'The best at being ourselves': Māori-Pasifika choir wins gold at World Choir Games

By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United Auckland Gospel Choir has cemented its place among the world's leading choirs after winning gold at the 2026 World Choir Games in Sweden, an event once known as the "Choir Olympics". "No one can beat us at being us," Seumanu Seuoti Simon Matāfai JP, who is the choir master and pianist, said. "We are the best at being ourselves, as…