Episodes

  • World in Sport for 16 December 2020
    Dec 16 2020
    This week, we talk to the first woman to lead a Pacific Games organising committee, Flying Fijians prop Haereiti Hetet is one the line from quarantine and the RNZ Pacific team pick their Pacific sporting highlights of an unforgettable year.
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    19 mins
  • World in Sport for 2 December 2020
    Dec 2 2020
    Former Tonga international and campaign manager of the Moana Pasifika team is hopeful this is the beginning for Pacific Island rugby. Auckland Basketball are introducting new initiatives to help boost basketball in the regions, and to support more famillies from underprivileged communities. And, hundreds of people in the Cook Islands have walked around Rarotonga to promote a more active and healthy lifestyle.
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    14 mins
  • World in Sport for 25 November 2020
    Nov 25 2020
    Coach Fa'alogo Tana Umaga has named the first ever Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in Hamilton next month. Former Tall Black, Lindsay Tait, slams the Auckland basketball representative system. The Tonga Rugby Union is seeking a full-time chief executive officer.
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    16 mins
  • World In Sport for 18 November 2020
    Nov 17 2020
    The ongoing saga over governance around Tonga's rugby league takes another twist; 29 members of Fiji's rugby team have tested positive for Covid-19; Samoa's women are one step closer to the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
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    13 mins
  • World in Sport for 11 November 2020
    Nov 11 2020
    This week, Kanaloa Pasifika threatens legal action against New Zealand Rugby, Rugby World Cup qualification is on the line for the Samoa and Tonga women's teams and the AFL International Cup is the latest sporting casualty of the Covid-19.
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    19 mins
  • World in Sport for 28 October 2020
    Oct 28 2020
    This week, a special week for Papua New Guinea's newest National Rugby League champion, a Pacific link to England rugby's next number 10 and Samoa and Tonga step up preparations for their Women's Rugby World Cup playoff.
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    17 mins
  • World in Sport for 21 October 2020
    Oct 21 2020
    This week, the revived Cook Islands Games proves a hit, former Penrith Panthers second rower Tony Puletua reminisces ahead of this weekend's NRL grand final and Papua New Guinea's domestic rugby league season has a thrilling finish.
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    20 mins
  • World in Sport for 14 October 2020
    Oct 14 2020
    This week, we speak to one of the fresh faces selected in the new-look Flying Fijians rugby squad, we put the spotlight on women's rugby league, with exciting major developments in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Niue and design work ramps up for the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands.
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    18 mins