Matatumua Opeloge Ah Sam is a familiar face to many in the music industry as a professional pianist and composer. 

He is passionate about helping others reach their musical potential.

 

Matatumua Opeloge Ah Sam  has also been an educator for many years, as a teacher at Māngere College and lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington.

This week he released ‘Moving Embrace’ 

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Teau Aiturau aka "Mr Tee", founder & director of the Time to Thrive to Stay Alive Charitable Trust & Mangere BikeFIT joins us now on #PacificDays to talk about the launch of the new Mangere Community Bike Hub. 

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Now for our weekly wrap up of global politics with Dr Stephen Hoadley Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts. 

Ukraine/Russia border dispute update. 

Why should a dispute between two European countries be of concern to us on the other side of the world?

China's reputation has taken another hit.

President Biden slumping in the US approval polls. 

Holocaust Remembrance Day.  

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We're joined now on #PacificDays by Aaron Davy, Standards & Humanitarian manager with CID (Council for International Development) to talk about donating to relief efforts & ensuring help gets to where it needs to go. 

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Faumuina To'aletai Mafaufau David Tua will be inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of fame in June this year. He recently spoke with PMN News reporter Levi Matautia-Morgan about this amazing achievement. 

 

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Kalafi Moala joins us now on #PacificDays from Tonga, for an update on the earthquake which struck last week, along with updates on recovery efforts after Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted on the 15th of January, followed by a tsunami which caused major damage. 

 

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We’re joined now on #PacificDays by John & Fee Mann, from D65 Fitness with great encouragement to help you set your fitness goals for 2022. 

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Fiji is experiencing its third wave of Covid19 and an increase in community cases.

It has been reported that the spike in cases was experienced after a few health measures were relaxed in November last year.  We now cross live now to Lice Movono who is a journalist and news correspondent in Fiji.

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It is now three weeks since the volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami that hit Tonga.  There has been a huge outpour of support from the international community and recovery efforts continue.

Tongan community leader Kolovula Murphy joins us this morning to talk about what the Wellington community has planned in terms of coordinating relief aid to send back home.

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After a long break from rugby in the capital and many parts of the country, a red-hot sevens rugby injection kicked off at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua last weekend.  

The inaugural one day Bula Fiji 7s tournament saw twenty teams take to the field putting their bodies on the line in the hope of claiming this year’s title.

Ratu Jope Berwick is back with us again to give a rundown on how everything went and what their plans are moving forward.

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