Our most spoken Pacific language is taking centre stage this week with Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa – Samoa Language Week kicking off around the country. “Gagana Samoa is our third most spoken language – following English and Te Reo Māori, and the second most spoken language in Auckland. Samoa Language Week, runs from May 28 to June 3. Fa’amanatuina le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa 2023O la tatou gagana Pasefika e tele ona fa`aāogā o le `ā taula`i i ai le va`ai i lenei vaiaso o le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language week i le atunu`u. O le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa, e amata mai i le aso 28 o Me i le aso 3 o Iuni.

That’s not always fair on Labour, especially given the hard yakka Michael Cullen put into paying down Crown debt in the Clark Government. The Budget didn’t do anything to reassure Kiwis that Labour fully understands what real life in 2023 is like. It looks like making struggling voters wait months for help just so Labour can win the election. The saving grace for Labour is that they haven’t been blamed for the Budget hiking mortgage rates. But in reality it means nothing to struggling families because he pushed up the OCR anyway, which pushed up mortgage rates.

I’ve been in and around the Labour Party for quite some time. Within a week I was Deputy Prime Minister and my ridiculous New Year’s resolution was ditched in an attempt to comprehend what had just happened. Thank you JacindaI want to take this opportunity to thank former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Two days after Chris and I were sworn into our new roles as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, I was back in Auckland. But not every political party has the same view.

Ukrainian New Zealanders are on a mission to fill a 40-foot container before July with medicine, clothing, blankets, toys and other goods to send to their war-torn country. Members of the Ukrainian Association of New Zealand are collecting donations from across the country. The container is currently about 60-70 per cent full, but shipping a 40ft container isn’t cheap. Hamilton-based Ukrainian and association chairperson Yuri Gladun said the majority of the donated items would be clothing. The association, alongside another organisation called the Ukrainian Association of New Zealand - Southern Regions, sent a 20ft container in October last year.

King Charles is under fire after the charity he founded agreed to pay just $3800 to kids who were sexually abused in Australia. The Prince’s Trust, started by King Charles in 1976, is legally responsible for the child abuse survivors’ claims because it acquired Fairbridge, another charity that previously ran the farm schools, in 2012. King Charles III meets TV presenter Tyler West as he hosts the winners of the Prince's Trust awards and celebrity ambassadors at Buckingham Palace in 2023. Photo / Getty ImagesScarlett Mccgwire, a political commentator, believes the small amount indicates King Charles’ lack of generosity. Just last week, the King was seen socialising at the Prince’s Trust Awards, which was hosted at Buckingham Palace.

MediaNewsroom wins three national media awardsThe annual awards for news journalism see Newsroom win three titles and the NZ Herald win website of the year for the fourth time in a rowNewsroom has won another three national media awards at the annual Voyager dinner in Auckland – including best crime and justice reporting for Melanie Reid’s video masterpiece bringing the Peter Ellis case to a new generation. Our daily news podcast The Detail, produced by Newsroom’s team for RNZ and our site, won best regular podcast and Rachael King won the award for best reviewer, for work published on our books section ReadingRoom. Newsroom also had five runners-up, including Reid’s Newsroom Investigates for the award for best current affairs programme, Aaron Smale for Māori issues reporting, Steve Braunias for both arts reporting and best reviewer and Fergus Porteous for best first person essay. The major news website award went to nzherald.co.nz which had also won it for the previous three years. The full list of winners is on the Voyager Media Awards site.

Israel Adesanya has focused on other activities since his last fight. He went on Twitter to discuss the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix with his followers. 🏎️💨 pic.twitter.com/3zTe2JiYDG — Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) May 27, 2023Recently, Adesanya was part of the New Zealand Warriors rugby training camp. Related: Cheeky Alex Pereira fuels Melbourne Storm rivalry by joining camp after Israel Adesanya trains with New Zealand WarriorsIsrael Adesanya has multiple options for future opponentsIsrael Adesanya (Image via Frontkick online)Alex Pereira proved that Israel Adesanya is not invincible. Dricus Du Plessis has ambitions to fight Adesanya for the middleweight title.

A senior executive at the Gore District Council misled media about councillors' mutinous discussions about their mayor Ben Bell. The then-23-year-old mayor walked out of a March 28 behind-closed-doors council meeting, where his fractured relationship with council chief executive Stephen Parry was discussed. A statement by the council two days later said: "At no point during the meeting was there a vote of no confidence in the mayor." "I can categorically confirm that a vote of no confidence in the mayor was NOT discussed at the meeting on Tuesday night. The council last week agreed to undertake a review to restore confidence in the council and to have LGNZ and Taituarā assist in drafting the terms of reference.

Considered the godfather of New Zealand hip hop, he says he's now old enough to accept the title. Born Darryl Thompson, DLT first got into hip hop as a 16-year-old, after reading an article about breakdancing in Time magazine. The collaboration with a young Che Fu was a massive hit, spending five weeks at number one. So that's what I saw when I first saw Che and that all led to the song." And that's exactly what he found when Che Fu joined him in the studio to record 'Chains'.

Auckland business owner Hugh Grierson says he’ll have to liquidate his business if Inland Revenue won’t show some leniency in chasing him to repay Covid support funding. He was not able to open the business during the Covid-19 lockdowns and claimed $36,000 in wage subsidies and resurgence support payments and $11,000 from the small business cashflow scheme. Inland Revenue (IR) said the comparative period Grierson used to prove the required drop in income was incorrect. “I picked a good week and a bad week from the specified month to represent my drop in sales. An Inland Revenue spokesperson said, as on May 22, there had been 6921 small business cashflow scheme customers asked to repay their loans.

Devils Henchmen MC members ride through Timaru in 1979 after the death of then Timaru chapter president D Foster. Photo / Otago Daily TimesBut any serenity the Devils Henchmen may have had was brutally snapped over the weekend of May 6-7. Seemingly without warning, a squad of heavy-hitting, patched Rebels MC gang members, including senior figures, rolled south from their Christchurch pad. Devils Henchmen gang members. In have come Australian bikie gangs like the Mongols MC and Rebels MC, shaking up the city’s established underworld hierarchy.

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The Serious Crash Unit are investigating after a car hit a power pole in Melbourne St in South Dunedin early today. Photo: Stephen JaquieryOne person is dead and three others are injured after their car crashed while they were fleeing police following a burglary in Dunedin overnight. Less than a minute later, the vehicle crashed in Melbourne St. It appears the driver lost control and the car skidded about 50m down the street and crashed into a power pole. The Serious Crash Unit are investigating after a car hit a power pole in Melbourne St in South Dunedin early today.

The Black Ferns will be featured on Weet-bix stat attack cards for the first time this year, but one player is missing. Ruby Tui has declined to be featured on a card after her request to feature a rainbow flag on the card was turned down. NZ Herald Rugby writer Gregor Paul broke the story, and joined Sportstalk to chat to D'Arcy Waldegrave about the situation. LISTEN ABOVE

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