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ABC News
16-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Two-time runners up Hekari United out to topple Auckland United and secure the OFC Women's Champions League title at last
The players from Papua New Guinea's leading women's soccer team, Hekari United, will be on a mission this weekend when they play Auckland United in the OFC Women's Champions League final in Tahiti. And they'll be hoping that third time lucky works for them, after finishing runners-up in the previous two tournaments, and after losing their previous two encounters against Auckland by a single goal. In last year's final the NZ team won 1-nil, and in the group stage this year, they again got the better of the PNG outfit, this time by two goals to one. There's no doubt that the two best teams have made the decider, with the other five way off the pace and losing games by big margins, but can Hekari find a way to topple the Kiwis? Matt Manukuo from the OFC media team says Auckland are wary of their opponents, and Hekari are certainly in with a chance.
ABC News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Polio outbreak declared in Papua New Guinea
On the program today: Legal aid groups in Timor Leste are calling for the country's president to reject a proposal to pardon an American, former priest who's been convicted of abusing young children. Timor Opposition MP Nurima Alkatari says the government's proposal for a pardon for Richard Daschbach show a lack of empathy for his victims. Domestic violence and gender violence is an epidemic in the Pacific affecting women from all works of life, including leaders. One prominent Fijian MP is calling for change after being the subject of cyber bullying and harassment. The World Health Organisation has declared a polio out break in Papua New Guinea after two children were diagnosed with the disease. The victim of a horrific bashing in Vanuatu says he was shocked, confused and re-traumatised by the Vanuatu President's decision to reduce his attackers' sentences. In Tonga King Tupou VI has urged leaders to uphold truth and justice as Parliament wound up its business. As Pacific countries prepare for next months' United Nations Oceans Summit in France Vanuatu is leading the charge calling for greater action to protect the world's oceans. The players from Papua New Guinea's leading women's soccer team, Hekari United, will be on a mission this weekend when they play Auckland United in the OFC Women's Champions League final in Tahiti.
