‘E ui ‘i le fa’anaunauga ‘e fa’asao le Moana Pasifika peita’i, ‘ua lē mafai lava ‘ona ‘o tūlaga tau tupe.  Na tē’ena āloa’ia ‘i le Aso Lulu ‘e Fa’alāpotopotoga ‘o le Lakapī ‘a Niu Sila, ni ofo po’o ni talosaga na tu’uina atu ma le fa’amoemoe ‘e fa’asao ma lāvea’i ai le kalapu ‘a le Moana Pasifika. 

Na fa’aalia ‘e le NZR ‘e ui ‘i ni ofo ‘a ni fa’alāpotopotoga na fofola atu peita’i, ‘e lēai se ofo ‘e mafai ‘ona ‘ausia tu’utu’uga ‘o se tupe mo’omia mō le fa’agaioiga ‘o le kalapu ‘i se taimi ‘umi.  Na saunoa le pule sili ‘o le Lakapī ‘a Niu Sila, Chris Kinraid, ‘e faigatā tele le fa’ai’uga ‘ona ‘o le tāua ‘o le ‘au ‘i le lakapī ‘a le Pasifika peita’i, ‘e fua lava ‘i le fa’anaunauga ‘autū ‘o le tupe fa’avae ‘e tatau ‘ona mausalī ma le taimi ‘e tatau ‘ona fa’atūlaga mai ai lea vaegātupe ‘ina ‘ia mafai ‘ona gāioi ai le ‘au mō lea tausaga.

Na iai ma le ta’ita’i ‘o le NZ First Vaovasamanaia Winston Peters ‘i le fa’apotopotoga ‘o tagata sā taumafai ‘e fa’asao le kalapu, ‘i lona tōfiga ‘o le Minisitā ‘o le Vā ‘i Fafo.  Sā fesoasoani ‘e fa’atautaia fa’atalanoaga ma mālō ‘o le Pasefika fa’apea fo’i ma ni fa’alāpotopotoga ‘e ono mafai ‘ona lagolago ‘i le kalapu.  Na saunoa Kinraid, ‘e ui ‘i lea fa’ai’uga pei ‘ona tē’enaina ai talosaga na tu’uina atu ‘e fa’asaoina ai le kalapu, peita’i ‘e le’i tāpunia le faitoto’a ‘i le lumana’i ‘o se ‘au ‘a le Pasifika. 

‘E silia ma le $8 miliona se ‘aitālafu ‘a le Moana Pasifika ‘e aofia ai le $2.7 miliona ‘o se nonōgātupe mai le Sport NZ ‘e tusa ai ma rīpoti muamua mai le vāega ‘o lo’o fa’atautaia le kalapu ma sa’ili tupe ‘e totogi ai ‘aitālafu.

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/619371/we-ve-not-seen-the-capital-why-nz-rugby-walked-away-from-moana-rescue-bids

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‘Ua māe’a se fa’amasinoga ‘e fa’asaga ‘i le YouTube, ‘o se tagi ‘a se tamaitiiti ‘e fa’apea na fa’aleagaina le soifua mālōlōina ‘o lona māfaufau ‘ona ‘o le YouTube pei ‘ona fa’aalia ‘e ana lōia ‘i le Aso Lua.  ‘E le’o fa’ailoaina le fa’ai’uga na faia pei ‘ona tā’ua ‘e lōia.  ‘E 4 ‘au’aunaga ‘e aofia ai le YouTube, Instagram ‘a le Meta, Snapchat ma le TikTok ‘a le ByteDance ia na tā’ua ‘i le matā’upu.  ‘O le māsina ‘o Iūlai ‘e tali ai mōliaga ‘o isi kamupanī ‘e tolu.

Na fa’aalia ‘e le Google ‘e ala ‘i la lātou so’o’upu ‘o Jose Castaneda  ‘ua māe’a ona fofō le matā’upu. 

‘O R.K.C, ‘o se tama ’e 16 tausaga le matua mai Florida, ma na ia tā’ua, na ‘āmata ‘ona ia fa’aaogāina ‘upega ‘o feso’ota’iga ‘ina ‘ua fa’ato’ā valu ona tausaga.  Na ‘āmata mai ai lava ‘ona pipi’i ai lona māfaufau ‘o se amioga ‘ua lē mafai ‘ona tu’u, lē lava ai lana moe ma a’afia ai ‘i isi fa’afītāuli ‘o le soifua mālōloina ‘e pei ‘o le popole ma le atuatuvale ‘e tusa ai ma fa’amaumauga ‘i le fa’amasinoga.  ‘O le aso 27 Iūlai lea ‘ua fa’atūlaga mō le isi fa’amasinoga.

‘E silia ma le 3300 ni tagi ‘o lo’o aofia ai ni talosaga ‘e fa’atatau ‘i a’afiaga ‘ua lē mafai ‘ona tu’u le naunau ‘i feso’ota’iga ‘i luga ‘o le ‘initaneti lea ‘e fa’apea ‘o lo’o tatālia ‘i le setete ‘o Kalefonia. 

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/618752/google-s-youtube-settles-case-over-social-media-harm-to-children

IMAGE/ATA: SCR (file).

‘Ua fa’ailoa atu ‘i le atunu’u ‘e le ‘Ōfisa Vā’aitau ni lapata’iga ‘o savili mālolosi mō Uēligitone, sasa’e ‘i Seddon ‘i Marlborough fa’apea ma le Marlborough Sounds ‘āmata mai le ītūlā ‘e 8 ‘i le pō ā nānei, fa’apea lapata’iga mō lā’au ma pou ‘eletise ‘o le ‘ā fa’aleagaina, fa’atasi ai ma nisi meatōtino ‘e le’o lelei ‘ona fa’amaumau.

‘O le taimi nei lea ‘ua a’afia talāfātai ‘i saute ‘o Uēligitone ma Wairarapa ‘i lapata’iga ‘o galu maualuluga.  ‘E iai nisi ‘o malaga ‘a va’a ‘o le Interislander ma le Bluebridge ‘ua lē fa’ataunu’uina ‘i le asō ma le Aso Faraile fa’apea ai ma le Aso To’ona’i.   Na tā’ua ‘e le MetService, ‘e o’o atu ‘i le 6 mita le maualuluga ‘o galu ‘e ono fafati ‘i le taeao ‘o le Aso Faraile ma ono o’o atu lava ‘i le fitu mita le maualuluga. 

Peita’i, na fa’aalia ‘e le Pūlega ‘o le Puipuiga Lautele ma Fa’alavelave Fa’afuase’i ‘a Uēligitone, ‘o le maualuluga ‘o galu, ‘e lē’o tutusa ma le tūlaga lea na a’afia ai le ‘a’ai ‘i nai vaiaso ‘ua tuana’i atu, ma ‘e ono lēai fo’i se fuafuaga ‘e fa’amālosia ai nisi ‘e ō ‘ese mai o lātou fale. 

‘O le fautuaga ‘a le Lālā ‘o Fela’ua’iga ‘i ‘aveta’avale ‘ina ‘ia fa’aeteete ‘i taimi ‘o feoa’iga, ma ‘e tatau fo’i ‘i ‘aveta’avale ‘ona nofo sāuni mō taimi ‘e mālolosi ai savili ‘aemaise ‘o ta’avale maualuluga ‘e pei ‘o vans, loli ma campervans, fa’apea fo’i ‘i uila afi. 

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather/620342/high-winds-and-heavy-swells-in-lower-north-upper-south-islands

IMAGE/ATA: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

‘Ua faia ‘e le Senate ‘a le Iūnaite Setete se fa’ai’uga, ‘ua fa’atonuina ai le Peresetene ‘ina ‘ia ‘ave’esea vaegā’au ‘a le militeli mai le taua ma Iran, ma ‘ua tā’ua ‘o se fa’ai’uga maoa’e lea ‘ua tete’e ai ‘ia Donald Trump ma ‘o se fe’au mālosi ‘ua fa’ailoa atu ai, ‘e lē lava le lagolago mai le Konekeresi mō le taua.

‘E lē fa’atasi ‘ona fa’amālosia ‘e le Democrats ni pālota ‘ina ‘ia fa’atapula’a le mālosi’aga ‘o Trump ‘i le taua, mā ‘e lē gata ‘i totonu ‘o le Maota ‘o Sui ‘ae fa’apea fo’i ‘i le Senate, ma ‘ua lipotia ‘e fa’apea ‘o se taumafaiga na i’u lava ‘ina lagolagoina ‘e le to’atele ‘o sui ‘o le Democrats pei ‘ona mōlimauina ‘i nai vaiaso ‘ua tuana’i atu.  ‘O le i’uga ‘o le pālota, ‘e 50 ‘i le 48. 

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/618676/us-senate-votes-to-limit-trump-s-iran-war-powers-in-rare-rebuke

IMAGE/ATA: White House Facebook

‘O le Peresetene ‘o le Iūnaite Setete Donald Trump ‘o le ‘ā ia tau’a’aoina atu le Ipu ‘o le ta’amilosaga soka ‘a le lalolagi ‘i le ‘au siamupini, ‘i le malae ‘o le New York Jersey  Stadium ‘i le aso 19 Iūlai pei ‘ona fa’asilasila ‘e le Peresetene ‘o le Fa’alāpotopotoga Soka ‘a le Lalolagi, Gianni Infantino.

‘O le ‘ā ‘āuai Trump ‘e maimoaina le ta’aloga ma tau’a’aoina atu le Ipu ‘o le siamupini, pei ‘ona ia tā’ua ‘i luga ‘o le polokalame ‘o le televise, le Fox and Friends.  Na fa’ailoa ‘e le FIFA, ‘e lēai sa lātou fa’amatalaga ‘e faia ‘e uiga ‘i le saunoaga ‘a Infantino ‘i luga ‘o le televise.

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/618620/football-donald-trump-to-present-trophy-at-fifa-world-cup-final

IMAGE/ATA: FIFA World Cup

‘Ua talosaga leoleo ‘i Uēligitone fa’apea le kamupanī ‘a le Kiwirail ‘i le atunu’u, ‘ina ‘ia lipoti atu ni gaoiga ‘o u’amea po’o meafaigāluega ‘o lo’o fa’aaogāina ‘i ‘auala ‘o nofoāafi lea ‘e iai le copper.  Na saunoa le pule sili ‘o le Wellington Metro, Andy Lyon, ‘o se fa’afītāuli telē tele, ‘ona ‘o lo’o gau ai tupe ‘e tele ‘a le Kiwirail fa’apea fo’i le atunu’u.

‘E gaoi ‘e tagata ni fa’ailoilo, uaea, ‘o vāega ‘uma ‘e tāua mō feoā’iga ‘a nofoāafi.  ‘E matuā lamatia lava ola ‘o le ‘au gāoi ‘i lo lātou gaoiina ‘o ia uaea ola.

‘O le māsina ‘o ‘Aperila, ‘e fa’aono ‘ona lē fa’ataunu’uina ni ‘au’aunaga ‘i le Hutt Valley ‘a nofoāafi, ma le silia ma le 50 ‘o ‘au’aunaga na fa’atuai ‘ona ‘o uaea ma u’amea ia na gaoia ‘e tusa ai ma līpoti ‘a le Radio NZ.

‘O Wairarapa, pe tusa ma le lima kilomita le mamao ‘e o’o iai uaea ia na gaoia ‘i le 6 māsina talu ai, ma na fa’aalia ‘e le Kiwirail, ‘e ui ‘e maualalalo tau ‘o ia u’amea ma uaea ‘e iai le copper, peita’i, ‘e faitau afe tupe ‘e fa’aaluina ‘i le tasuiga ‘o ia uaea. 

Na fa’aalia ‘e leoleo, ‘a iai nisi lātou te masalomiaina ni gāioiga fa’apea ‘o tutupu lava ‘i lea taimi, ‘ia vave ‘ona vala’au ‘i le nūmera 111, po’o le vala’au ‘i le 105 pe ‘ā fai ‘o se gaoiga ‘ua māe’a ‘ona tupu.

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions/616990/wellington-sees-a-surge-of-rail-equipment-theft

IMAGE/ATA: RNZ / Krystal Gibbens

‘Ua manumālō Quinn Tupaea ‘o le Chiefs ‘i le tama ta’alo ‘o le Lakapi Supa ‘o lenei tausaga.  Na tutusa ma Timoci Tavatavanawai ‘i pālota ‘e ta’i 43  ‘ina ‘ua māe’a le ta’amilosaga lona 16 peita’i ‘e tolu isi pālota na maua ‘e Tupaea mai le komiti fa’atūma’oti ‘o le ‘au fa’asalalau ‘i le ta’amilosaga ‘ātoa.

‘O le Rookie of the Year na maua ‘e Sid Harvey ‘o le Waratahs.   ‘Au ‘o le tausaga ‘o props, ‘o Ethan de Groot o le Highlanders ma Xavier Numia ‘o le Hurricanes.  Hooker ‘o Samisoni Taukei’aho ‘o le Chiefs, 2^nd Row, o Jeremy Williams ‘o le Western Force, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto ‘o le Reds Back Row.

Team of the Year

Props – Ethan de Groot (Highlanders), Xavier Numia (Hurricanes)

Hooker – Samisoni Taukei’aho (Chiefs)

2nd Row – Jeremy Williams (Western Force), Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (Queensland Reds)

Back Row – Anton Segner (Blues), Leicester Fainga’anuku (Crusaders), Fraser McReight (Queensland Reds)

Scrum Half – Ryan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)

Fly Half – Ben Donaldson (Western Force)

Wingers – Max Jorgensen (NSW Waratahs), Caleb Tangitau (Highlanders)

Centres – Quinn Tupaea (Chiefs), Timoci Tavatavanawai (Highlanders)

Fullback – Jock Campbell (Queensland Reds)

Link to RNZ (Article) by RNZ Sports reporters: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/598543/quinn-tupaea-wins-super-rugby-s-player-of-the-year

CAPTION: 2026 Super Rugby’s Player of the Year
IMAGE/ATA: Gallagher Chiefs

‘O le ‘ā totogi ‘e le Faletupe ‘o le BNZ le $2.6 miliona ‘ina ‘ua ‘ioe, sa ta’ita’iina sesē tagata ‘i le fa’avasēgaga ‘o tului ‘o nisi ‘o teugātupe ‘e lē mō ni polōfiti. 

Na fa’aalia ‘e le Pūlega ‘o Māketi Tau Tupe ‘o le soliga ‘o aiāiga ‘o fefa’atauā’iga talafeagai lea na tupu ‘i totonu ‘o se piliota ‘e 9 tausaga, mai ‘iā Tēsema 2014 ‘iā Fepuari 2024, na a’afia ai tagata ‘e to’a 23,103. 

Sā tatau ‘ona fuafua ma fa’atūlagaina le tului ‘i aso ‘uma, peita’i na fa’atūlagaina ‘i le pāleni fa’alemāsina pito maualalo, lea lā na ala ai ‘ona maualalo pe lē ‘ātoa le tupe ‘e totogi atu ‘i tagata (customers) ‘i se aofa’iga tu’ufa’atasi ‘e $5.39 miliona.

Na toe fa’ailoa atu lava ‘e le BNZ le fa’afītāuli ‘i le FMA ma totogi atu le tului sa’o ‘e tatau ‘ona maua ‘e tagata fa’aopoopo ‘i ai ma le tului ‘i le fa’aaogaga ‘o a lātou tupe.

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/598462/bnz-fined-2-point-6-million-after-misleading-some-customers-with-non-profit-accounts

CAPTION: BNZ Bank
IMAGE/ATA: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

‘O le māsina ‘o ‘Aperila ‘o le tausaga nei, na faia ai se folasaga ‘a le Central Pacific Collective (CPC) ‘i le Graduate School of Design ‘a le Iunivesitē ‘ Harvard ‘e fa’atatau ‘i la lātou polōketi ‘o le Our Whare Our Fale, lea ‘o lo’o fauina ai ni fale ‘ina ‘ia mafai ‘ona maua ni fale taugōfie ma ‘avea ma a lātou lava meatōtino, mō ‘āiga Pasefika ‘i Porirua.  ‘O lea polōketi pei ‘ona lausilafia, ‘o lo’o ta’ita’ia ‘e le CPC, ‘ae faipā’aga ai ma le Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira ma le Matāgāluega mō Tagata Pasefika.

Na folasia atu ‘e le Central Pacific Collective ‘i Harvard pe na fa’apēfea ‘i la lātou faigāpā’aga ma ni fuafuaga fa’atū ma aga Pasefika, ‘ona maua ai ni avanoa sili atu ‘ona lelei mō ni fale mō le mafutaga ‘o tagata Pasefika.  Na o lātou fofola atu ai fo’i le lu’itau ‘e fa’apea ‘o le tali ‘i le fa’afītāuli ‘o le lē lava ‘o fale ‘i le lalolagi, lea ‘ua ‘i lima ‘o mafutaga Pasefika mō augātupulaga ‘e tele. 

Na molimauina le pātipatia ma le vī’ia ‘e le Harvard GSD ‘o le polōketi, ma tā’ua ai ‘e fa’apea, ‘ua fa’aali manino ‘e le Central Pacific Collective le tāua ‘o tūlaga mātagōfie ‘o le vā fealoa’i fa’ale’āiga (kinship) lea ‘ua mafai ‘ona ta’ialaina ai ni polōketi mō fale.

Link to Ministry of Pacific Peoples (Press Release): https://www.mpp.govt.nz/latest-news/our-whare-our-fale-takes-the-stage-at-harvard/

CAPTION: CPC CEO Fa’amatuainu Tino Pereira & CPC Director Community Regeneration, Masterplanning & Design Elyjana Roach
IMAGE/ATA: Supplied.

‘E le’i o’o atu ‘i le fa’amasinoga, mātua ia na mōlia ‘i le lē ā’o’oga ‘o fānau pei ‘ona fa’aalia ‘e le Minisitā Lagolago ‘o Ā’oga, David Seymour.  Na saunoa Seymour ‘i luma ‘o le Komiti Fa’apālemene mō Ā’oga ma Gāluega, ‘e 36 mātua ‘ua talafeagai ‘ona mōlia ma fa’asalaina.

Na ia saunoa, ‘o le fa’amata’u ‘e ala ‘i ‘ave ‘i le fa’amasinoga, ‘ua lava lava lea, ‘ona na toe ‘ave ai ‘e ‘āiga ‘e 18 a lātou fānau ‘i ā’oga ‘ae 17 isi ‘āiga ‘o lo’o fa’agāsolo pea a lātou matā’upu.  ‘E iai se isi ‘āiga ‘ua fa’atūlagaina le aso ‘o le fa’amasinoga peita’i ‘e le’i o’o atu pei ‘ona saunoa Seymour, ma ‘o lea lā ‘ua toe fa’atūlaga le isi aso. 

‘O lo’o fa’asolosolo lava ‘ina fa’aleleia le tō’a’aga ‘o tamaiti ‘i le ā’oga pei ‘ona fa’aalia ‘e Seymour.  Na saunoa le faipule ‘o le Green, Lawrence Xu-Nan, ‘e iai ni ā’oga ‘e le’o fiafia ‘ina ‘ua suia aiāiga ‘o le ō ‘o tamaiti ‘i ā’oga, ‘ona ‘ua fa’atapula’aina ai avanoa ‘e tu’uina atu ai le fa’atagaga ‘i tamaiti ‘e ā’o’oga atu ai ‘i le fale.  Na tali Seymour, ‘e na’o le 180 aso ‘i le tausaga ‘e tatala ai ā’oga, ‘ae 185 aso mō isi polokalame. 

Na tā’ua ‘e le ‘upega tafā’ilagi ‘a le Matāgaluega ‘o Ā’oga ‘e tatau ‘i ā’oga tulaga lua, ‘ona 378 ‘afa-aso ‘o le ā’oga, ‘e tatala ai, ‘ae ‘o ā’oga ‘o kolisi ma ā’oga tu’ufa’atasi (secondary ma composite schools) ‘e tatau ‘ona tatala mo le 376 afa-aso ‘i lenei tausaga.”

Link to RNZ (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/education/598485/parent-prosecuted-for-truancy-fails-to-show-at-court-hearing

CAPTION: Associate Education Minister David Seymour says attendance is steadily improving.
IMAGE/ATA: Mark Papali’i / RNZ