Kevin Mawae enshrined as first Hawaiian in the Pro Football Hall of Fame | NFL
Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Tennessee Titans center Kevin Mawae addresses fans at the 2019 NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony.
Mawae pays tribute to his family, coaches and teammates. Mawae reflects on his playing days at LSU. He thanks his former coach Herm Edwards who he is now an assistant coach for at Arizona State. Mawae thanks Bill Belichick for the way he challenged him throughout his Jets career.
HIGH SCHOOL MMA WRESTLER TYRA SHARMA IS ON THE RISE
17 year old Fijian MMA wrestler Tyra Sharma currently trains & fights out of Oliver MMA gym in South Auckland and hopes to qualify for the Youth Olympics next year.
Check out her story here.
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Director - Crystal Vaega
Camera Operator - Fa'anati Mamea
Editor - Sapati Apa
PACIFIC GAMES 2019 - SAMOA HIGHLIGHTS
Over 5,000 athletes from 24 of our Pacific Island nations gathered in Samoa for what they call the 'Olympics of the Pacific' - the Pacific Games 2019.
Check out why it's such an important Games for our Pacific Islands athletes.
DWAYNE 'THE ROCK' JOHNSON PAYS HOMAGE TO HIS SAMOAN CULTURE
The Rock takes us behind the scenes with him where they're shooting some of the Samoan sequences in Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw.
He talks about getting to showcase his culture on a global scale and having his Mum on set when they're shooting the Siva Tau.
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He also visited the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and brought awareness again to what is happening in Hawai'i with Mauna Kea.
LOADING DOCS: MANA WAHINE
As the indigenous land occupation of Ihumātao hits global headlines, Pania Newton must decide: face down the bulldozers or give up the fight.
Set deep behind the front lines at Ihumātao, Mana Wahine captures intimate access to SOUL co-leader – Pania Newton – in the weeks leading up to what is becoming New Zealand’s most disputed indigenous land occupation.
As the magnitude of the fight ahead and pressures placed on her become all too real, Pania lays bare her personal struggles to find the strength to lead. As the cultural and political unrest reaches breaking point, Mana Wahine provides unique insight into an indigenous issue resonating around the world.
Directed: Corinna Hunziker
Produced: Mia Henry-Teirney
Mana Wahine is part of Loading Docs 2019.
JASON MOMOA VISITS MAUNA KEA & CONTINUES SUPPORT WITH HIS FAMILY
Hawai'ian actor Jason Momoa visited the TMT protectors at Mauna Kea today.
Jason has been very vocal with his opposition of the Thirty Metre Telescope and his support of the native Hawai'ian protectors over the last few years via his social media.
He visited the site with both of his children and extended Hawai'ian ohana.
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Cover image by KHON2
DWAYNE 'THE ROCK' JOHNSON - 'MEET THE BROTHERS'
Dwayne The Rock Johnson introduces us to the 'uso's' that play his brothers in 'Hobbs & Shaw' and they're ALL Polynesian.
And the one uso he knew he had to get because they're related .... Roman Reigns
FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW - WORLD PREMIERE in LOS ANGELES
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson takes us behind the scenes of his world premiere in Los Angeles.
"It's the very first time that the culture of Samoa has ever been showcased in a big global movie like this" he said before the screening in Hollywood.
Check out all the action at the premiere here ...
TOP FINISHES: Max Holloway
Check out Hawaiian/Samoan UFC Fighter Max Holloways top finishes!
Jerome "Max Blessed" Holloway is the #1 contender for the UFC Featherweight Championship belt after losing it to Alex Volkanovski in December last year. In his previous title defence he broke the record for most significant strikes in one fight with 290, broke the record for landing 134 of those significant strikes in a round, and set the record for most victories in UFC featherweight history with fifteen.
He has earned nine performance bonuses over his 23 career UFC fights, holding division records for knockout wins with eight as well as the most stoppage victories with 10.
PASIFIKA SUPPORTING IHUMATAO PROTECTORS
"Ihumātao, a west-facing peninsula on the shore of Auckland’s Manukau Harbour, is the city’s oldest settlement. In 1863, the land was illegally confiscated from Māori. Sacred hills were quarried, 800-year-old burial sites were demolished, archaeological remains were destroyed, a sewage-treatment plant was built over traditional fishing grounds, and a dye spill killed the local creek. Now Ihumātao has been designated a Special Housing Area, without public consultation, and a development of nearly 500 houses is in progress. But for some tangata whenua, enough is enough." - From "When Worlds Collide".
Learn more about the history of Ihumatao and click on the link here to understand why there is a fight to protect this land.
Members of our Pasifika community who went down to support/tautoko the Tangata Whenua and their fight to protect Ihumatao share with us why they felt it was important.
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NOMA SIO-FAIUMU & her husband MATT FAIUMU aka ANONYMOUZ
- Arts Practitioner (Noma) Producer/Musician (Matt)
"Matt is a Māngere boy through and through.…more