Organiser Kim Marsters said her team was optimistic the two-day festival would go ahead as scheduled in July.
27 November 2020
The government has offered help to the under-pressure horticultural sector by allowing 2000 Recognised Seasonal Employer, or RSE, workers in to help pick fruit and vegetables this summer. Growers had complained that without these workers, some produce would rot unpicked. The government has however imposed strict conditions. The workers would have to be paid the living wage, of at least $22.10 an hour.
18 November 2020
Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban has been recognised with a lifetime achievement award for her service as New Zealand's first female Pasifika MP at last night's 2020 Women of Influence Awards. Dame Winnie was New Zealand's eighth Minister of Pacific Island Affairs and entered Parliament in 1999 as a Labour Party List MP before winning the Mana seat in 2002.
20 October 2020
The Oceania Women's Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier between Samoa and Tonga is now confirmed to be hosted in Auckland on 14 November. The match is part of a triple header including games between the New Zealand Defence Services and Police and the World Champion Black Ferns and a Barbarians team.