AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRugby and identity: Fiji’s Bulikula are preparing for their first Women’s Rugby League World Cup, with winger Maria Paseka saying representing Fiji has helped her reconnect with her heritage. They open against New Zealand. Food insecurity: In Northland, 37% of survey respondents said they had faced food insecurity this year, and 24% severe hardship. Local food groups say demand keeps rising as incomes fail to keep pace with costs. Arts to explore: Auckland’s summer gallery guide highlights spaces including Te Uru in Titirangi and Fresh Gallery Ōtara, which celebrates Māori and Pasifika creativity. Te reo Māori: A new audiobook of Scotty Morrison’s Māori Made Easy offers 28 lessons and more than 400 kupu for learners. Shared history: Rotorua and Arras have become sister cities, renewing ties forged when Māori soldiers and New Zealand tunnellers served beneath the French city in 1917. A waka maumahara is being carved at Te Puia for the Wellington Quarry memorial.
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