Sport in Tuvalu

Sport is an important part of Tuvaluan culture, which sporting culture is based on traditional games and athletic activities and the adoption of some of the major international sports of the modern era.

Te ano

Te ano is a team sport played with 2 balls in which two teams face each other about 7 metres (23 ft) apart on a malae. Two balls are used simultaneously in the game with each ball being about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) in diameter, It is a traditional game

List of corals of the Solomon Islands

This is a list of corals of the Solomon Islands. The baseline survey of marine biodiversity in the Solomon Islands that was carried out in 2004, found 474 species of corals in the Solomons as well as nine species which could be new to science. This is the

Kitiseni Lopati

Kitiseni Lopati was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the minister of natural resources and commerce, then as the minister of finance and commerce in the cabinet of prime minister Tomasi Puapua in his second term as prime minister of Tuvalu

St. John the Baptist Church (Waimate North)

St. John the Baptist Church was built in 1831 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) at Te Waimate mission at Waimate North, inland from the Bay of Islands. In 1841, it became the first seat of Bishop George Selwyn when he arrived in New Zealand to take

Vave Founuku

Vave V. Founuku was a Tuvaluan politician who served as Speaker of Parliament from 1981 to 1989

SS Matunga

SS Matunga was a 1,618-gross register ton passenger-cargo ship, built by Napier and Miller, Glasgow for Mersey Steamship Co., Liverpool and originally named Zweena. Purchased by Burns Philp & Co. Ltd in 1910 for the British Solomon Islands service. Burns

List of Tuvalu MPs, 2015–2019

This is a list of members of the Parliament of Tuvalu or Palamene o Tuvalu who were elected at the 2015 Tuvaluan general election or as the result of by-elections during the life of the parliament

Amasone Kilei

Amasone Kilei was a Tuvaluan politician who represented Nui. He was appointed the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, in the government of Lagitupu Tuilimu, who was acting prime minister from 8 December 2000 to 24

John Francis Goldie

John Francis Goldie founded the Methodist Mission in New Georgia Islands, which are part of the Solomon Islands. He was chairman of the Solomon Island District of the Methodist Mission from 1902 until his retirement in 1951

Gavrilović (company)

Gavrilović is a Croatian food processing company specializing in meats such as sausages and salami. The company is based in Petrinja, Croatia and can trace its history there as far back as 1690