AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoClassical Breakthrough: 19-year-old Tongan counter-tenor Samuel Mataele has made history by winning the Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest in Wellington, taking the $50,000 top prize after performing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. School Sports Spotlight: Tonga College’s ‘Atele has ended Tupou College’s four-year reign, winning the Tongatapu secondary schools senior rugby title 22-17 in a comeback thriller at Teufaiva Stadium. Inclusive Sport in Focus: Tonga hosted the first regional Para Archery Coaching Course and Training Camp for Oceania, bringing coaches and para-athletes from Tonga, Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, culminating in the Oceania Para Archery League where Fiji’s Leslie won gold. More Para Archery Coverage: A separate report notes Solomon Islands coaches and para-athlete Rose Lidia travelled to Tonga for the same programme, described as a fully funded first for Oceania federations. Arts & Community: A new Pacific women’s music and filmmaking project, Music for Change: Pacific Women, is underway with mentors taking the initiative to PNG and Tonga to help women tell their own stories through songwriting and screen.
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