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ABC News
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Independence remembered: Samoa's story
This Week on Radio Australia — we're turning up the volume on independence and the voices shaping the Pacific, from music and arts to sport and politics. On Nesia Daily, hosts Jacob McQuire and Michael Chow reconnect with one of the very first voices they featured nearly two years ago — marking Samoa's Independence Day on June 1st with a powerful reflection on identity and progress. On Politok, journalist Scott Waide dives deep into PNG's energy crisis. He unpacks how decades of power cuts are putting lives at risk — and why the system still hasn't been fixed. And on Nesian Footy, Sam Wykes and Tinirau Arona sit down with Oneata Schwalger. She's gone from playing both codes to chasing a new dream — coaching at the top level. Relax into your Sunday morning with two hours of the best stories from across the Pacific. Host, Kuntamari crofts, will take you on a Pacific Sundays journey, bringing you stories that will inspire, entertain and inform you.
ABC News
29-05-2025
- General
- ABC News
Still pinching himself, Isoa Nasilasila reaches the 50 Super Rugby games landmark with the Fijian Drua
The best the Fijian Drua can hope for now is win over the Reds in their final match of the home and away season, a result that would see them finish 9th on the Super Rugby Pacific ladder. There will be disappointment in the camp over their failure to make finals for what would have been a third season in a row, but there will still be cause for celebration when the team take to the field in Brisbane. Co-captain Tevita Ikanivere and lock forward Isoa Nasilasila will become the first players to have made 50 Super Rugby appearances for the Drua. Born and brought up in Sydney, at one point Nasilasila had ambitions to play Super Rugby for an Australian team, but as he told the boys from ABC Radio Australia's Nesian Footy show, when the Drua came into being, he decided to follow his heritage, and went on to make his debut for the Fijian side against the Waratahs.
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
'Keep sailing on': Stanleyson Antas on music, legacy, and life in Vanuatu
Ni-Vanuatu reggae legend Stanleyson Antas joined Nesia Daily in the studio to reflect on his journey performing across Vanuatu to re-imagining his songs on a new acoustic EP, Akoustic Volume 1 (Play On). Stripping back to just guitar and vocals, Stanley shared that creating the EP allowed him to reconnect with the heart of songwriting and "focus on the lyrics." Throughout the show, he performed three live version of the songs Sailing, Justice, and No Worries. Also in the program, we checked in with Nesian Footy co-host, Tinirau Arona for a recap of the weekend's NRL matches, and Sose Fuamoli for a preview of this week's On The Record episode.
