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NEW ZEALAND: Rosita Vai
and Soifua perform with Auckland Philharmonia
Orchestra
Source:
MPIA Press Release
Last year’s 'A Night at the Movies' concert by
the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra proved so
popular it’s returning to the Aotea Centre on
Saturday 14 June. But this year it’s bigger and
better! ‘Return of A Night at the Movies’ will
be an evening of immense excitement for young
and old, including performances by the SOIFUA
Polynesian Choir and New Zealand Idol winner
Rosita Vai.
The concert is part of the APO’s Symphonic Pops
Series and will be held at the Aotea Centre, THE
EDGE, presenting a thrilling opportunity to hear
iconic film scores played live and loud by a
full orchestra, with accompaniment by the SOIFUA
Polynesian Choir.
The incredible SOIFUA entertainment group
represents eight cultures of the Polynesian
Triangle, from Rapa Nui to Samoa and Aotearoa.
The choir and APO have the unique opportunity of
performing together on well known film-themes
such as the Star Wars score.
At the concert 2005 New Zealand Idol winner
Rosita Vai sings cherished film themes,
including The Lion King’s ‘Circle of Life’,
Bodyguard’s ‘Run to You’ and Titanic’s ‘My Heart
Will Go On’.
The concert also features pieces from your
favourite films, including Lawrence of Arabia,
2001: A Space Odyssey, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, ET and many
more. ‘Return of a Night at the Movies’ will be
conducted by Brett Kelly, who, off the back of a
stellar career conducting Australia’s leading
orchestras, makes his debut with the APO.
“The APO’s Pops concerts are always exciting
events, as they reach audiences beyond the
classic concert hall,” says APO Chief Executive,
Barbara Glaser. “Return of a Night at the Movies
is an evening of entertainment people of all
ages can share, and a concert that promises more
than a few surprises”
Tickets to ‘Return of a Night at the Movies’
(from $20-$65) are available from Ticketek, Ph
09 307 5139,
www.ticketek.co.nz .
‘CUT TO: MUSIC’ competition entry forms can be
downloaded from www.apo.co.nz, or by calling
(09) 638 7073.
Photo Captions:
Rosita Vai performing at the Wellington Pacific
Festival.
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SAMOA: Samoa Senior
Mens Cricket Competition Finals Looming
Source:
SICA Press Release
Well its come that time of the year again...its
finals time. After ten rounds of cricket, the
top four teams will now battle it out for a spot
in the final. The semi finals kick off this
Saturday at the Garden Cricket Ovals in
Tuanaimatu from 1pm.
The Tornados did not leave the top of the ladder
all year, despite being beaten on three
occasions. They will play off against 4th place
Phantoms this Saturday. The Tornados demolished
the Phantoms in round three, scoring a mammoth
211 runs from their allocated 40 overs. Top run
scorer Ed Langham led the way, knocking up his
tone and finishing with 111 not out; this years
only century.
Last year the Phantoms were victorious over an
undefeated Tornados side, to win the senior mens
cricket competition for 2007. The Tornados will
be seeking vengeance this Saturday, in whats set
to be an exciting semi final.
Winners of the pre-season Lightning Cup;
Sunshine will clash with the Wanderers on Ground
Two this Saturday. Sunshine smashed the
Wanderers by 70 runs in round two this year, but
in round seven the Wanderers turned the tables
as they cruised on by to pass Sunshines total
with only four wickets down.
The Wanderers and Sunshine will strive for a
spot in the final. Both teams have defeated each
other once, but this Saturday will be the one
counts. Sunshines line up includes this years
leading run scorer, Pritchard as well as this
years leading wicket taker Totoa. Some champion
players to look out for, but as they say; A
champion team will beat a team of champions. Its
anyones game.
Good luck to all teams this Saturday!.
Photo Caption:
Senior Men's Cricket teams
competing in the quarter finals at Faleata, in
preparation for the semi finals this coming
Saturday.
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AUSTRALIA:
Union warns of backlash against Pacific worker
scheme
Source:
ABC Radio Australia
A former Australian union boss is warning of a
backlash in the community if unskilled guest
workers are allowed into Australia.
The immigration minister, Chris Evans, says
allowing in unskilled temporary workers to help
manage Australia's labour shortage is up for
debate.
It could be a modelled on a similar scheme
operating in New Zealand, and could attract
workers from the Pacific.
New South Wales Senator-elect Doug Cameron, a
former national secretary of the Australian
Manufacturing Workers' Union, says Australia
should not have a two-tiered immigration system.
He says experiences overseas shows guest workers
push down wages and conditions for all workers.
"I don't think this can simply be an economic
analysis, this has to deal with the social
consequences of what you do as well," he said.
"Overseas - in the UK, the US, Europe and in
Asia - problems with migration schemes are there
and we just can't sweep it under the carpet."
But the national secretary of the Australian
Workers Union, Paul Howes, has told Radio
Australia's Pacific Beat program the union has
given its in-principle support.
"We'll support a program, as long as it ensures
that Pacific islanders working in Australia will
not earn one dollar less than an Australian
worker doing the same work would earn," he said.
"And secondly, there are enough safeguards and
measures put in place to ensure there isn't any
exploitation of Pacific islanders working in
Australia."
The opposition leader, Brendon Nelson, says he
does not support a proposed unskilled guest
worker scheme.
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AROUND THE WORLD:
Pacific mean business and bans high seas tuna
fishing
Source:
GREENPEACE Press Release
Greenpeace applauds the bold decision to ban
tuna fishing in high seas areas, as a landmark
for tuna conservation and biodiversity
protection by the eight Pacific Island Countries
of the Palau Nauru Agreement (PNA) group meeting
in Palau this week.
Foreign fishing vessels will not be allowed to
fish in the two major high seas pockets in the
Pacific. The first is north of Papua New Guinea,
its boundary shared by the Federated States of
Micronesia and Palau. The boundary of the larger
second area is shared by PNG, Nauru, Marshall
Islands, FSM, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Solomon
Islands.
Foreign fishing boats will also be required to
retain their full catches, regardless of whether
or not they are tuna stock and to carry
observers onboard at all times.
The use of Fishing Aggregation Devices (FADs), a
device used to intensify overfishing will be
banned in the third quarter of each year. An
agreement formalising these measures will be in
force from June 15, 2008.
"This is a historical moment for the Pacific,
its people, and the health of biodiversity of
the seas," said Lagi Toribau Greenpeace
Australia Pacific Oceans Campaigner.
"We also commend the unwavering support of Cook
Islands and Vanuatu in continuing to back the
PNA measures and urge the remaining Forum
Fisheries Agency member countries to stand
together on this front."
Mr Toribau said the Pacific region means
business.
"Distant water fishing nations (DWFN's) like
Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China that have
resisted the protection of the regions tuna
stocks at the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) need to respect
this bold but necessary move and adopt similar
measures," he said.
The President of Palau in his welcoming address
to Ministers, read out by Vice President Elias
Camsek Chin cautioned that, "the minimum
requirements to protect our fisheries must be
non-negotiable".
The Director of Secretariat of the Pacific
Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Asterio
Takesy commended the new measures: "this is
indeed a defining moment for fisheries
conservation in our region and a giant step in
the right direction for the sake of our present
generation and generations to come. As a fellow
Pacific Islander I am proud of you.
As Director of SPREP, with all due respect I
humbly urge you the rest of FFA members to
follow suit."
The scientific update also informed the
countries that for the two key stocks, yellowfin
now has a higher risk of overfishing while the
bigeye stocks already has overfishing occurring.
Greenpeace ship Esperanza is currently
"Defending the Pacific" on an expedition
documenting and protesting peacefully against
fishing activities in the areas proposed as
marine reserves. Over the last seven weeks,
Greenpeace activists have taken direct action
against fishing
fleets from Taiwan, Korea, the US and
Philippines in order to safeguard threatened
regional bigeye and yellowfin stocks and other
marine life.
Next week the global Conference of Parties to
the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD)
will start in Bonn Germany and the criteria for
the establishment of a worldwide network of
Marine Reserves will be discussed.
"Once we begin to see the value in no longer
fishing in High Seas areas, it is only a matter
of time before they can be proclaimed as Marine
Reserves" said Seni Nabou, Greenpeace Pacific
Political Advisor who will be at the meeting.
Parties to the Convention on Biological
diversity have committed to create a worldwide
network of marine protected areas by 2012. But
there are no such reserves in international
waters yet, and less than 1% of the world's
oceans are adequately protected. Implementation
of the Pacific
commitment can start now and these areas can be
officially closed this year
"The Pacific has shown that even though our
countries are large ocean states with limited
capacity, we continue to lead the way in
defining how our traditional conservation
worldviews can and should shape both fisheries
and biodiversity policies. Pacific countries now
need the
support of the rest of the world for this bold
proposal," said Mrs Nabou.
Greenpeace advocates the creation of a network
of marine reserves, protecting 40 per cent of
the world's oceans, as the long-term solution to
overfishing and the recovery of our
overexploited oceans.
Photo Caption:
Solomon man with his chainsaw. Greenpeace ship
Esperanza have stopped one
fishing vessel from operating and confiscated
two fishing beacons from Taiwanese. Overfishing
areas.
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HAWAII:
Colloquium at UC Santa Cruz brings Pacific
Island writers
Source:
CHP
A woman clothed in octopus tentacles sunbathes
on an island, gazing at a deep blue ocean
underneath an equally marvelous sky. Works like
Adrienne Pao’s “Hawaiian Cover-Ups” will be a
part of a colloquium regarding Pacific Island
culture and identity between artists, writers,
scholars, students and people from the Santa
Cruz community.
The Pacific Island Research Cluster is a big
force on campus, said Pao, one of the visiting
artists who will be appearing at the colloquium.
“They really wanted to put together something
exciting and contemporary for their grad
students, their undergrad students, and their
faculty to get together, hear new ideas, and be
able to have a conversation about something
that’s very important in our culture,” Pao said.
Even though the colloquium focuses on the
Pacific Islands, Dina El Dessouky, event
coordinator and Ph.D. candidate in the
literature department, hopes to show how
relevant it is to everyone in the community.
“It is important for students coming from the
U.S. continent to be aware that by engaging in
the participation of artists, writers,
activists, other people from the Pacific
Islander community, you learn more about
something that has been important to the U.S. as
well,” Dessouky said. “It’s really important for
people to acknowledge the role of the Pacific
history from a Pacific perspective.”
Despite strong feelings towards educating UC
Santa Cruz students about Pacific Island
culture, discussion about it is seldom found.
“I feel like there aren’t that many options for
people interested in learning more about Pacific
Islander culture, social issues and politics,”
El Dessouky said.
The lack of Pacific Islander representation on
campus is noticeable, said second-year Samoan
student Terisa Tinei Siagatonu.
“Personally, I don’t think there’s that many
[Pacific Islanders] at all,” she said. “Even if
we’re grouped into Asian/Pacific Islander, the
number can be really high but I can almost
guarantee that there are more Asian
representation than the PI.”
Pao has noticed increased discussion concerning
the formation and colonization of Hawaii.
“There’s a definite movement that is happening
in Hawaii right now to educate and inform about
Hawaii pre-colonialism,” Pao said. “I think for
that reason alone, there’s something very
important to gain for anybody who will be
interested in attending the colloquium.”
Pao will show her “Hawaiian Cover-Ups”
collection at the colloquium. Her photographs
are self-portraits laying on or viewing
beautiful traditional Hawaiian landscape. The
photographs are buried with staples of Hawaiian
iconography such as leis, sugar and fish skin.
“My idea, when I started the project, was about
looking at icons and iconography associated with
Hawaii that carried a dual purpose and dual
meaning with Hawaii,” Pao said. “The photographs
are a venture into the seduction and repulsion
of tourism and the history of tourism in
Hawaii.”
Besides discussions with artists, writers will
also be featured at the event. El Dessouky
explains the rare but exciting opportunity to
have a dialogue about Ma‘ohi writing at the
colloquium.
“We’re going to have a Tahitian writer and
scholar who is going to talk to us about Ma‘ohi
writing,” El Dessouky said. “That’s very big
because there hasn’t been a lot of U.S. exposure
to French-Polynesian Ma‘ohi writing because of
the linguistics barrier. That’s something very
distinctive about this event.”
For some, the event is finally acknowledging the
presence of the Pacific Islander community at
UCSC.
“I’m part of the world too,” Siagatonu said.
“The Pacific Islands are part of the world too.
I trip over how many experiences, and how many
histories, and how many truths are not
highlighted or given the space to be talked
about.”
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TONGA:
Tonga's Tautahi Gold wins 2008 IRB Pacific Cup
Source:
Matangi Tonga
The Tautahi Gold thrashed the Upolu Samoa 11-3
and brought to Tonga for the first time the 2008
IRB Pacific Cup in the final of the tournament
at Apia Park, Samoa, on Friday, May 23.
Tautahi ended Samoa's claim to the cup since
it's first inaugural win last year.
The game saw only one try scored by the Man of
the Match, Tautahi's Sitaleki Lu'au, sixth
minute into the first half. Prior to the opening
score Tautahi missed their first penalty,
followed by another missed conversion by captain
Fangatapu 'Apikotoa.
'Upolu came back and converted a penalty to make
it 5-3 at the end of the first half. In the
second half the Tautahi hit back with a drop
goal by Fangatapu, before Sitaleki sealed
Tonga's win with converted a try from a penalty,
on the hour mark.
The Pacific Cup kicked off on April 18
consisting of five rounds and 15 matches of
competitive action between Tonga, Samoa and
Fiji.
Tonga's winning team
Tautahi Gold
1. Makoni Finau
2. Feki Moala
3. Sione Maama
4. Petelo Pifeleti
5. Taukolo Tu'akoi
6. Lisala Uafi
7. 'Otenili Latu
8. Aleki Taka
9. Soane Havea
10. Fangatapu 'Apikotoa (Captain)
11. Samisone Pone
12. Kaiongo Tupou
13. Sione Heimule Pangai
14. 'Vea Pauga
15. Sitaleki Lu'au.
Replacements
16. Soane Ledger
17. Viliami Kupu
18. 'Erwin Vaefoou
19. Sione Niu Tonga
20. Atenaisa Fakaosi
21. Leakona Tovi
22. Semisi Motuapuaka.
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