Pakilau Manase Lua Photo: RNZ Pacific / Lydia Lewis
Prominent Tongan community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby Union's Pasifika Advisory Group, saying it is unacceptable for there to still be no Pacific representation on the board.
Pakilau says the union continues to disrespect the contribution of Pacific Islanders to rugby in New Zealand by not having them in management or on the board, despite almost 40 percent of players in the All Blacks, Black Ferns and sevens teams are of Pasifika heritage.
He told RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon that Pasifika people are only used when needed and says they are seen as "performing monkeys for colonial institutions".
