Melino Maka
Tongan body worried about changes to NZ pork law
A Tongan community body voices concern about proposed changes to NZ's pork laws. Audio
Mālō e lelei! Tongan language week gets underway
It's Tonga Language Week, and the theme is "Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa aki 'a e Lotu Mo'oni", which in English means "Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through prayer and faith".
The Minister for Pacific… Audio
Tonga Invitational XIII vs Great Britain: Tongan community divided
The Tongan community appears divided ahead of this weekend's clash between the Tonga Invitational XIII and Great Britain in Hamilton. Audio
World in Sport for 26 June 2019
This week: Tonga Rugby League chases more sponsorship, Tahiti win the Oceania Beach Soccer Nations Cup, Fiji announce their team for the Netball World Cup and Manu Samoa unveil their squad for the… Audio
Facebook's new digital currency may end long transfer waits
Some of New Zealand's Pacific community are hopeful Facebook's new digital currency may end long waits for money to be transferred home. Audio
Sport: Mate Ma'a Tonga in need of more sponsorship
Tonga's National Rugby League says it needs more money to keep competing on the international stage. Audio
Tonga in need of sponsorship to continue playing in Oceania League Cup
The Chair of the Tonga Advisory Council says it's exploitation that Tongan fans continue to bring huge profits to New Zealand Rugby League while Tonga's National Rugby League walk away with nothing… Audio
Pacific welcomes Facebook digital currency
Some of New Zealand's Pacific community are hopeful Facebook's new digital currency may end long waits for money to be transferred home.
The tech giant plans to roll out its own currency Libra next… Audio
Vigils held across the Pacific after mosque attacks
Vigils remembering the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attacks are being held across the Pacific. The attacks on two mosques on Friday took the lives of 50 people and have left Pacific… Audio
Vigils for victims of Chch attacks being held across Pacific
Vigils remembering the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attacks are being held across the Pacific. Audio
Melino Maka, Tino Pereira discuss Pacific funding boost
The government has swung its attention to the Pacific with a promise of $700 million of foreign aid over the next four years. National Party leader Simon Bridges says the money would be better spent… Audio
Cyclone Gita: Power poles 'like matchsticks' in Tonga
Melino Maka is the chairman of the Tongan Advisory Council, an organisation originally set up to get information to the Tongan community in the event of a cyclone. He tells Guyon Espiner about his… Audio
Family event to celebrate Tonga's RLWC2017
In an effort to avoid a repeat of last weekend, a family event is going to be held in Ōtāhuhu for Tonga fans this weekend. What started out as a celebration turned into mass disorder, drunkenness and… Audio
NZ Immigration public counter closures spark complaints
Immigration officials are being warned there'll be more overstayers if the department doesn't reverse its decision to close public counters and make people apply for visas online. Immigration experts… Audio
Immigration public counter closures spark complains
Immigration officials are being warned there'll be more overstayers if the department doesn't reverse its decision to close public counters and make people apply for visas online. Immigration experts… Audio
Samoa, Tonga fans' brawls mar league championship
Back now to our lead story, increasing tensions in south Auckland between Samoans and Tongan communties. Two hundred people were involved in a brawl in a carpark in Otara last night. Police… Audio
NZ's Pacific influence valuable in China negotiations
New Zealand's links in the Pacific could be a trump card in negotiating a deal with China as part of its trillion dollar programme to build infrastructure around the world. It's been more than six… Audio
Tongan RSE workers sent home after absconding
Two more Tongan workers have been sent home from Recognised Seasonal Employment in New Zealand, triggering calls for better vetting in the scheme. Audio
Search continues for eighth person missing in Kaipara
Locals have described the area in the Kaipara Harbour where a boat capsized and at least seven people died over the weekend as treacherous. Audio
Pacific rugby fraternity remembers Jonah Lomu
The Pacific rugby fraternity has been remembering All Black great Jonah Lomu, who passed away this week. Audio