This week, we talk to the first woman to lead a Pacific Games organising committee, Flying Fijians prop Haereiti Hetet is one the line from quarantine and the RNZ Pacific team pick their Pacific sporting highlights of an unforgettable year.

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World in Sport for 16 December 2020

Former Tonga international and campaign manager of the Moana Pasifika team is hopeful this is the beginning for Pacific Island rugby. Auckland Basketball are introducting new initiatives to help boost basketball in the regions, and to support more famillies from underprivileged communities. And, hundreds of people in the Cook Islands have walked around Rarotonga to promote a more active and healthy lifestyle.

World in Sport for 2 December 2020

Coach Fa'alogo Tana Umaga has named the first ever Moana Pasifika squad to play the Maori All Blacks in Hamilton next month. Former Tall Black, Lindsay Tait, slams the Auckland basketball representative system. The Tonga Rugby Union is seeking a full-time chief executive officer.

World in Sport for 25 November 2020

The ongoing saga over governance around Tonga's rugby league takes another twist; 29 members of Fiji's rugby team have tested positive for Covid-19; Samoa's women are one step closer to the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

World In Sport for 18 November 2020

This week, Kanaloa Pasifika threatens legal action against New Zealand Rugby, Rugby World Cup qualification is on the line for the Samoa and Tonga women's teams and the AFL International Cup is the latest sporting casualty of the Covid-19.

World in Sport for 11 November 2020

This week, a special week for Papua New Guinea's newest National Rugby League champion, a Pacific link to England rugby's next number 10 and Samoa and Tonga step up preparations for their Women's Rugby World Cup playoff.

World in Sport for 28 October 2020

This week, the revived Cook Islands Games proves a hit, former Penrith Panthers second rower Tony Puletua reminisces ahead of this weekend's NRL grand final and Papua New Guinea's domestic rugby league season has a thrilling finish.

World in Sport for 21 October 2020

This week, we speak to one of the fresh faces selected in the new-look Flying Fijians rugby squad, we put the spotlight on women's rugby league, with exciting major developments in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Niue and design work ramps up for the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands.

World in Sport for 14 October 2020

The Pacific Island community reacts to another Super Rugby snub, the Cook Islands Games gathers pace and the Pacific Mini Games set to be delayed until 2022.

World in Sport for 7 October 2020

Tonga Rugby agrees to a new governing arrangement, fears Covid 19 is curtailing NRL dreams for young Maori and Pasifika players and another milestone beckons for women's rugby league in Papua New Guinea.

World in Sport for 30 September 2020

This week...Fiji braces for a "once in a lifetime" opportunity, Strict eligibility rules are discouraging New Zealand's Pasifika netball players from representing their heritage, and half a dozen competing bids have signalled their interest in becoming the first Pacific Super Rugby franchise.

World In Sport for 17 September 2020

New Zealand Maori Rugby League (NZMRL) is working with the sport's national body in reviewing the way the game is being delivered, to ensure Maori and Pasifika community clubs are being included. Samoa men's sevens coach Muliagatele Brian Lima believes it could take two years for the team to become contenders again on the World Series. And, the niggles never truly go away, but Fijian winger Patrick Osborne is confident his legs still have a few miles left in them yet.

World in Sport for 9 September 2020

This week...Pacific Games workers dominate a so-called repatriation flight from China to Solomon Islands, New Zealand Rugby League is challenged to have more Maori and Pasifika voices in governance roles and Oceania Football teams up with the English FA.

World in Sport for 2 September 2020

This week...Fiji Rugby League appoints a new coach with old ties, Covid-19 continues to create challenges for the upcoming Pacific Mini Games and Fiji Football looks to the future.

World in Sport for 26 August 2020

This week...the new chair of the Fiji Rugby Union talks Covid and competing on the world stage, a new Pacific team puts up its hand to join Super Rugby and more local sports are free to resume competition.

World in Sport for 19 August 2020

Highlights of the world's sporting week, with emphasis on New Zealand and Pacific interviews, reviews and reaction, plus previews of upcoming games.

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