Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Christchurch Manager, Kate Verpoorten,  joins us now on Pacific Days, as part of the CAB 50th Anniversary celebrations. 

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Mata'afa Keni Lesa is a journalist, political commentator and the former Editor of the Samoa Observier.  He provides brief insights into the recent Court of Appeal ruling and what it means for Samoa moving forward.

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A ruling by Samoa’s Court of Appeal yesterday appears to have cleared the way for the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (of FAST) party to form a new government with a slim one seat majority.

The Court turned down the legal challenge by a Human Rights Protection Party’s woman candidate who said she was wrongfully removed as a member of parliament.   

Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tu’u’au had been appointed by the Head of State on the recommendation of the Electoral Commissioner effectively causing a stalemate of 26 seats each for the FAST and HRPP parties after independent Tuala Ponifasio chose to join the FAST party.

The Electoral Commissioner said that the extraordinary appointment was to fulfill the 10% minimum of women however the move was criticized by the FAST party as unconstitutional and a desperate attempt by the caretaker Prime Minister to hold onto power.  

To talk to us about the Court of Appeal rulings and what it means for his office Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio. 

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Lice Movono is a freelance journalist whose work  has featured on ABC Australia, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Radio NZ, SBS, Newstalk ZB, Agence France-Presse.  She also owns her own company Today Media Fiji.   She gives a thorough overview of the COVID19 situation in Fiji community case clusters, vaccinations, testing centres and how the Government is handling the overall pandemic response.

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We’re joined now by Prime Minister elect of Samoa & Leader of the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T) Party Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, to talanoa on the breakdown of negotiations with Hon Tuilaepa on Monday.

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Khalia Strong from our PMN News team spoke with Anu Kaloti, President of Migrant Workers Association this morning. With the 50th Anniversary next week of the Polynesian Panthers, who advocated for issues such as overstayers during the Dawn Raids, she asked how big an issue overstayers are at the moment.

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As the number of community cases of Covid19 in Fiji continues to grow, a New Zealand Fijian community leader is concerned those numbers are only the tip of the ice berg.

Sai Lealea is a principal and managing director of SDL Consultancy with more than ten years in the public service as a public consultant and a former chair of the Pacific Education Centre. the Pacific Advisory Group of the Wellington City Council as well as the National and Wellington Fijian Language Week Komiti recognised for his services with a Queen’s Honour in 2018.

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Josiah Tualamali'i is a Pasifika youth advocate who has joined a Pacific social justice movement calling on the New Zealand government to formally apologise for the Dawn Raids of the 1970's.  He started writing letters to the Prime Minister and joined forces with Benji Timu to get a more formal process going.  This prompted them to get a petition to put forward to the  House of Representatives hold a special debate to acknowledge and reflect on the Dawn Raids of the 1970s; and urge the Government to apologise for the Dawn Raids, state that they should never happen again, and set up a legacy fund to allow education about them to continue.

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Today on Pasifika Business Talanoa, we’re joined by sole trader and director of Outta the Ether, Elaine Soakai, to talanoa about entrepreneurial journey as a Pasifika business owner. 

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