Despite being a tropical fruit with distinctive flavor and fragrance, the guava is also known for the various health-improving properties. What isn't common knowledge is that the bark and leaves are also useful to improving our health.

Source: Health Adore

The guava fruit is one of the least chemically treated and sprayed fruits, and is now easily available around the world. It's packed with vitamins and minerals - 4 times the Vitamin C of an oranges and 10 times more Vitamin A than a lemon. And that is not all; it also contains Vitamins B2, E and K, Calcium, Folate, Fiber, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Manganese and Phosphorus.

All around the world, it is used in cooking both sweet and savory dishes. Guava juice is also a refreshing beverage, and is also used in sauces, candies, jams and jellies.

Here are the top 10 health benefits of guava and guava leaves.

1. Maintains Oral Health

With dental plaque being the principal factor in many oral health problems, guava comes as the solution.…more

Check out some the amazing highlights from last weekend's thrilling Sevens Tournament over in Sydney - with New Zealand winning back to back!

Take a look at some of the uso's representing for our small island nations as they battled it out in the Sydney leg of the worldwide Sevens Tournament, the fourth of ten stops across the globe.

Image Credit: Benjamin Tapealava

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Gustavia Lui

Samoan/Tuvaluan 28 years old

Owner of Staavias Footwear Company

I have big feet, I hate admitting it. I was walking in the office one day and the heel of my shoe snapped in half! My feet are size 11 and a half. I love to dress up but I could never find shoes my size. Whenever I’ve talked to other island girls, they all felt the same. So I thought, okay no one else is doing it, the way I want it. I’ll do it myself!

What was your first step towards getting in to the shoe making business?

Getting over my fear. I would’ve been up and running a lot earlier had I gotten over my fear a lot earlier. In 2013 I applied for the AMP Scholarship People’s Choice Award and got rewarded with the 2nd prize. I went to China and took my $1000 prize money and used it to buy me two foot moulds (they cost $500 each).…more

Is this the new wonder food? Breadfruit is high in protein and has the potential to feed the world, experts say

• Breadfruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture
• It is widely eaten in the Pacific Islands and scientists are encouraging the planting of trees in countries with poor food security
• One breadfruit, which weighs around 7 lbs (3kg) provides the carbohydrate portion of a meal for a family of five
• It can be can be ground into flour and used to make pancakes
• The fruit is rich in vitamins and is a source of carbohydrate and protein 
  
• The protein in the fruit has a higher proportion of aminio acids than soy

It may not be a fruit that you automatically reach for in the supermarket, but the large and exotic breadfruit is being touted as a wonder food.

Known by its Latin name, artocarpus altilis, the fruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture so that it can be served as part of a main meal or turned into sweets.…more

The 2016 class of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame will be inducted on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Here’s a quick look at this year’s honorees: 

CHARLIE ANE

Charles Teetai Ane Jr. is regarded as one of the pioneers of football in Hawai‘i. Born in Honolulu in 1931, Ane was a two-way lineman for Punahou. He later played quarterback and both offensive and defensive tackle for the USC Trojans, earning All-Coast honors in the early 1950s. The Detroit Lions selected Ane in the fourth round of the 1954 NFL Draft. He played both right tackle and center for the Lions in his seven-year career. More importantly, the 6-foot-2-inch, 260-pound powerhouse was a key performer during the most successful period in the franchise’s history, leading the Lions to two NFL championships. Ane was named to the Pro Bowl in 1956 and 1958. After he retired from the league, Ane returned to the Islands and served as a head coach and assistant coach for several local high school teams.…more

What’s NFL Draft Day like for a player on the verge of making it? For Utah Utes defensive tackle Star Lotulelei, whose mother and father immigrated to the U.S. from Tonga, it means pigs on spits, hundreds of family, friends, and media, and the weight of their expectations entirely on his shoulders. 

Fans of the Sione's Wedding films will lap up this colourful and charming Kiwi-Samoan comedy.

It's the story of Adam (Neil Amituanai), a bit of a feckless slob, who, when he isn't on his Playstation, is asking his long-suffering Mum, "what's for dinner?"

However, his life is turned upside down when he admires a "beautiful" law student, who shares the same bus stop as him. Unable to muster up the courage to speak with her, he hits upon a plan when he overhears that she'd like a real "Island guy". Hopping on the first plane to Apia, he enlists the support of his two cousins – the muscle-bound Mose (Vito Vito) and the more "sensitive" Tavita (Vesui Villiamu). But as well as teaching him how to climb trees, crack open coconuts and weave baskets, they also offer up some more pertinent life-skills and advice.