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February 29, 2024
RNZ News The late Green Party MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an “extraordinary man” at a service in South Auckland. The 49-year-old husband and father-of-two died on February 21 after collapsing during a charity event in Auckland’s central city. Fa’anānā’s unexpected death came as a shock to many, with ... <a title="Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/faanana-efeso-collins-an-extraordinary-man-says-widow/" aria-label="Read more about Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
By Lucy Xia, RNZ News reporter The family of Green MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins say they are “devastated” at his loss and have thanked the public for their patience during a “difficult time”. Fa’anānā, 49, collapsed and died during a charity event in the Auckland CBD on Wednesday. In their first statement since his death, his ... <a title="Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/efeso-collins-empowering-our-rangatahi-to-think-beyond-the-lines/" aria-label="Read more about Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Fa’anānā Efeso Collins is being remembered as a pillar of the Pacific community with a “big heart of service”, who loved being a husband and father. The 49-year-old Samoan-Tokelauan leader and Greens MP has been described as someone who embodied the Samoan proverb: “o le ala i le pule ... <a title="Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/pasifika-leaders-remember-stand-out-community-leader-faanana-efeso-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Pacific Island community in Aotearoa New Zealand is grieving for the deaths of two men killed at an Auckland downtown construction site last week. Solomona To’oto’o, 45, of Manurewa and Tupuga Sipiliano, 44, of Wattle Downs have been named as the victims of 24-year-old gunman Matu Reid, who also died. Several others ... <a title="‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/what-could-we-have-done-pacific-community-grief-for-shooter-victims/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter victims">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2022
RNZ News Wellington’s Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a triumph for diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand’s local government elections. She said getting the call to say she had won was “pretty wild”. Whanau ran as an independent, but was a Green Party chief of staff and digital director ... <a title="Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/08/win-for-diversity-in-wellington-defeat-in-auckland-as-nz-votes-local/" aria-label="Read more about Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate that either Pacific contender Fa’anānā Efeso Collins or Wayne Brown will claim the chains. RNZ News spoke to some prominent Aucklanders about who they believe should get the city’s top ... <a title="NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/nz-local-elections-a-pacific-mayor-possible-for-biggest-city-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?">Read more</a>
