#FitnessInTheFale - Learn this dance routine with 'The Royal Family's' Kaea Pearce
Royal Family Dance Crew member Kaea Pearce takes us through a hip hop based dance routine, starting with a warm up.
Follow along with Kaea as she breaks down the steps and then dance the full choreographed routine with her at the end!
Upload your videos and be sure to tag both us and Kaea in the videos - we'd love to see how you go!
Tony Finau - My Why
“Athletes are often perceived as being somewhat one-dimensional. But, I’m also a dad, a husband, an avid sports fan, a lover of food and music; as well as many other things. It’s the combination of these things that drives me to get the most out of every day.” - Tony Finau, PGA TOUR Champion
Do What You Love. More.
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At the end of April 2023, Tony Finau won the Mexico Open clinching his fourth win in his last 18 starts to jump five places to world No. 11 beating World #1 Jon Rahm.
Hours after clinching the Mexico Open title, the American was back out on the greens at the nearby Lakes Course, caddying for two of his sons during some night-time par three action.
This will come as no surprise to anyone who's watched Tony in the Netflix doco 'Full Swing'.
Catch Tony in Episode 6 of Netflix' PGA tour doco series 'Full Swing'
Check out the trailer below -
One review of the doco series & Tony Finau here -
“I don’t know where else we could have gone” – Emergency Housing for Pacific families
via Pasifika Medical Association Group
"I don’t know where else we could’ve got this help, with the way we were provided with food and accommodation. I don’t know where else we could have gone." - Citizen Halafihi and his family have been so appreciative of the help and support they've received from both Pasifika Futures and the Fono after he was unable to return home after quarantining in MIQ facilities.
When he came out, members of his family were having to self-isolate due to being at a location of interest.
The use of self-isolation for Delta containment has added additional stress for some Pacific families as their circumstances have sometimes made it difficult to comply with health authority directives.
Pasifika Futures (PFL) - the Whanau Ora commissioning agency for Pacific families – are conscious of this and similar challenges so throughout this entire period have provided where appropriate and necessary - emergency accommodation for Pacific individuals and families affected by the Delta outbreak.…more
JASON MOMOA - Dune Awaits: Becoming Duncan Idaho
Jason Momoa gives us a sneak peak at getting ready and training to become Duncan Idaho in the upcoming blockbuster movie "DUNE"
Pacific Islands Dance Class Pt3
Our Pacific Dance teacher Charlene Tedrow of 'Ura Tabu' is back to get us moving while we're at home on lockdown.
Be sure to try out her first two classes in the links below.
Get fit and learn these beautiful Pacific dance moves at the same time!
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Island Dance Class Pt1
https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/health-well-being/island-dance-classes/
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Island Dance Class Pt2
https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/health-well-being/island-dance-classes-pt2/
#FitnessInTheFale - Learn this dance routine with 'The Royal Family's Justyce Petelo
Samoan/Maori dancer Justyce Petelo takes you through an "easy, cute" dance routine you can learn at home!
'The Royal Family' dancer breaks down all the steps for you right here and then you can dance it through with him at the end.
Upload your videos doing the routine and tag in both @theCoconetTV and @JustycePetelo on Instagram so we can see how you're doing and share with our Coco fam!
Samoa's HRPP Party sworn in - 17th Parliament of Samoa officially convened
All's well that ends well ...
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Friday 17th September
10.30am NZT -
Samoa Observer reports that ahead of the 18 HRPP elected Members of Parliament swearing-in ceremony this morning, Samoa’s two dominant parties have finally set aside their differences, in what would hopefully bring to an end the four-months running political crisis.
Former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi shook hands with his successor Fiame Naomi Mataafa as her Cabinet Ministers and Members arrived for Friday’s session of the House.
Read the full article here
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Parliament Sitting Friday 17 Sept 2021. HRPP's 18 elected members being sworn in (video below - click thru to watch on facebook)
Thursday 16th September
4pm NZT -
#BREAKING The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Human Rights Protection Party and ordered the Speaker of the House to swear in the party’s members who were elected in April’s national poll.…more
Ikuna Taste, Making Healthy Treats Accessible To Everyone.
Ikuna taste is more than just a business but a family with a passion to provide treats that are nourishing to our bodies and environment.
Run by Tongan Entrepreneur Pauline Fotu-Moala, Ikuna Taste offers carefully made products that is raw, organic, and natural. Their costumers rave on about their products such as cheesecakes, cookies and brownies. The icing on the cake of these delicious treats is that they’re plant based and keto friendly.
The name of the business comes from the friendly islands of Tonga. In translation “Ikuna” simply means to “Conquer”. The word is often used by Tongan’s to describe a victorious moment of overcoming a significant hurdle life.
“IKUNA is never used lightly however is often expressed with humility and gratitude towards goals and aspirations endured”, says the team at the Auckland based business.
Its proud owner Pauline started her business after finding a gap in the market for raw, organic, healthy and tasty treats in her home of South Auckland.…more
Jordan Mailata with the richest contract ever earned by an Australian in the NFL
Samoan NFL player Jordan Mailata officially signed a massive four year contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles as first reported by ESPN - the deal is worth US $64 million which could go up to US $80 million if he meets performance bonus clauses, with US $40.85 million guaranteed.
The deal also puts him near the top of the highest earning Australian athletes and News.com.au reported it as the richest contract ever earned by an Australian in the NFL.
In his first post game press conference this season he told reporters he felt extremely blessed to receive the contract extension "It gives me an opportunity to represent my family, my country and my people".
He also opened up on where some of his money would be going to "I’ve been wanting to buy my parents a house, I can finally do that”.…more
Breaking down Covid-19 information for our Samoan aiga (in Samoan)
A group of young Samoans at the centre of one of the AOG clusters in Auckland have been working hard to break down information to their aiga and community who have tested positive for the virus.
They made this video to help the many elderly people who had tested positive to understand the process. Many of the older Pasifika members of their community were traumatised by the positive test and anxious about what would happen to them.
The young students who put the video together to help them based on Ministry of Health information, hope it may help other people with the testing, social distancing and isolation process as well.
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Click here for Covid-19 information translations in all Pasifika languages
Click this link here for an interactive map on where to find a vaccination clinic near you https://karawhiua.nz/all-clinics/
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Made by Marcus Savelio, Tali Meavale and Ullrich Von Reiche.