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RNZ News
18 hours ago
- Sport
- RNZ News
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 30 July
Timoci Tavatavanawai and Emoni Narawa. Photo: Kerry Marshall / A number of All Blacks with Pasifika heritage will be in action for their provincial teams when the National Provincial Championship (NPC) kicks off this week. Queen Victoria School alumni from Fiji, Emoni Narawa and Timoci Tavatavanawai, will be on opposite ends when Bay of Plenty meets Tasman in Tauranga on Sunday. Narawa joins fellow All Black and Samoan heritage player Pasilio Tosi in the Bay of Plenty squad, while Tavatavanawai is contracted to Tasman. A number of Manu Samoa and 'Ikale Tahi reps are also expected to be in action during the NPC. Samoan-Tongan Phillip Fatialofa is set to play for New Zealand's Futsal Whites at the Continental Futsal Championship in Thailand. Oceania Football says the player is set to make his debut for Aotearoa, with the team scheduled to meet Chinese Taipei on Thursday in their first game. Fatialofa says his selection is a dream come true. With a Samoan dad and a part-Tongan mother, the 21-year-old grew up playing football in Wellington and represented Samoa at the OFC Under-19 Men's Championship in 2023. The Futsal Whites meet Thailand on Friday in their second pool game. The 'Ikale Tahi rugby squad started their preparation for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup in Auckland at the weekend. Head coach Tevita Tuifua said the camp brought players together for the first time this year. Missing were some players who are currently committed to the NPC in New Zealand. Former All Black Salesi Piutau and France-based Ben Tameifuna are two of the senior players in the squad who were present at the camp. Around 400 RSE workers in the Bay of Plenty area will compete at the second annual RSE Sports Festival in Mount Manganui on 23 August. Led by the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union, with support from BOP Volleyball and BOP Football, the day is a collaboration between the kiwifruit industry and the local sporting groups to provide a day off the tools for hard working RSE workers. Bay of Plenty Rugby manager Ati Aaifou-Olive said the RSE Sports Festival is a new way in which the sport can give RSE workers a positive experience while in New Zealand. In 2024, 11 packhouses entered 39 teams, featuring 350 RSE workers from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Tonga at the event.
Scoop
2 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
PM Luxon To Host Solomon Islands Prime Minister
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will visit New Zealand this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced. 'Solomon Islands is an important partner for New Zealand, with which we share a historic connection,' Mr Luxon says. 'I am looking forward to furthering our bilateral relationship when I meet Prime Minister Manele. It will also be good to hear about Solomon Islands' plans for hosting the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in September.' More than 1,000 Solomon Islanders make New Zealand home, with 1,100 participating in the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme in the last year. New Zealand has a long-standing development cooperation partnership with Solomon Islands, which includes support for education, economic development, climate resilience, and peacebuilding. While in New Zealand, Prime Minister Manele will attend various business and community events. He will also meet Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. Prime Minister Manele last visited New Zealand in his former capacity as Solomon Islands Foreign Minister in 2022.
The Journal
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Journal
News website Gript files High Court action against DCU and the Press Council
NEWS WEBSITE GRIPT has filed legal action against Dublin City University and the Press Council following a decision by the latter to uphold two complaints made by the university against Gript. Gript filed the High Court action yesterday, naming DCU and the Press Council as defendants in the case. The complaint was in relation to two articles published on 4 and 24 October 2024 by Gript about a postgraduate diploma course in SPHE/RSE run by DCU for secondary school teachers. The Gript articles were based on testimony by former SPHE teacher Mary Creedon. In its correspondence with the Press Ombudsman and Press Council, Gript said it also reviewed documents and other materials and relied on statements from other unnamed course participants. Creedon had falsely claimed that she was expected to teach extreme sexual material to children. There was also discourse over the use of an audio clip by Gript that was 'obtained through subterfuge' that the Press Ombudsman ultimately said was not justified to have been publicised and did not reveal information that substantiated Gript's reporting. Advertisement In a decision in May, the Press Ombudsman upheld DCU's complaint and remarked that Gript provided 'no evidence' that the DCU course 'gave adult teachers to understand that sexually explicit exercises used during their training were to be replicated in school classrooms'. 'Adaptation of material so that it is age appropriate is not replication and to suggest otherwise, as the publication does, is distortion,' said the Press Ombudsman. The decision was appealed by Gript to the Press Council. The Press Council appoints the Press Ombudsman and decides on appeals related to decisions of the Ombudsman. Gript had claimed that there had been an error in the Press Ombudsman's application of the Truth and Accuracy, Fair Procedures and Honesty, and Privacy principles in the Press Council's Code of Practice. However, the Press Council last month upheld the decision by the Press Ombudsman and said the Ombudsman didn't err in their application of these principles. In a statement on Monday, DCU welcomed the decisions. It noted that the Press Ombudsman found that the Gript articles 'contained no evidence that DCU was doing anything other than running a postgraduate course to enable adult teachers of SPHE/RSE to teach the subject to secondary school children'. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
STV News
17-07-2025
- Science
- STV News
Festival of knowledge to come to Scottish capital
A series of talks and workshops on health, the creative arts and video games will be held during a festival on knowledge in September. A myriad of issues – including personal data, the use of Scots language, future cities and a range of other social topics – will be discussed during the Royal Society of Edinburgh's (RSE) Curious Festival of Knowledge. Held from September 6-14, one of the free festival's highlights is a talk on Scotland's colonial past, led by PhD student Ash Charlton, who was recently a project researcher with the University of Edinburgh's anatomical museum. The talk, titled Taken, studied, displayed: readdressing the University of Edinburgh's African skull collections – will explore a recent project to research and improve documentation of the museum's skull collections as a basis for future repatriation requests. Ms Charlton said: 'This event will share the stories of the individuals whose skulls are in the collection, where they came from and how they became part of the museum's collection. 'Unfortunately, very little is known about most of these individuals through historic erasure and lack of documentation, although through this talk I will discuss some of the few cases we know more about. 'Conversely a lot more is known about the 'donors' who presented these human remains to the university. Medical students, doctors, religious missionaries, geologists and botanists were all responsible for contributing to the growing anatomy collections.' Also featuring at the festival is Play for Good, a video game exhibition on how they can help with health, wellbeing and social inclusion. Event organiser Dr Andrew Reid, of Abertay University and member of the Young Academy of Scotland, said: 'Simply put, designing games for good means thinking about how games can provide a positive outcome to various social or cultural environments. 'We've got a couple of projects here that are showing games to promote physical activity by using your body as an input, all the way through to exploring mental health as a topic. 'These are generally spaces that are quite difficult to deal with in any given context, but within games we create a safe space to explore some very challenging issues and very challenging conversations.' While many of the Curious events are held within the RSE, this year's programme also features an interactive walking tour around Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard. Led by Daria Tuhtar, the tour will explore the unique and intricate language of symbols and metaphors that many of the monuments in Greyfriars are decorated with, and how people's attitudes towards death have changed with the passage of time. The tour will uncover how ideas of death, immortality and resurrection coalesce in one of the most striking locations that Edinburgh boasts. Royal Society of Edinburgh general secretary professor Jo Shaw said: 'Today we announce the programme of the RSE's Curious festival. 'Curious is an opportunity to throw open the door to the RSE, Scotland's National Academy. We're bringing together some of Scotland's leading thinkers, covering a broad range of topics – from video games to UFOs – and starting important conversations around big ideas. 'Everyone is welcome, and you don't need any prior knowledge to take part and learn something new. Most importantly, every event is free. Just bring yourself and your curiosity.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
The National
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Edinburgh set to host 100+ free events in festival of knowledge
A myriad of issues – including personal data, the use of Scots language, future cities and a range of other social topics – will be discussed during the Royal Society of Edinburgh 's (RSE) Curious Festival of Knowledge. A SERIES of talks and workshops on health, the creative arts and video games will be held during a festival on knowledge in September. Held from September 6-14, one of the free festival's highlights is a talk on Scotland's colonial past, led by PhD student Ash Charlton, who was recently a project researcher with the University of Edinburgh's anatomical museum. The talk, titled Taken, studied, displayed: readdressing the University of Edinburgh's African skull collections – will explore a recent project to research and improve documentation of the museum's skull collections as a basis for future repatriation requests. READ MORE: Scots Language Centre plunged into crisis as board resigns over payments row Charlton said: 'This event will share the stories of the individuals whose skulls are in the collection, where they came from and how they became part of the museum's collection. 'Unfortunately, very little is known about most of these individuals through historic erasure and lack of documentation, although through this talk I will discuss some of the few cases we know more about. 'Conversely a lot more is known about the 'donors' who presented these human remains to the university. Medical students, doctors, religious missionaries, geologists and botanists were all responsible for contributing to the growing anatomy collections.' Play for Good: Video game exhibition Also featuring at the festival is Play for Good, a video game exhibition on how they can help with health, wellbeing and social inclusion. Event organiser Dr Andrew Reid, of Abertay University and member of the Young Academy of Scotland, said: 'Simply put, designing games for good means thinking about how games can provide a positive outcome to various social or cultural environments. 'We've got a couple of projects here that are showing games to promote physical activity by using your body as an input, all the way through to exploring mental health as a topic. 'These are generally spaces that are quite difficult to deal with in any given context, but within games we create a safe space to explore some very challenging issues and very challenging conversations.' Walking tour around Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard While many of the Curious events are held within the RSE, this year's programme also features an interactive walking tour around Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard. Led by Daria Tuhtar, the tour will explore the unique and intricate language of symbols and metaphors that many of the monuments in Greyfriars are decorated with, and how people's attitudes towards death have changed with the passage of time. The tour will uncover how ideas of death, immortality and resurrection coalesce in one of the most striking locations that Edinburgh boasts. Royal Society of Edinburgh general secretary professor Jo Shaw said: 'Today we announce the programme of the RSE's Curious festival. 'Curious is an opportunity to throw open the door to the RSE, Scotland's National Academy. We're bringing together some of Scotland's leading thinkers, covering a broad range of topics – from video games to UFOs – and starting important conversations around big ideas. 'Everyone is welcome, and you don't need any prior knowledge to take part and learn something new. Most importantly, every event is free. Just bring yourself and your curiosity.'
