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![Paris Olympics 2024: Teenager due to represent Tonga dies in diving accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Paris Olympics 2024: Teenager due to represent Tonga dies in diving accident
JJ Rice, 18, was raised in Tonga and often spoke about his love for his island home.
!['We think we need to double the amount of RSE workers' - PM Chris Luxon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'We think we need to double the amount of RSE workers' - PM Chris Luxon
The RSE scheme brings in workers from nine Pacific countries, including Papua New Guinea.
!['I hope there's space for more of our people at the table'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'I hope there's space for more of our people at the table'
It started with two friends from South Auckland who had an idea for a new podcast.
![Shane Te Pou: This was not a Budget for the ages](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Shane Te Pou: This was not a Budget for the ages
OPINION: The Budget tried to please too many, and will probably end up pleasing nobody.
![Ex-All Black on retirement: 'You think you’re going to be a rugby player forever'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Ex-All Black on retirement: 'You think you’re going to be a rugby player forever'
Crusaders veteran ready for last run in red and black.
![Celebrated Pacific author charged with murder of fellow writer in Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Celebrated Pacific author charged with murder of fellow writer in Samoa
Preliminary findings showed the victim suffered multiple stab wounds.
![Opinion: Why I started learning the language of my Samoan forefathers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Opinion: Why I started learning the language of my Samoan forefathers
Not understanding my mother tongue made me feel deprived and like I was missing out.
![Opinion: Children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Opinion: Children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt
OPINION: Ditching free flu vaccines will likely wipe out the recent gains in uptake.
![Newsreader Niva Retimanu on defying labels and dealing with grief](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Newsreader Niva Retimanu on defying labels and dealing with grief
'Once there are hurdles or I put a block there, then I’m never going to succeed.'
!['Disgraceful': Principal disgusted after young student called racial slur after rugby game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Disgraceful': Principal disgusted after young student called racial slur after rugby game
The student was in tears after being subjected to the unprovoked attack.
![Deputy PM Winston Peters announces multi-million dollar solar upgrade in PNG](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Deputy PM Winston Peters announces multi-million dollar solar upgrade in PNG
Deputy PM Winston Peters leads a whirl-wind trip around Melanesia and Tuvalu this week.
!['Cherish every moment with your mum...one day those moments become memories'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Cherish every moment with your mum...one day those moments become memories'
My first Mother’s Day without my mum - a daughter’s tribute.
![Ministry for Pacific Peoples hit with 57 job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Ministry for Pacific Peoples hit with 57 job cuts
Up to 57 roles have been cut as part of wider public sector cost-cutting measures.
!['That’s when I hit that lightbulb moment' - singer Myshaan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'That’s when I hit that lightbulb moment' - singer Myshaan
'I started off with RnB, then I moved onto country music and I moved onto Aussie rap'.
![Is diversity shrinking within the media landscape?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Is diversity shrinking within the media landscape?
A programme promised to transform our newsrooms. Then the media landscape shrank.
!['That kid was never, ever sick': Hastings teenager dies in sleep on holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'That kid was never, ever sick': Hastings teenager dies in sleep on holiday
Grieving family needs funds to bring son's body home.
![David Seymour wants to stop 'lazily' categorising people by race](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
David Seymour wants to stop 'lazily' categorising people by race
The Act leader rails against 'lazily looking at everyone through the lens of race'.
!['I get off the plane and feel at home': John Campbell on his Samoan chief title](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'I get off the plane and feel at home': John Campbell on his Samoan chief title
He is John Campbell, the journalist, and also Toleafoa John, the Samoan matai.
![Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
![AI mistaking Māori woman as thief no surprise to experts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
AI mistaking Māori woman as thief no surprise to experts
The woman was shopping at a Rotorua New World when she was asked to leave the store.
![Desperate families pawn off priceless cultural treasures for quick buck](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Desperate families pawn off priceless cultural treasures for quick buck
In Polynesia, tapa cloth and fine mats handed down generations can be worth thousands.