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By Georgie Hewson, ABC Onstage antics involving celebrities have become talking points of the VMAs in the early 2000s and 2010s. Photo: AFP / Timothy A Clark, Kevin Winter / Getty Images via AFP, Christopher Polk / Getty Images via AFP From a surprise pregnancy reveal to Madonna and Britney's infamous kiss to Lady Gaga singing while covered in fake blood, the MTV Video Music Awards have hosted memorable performances. This year, for the 40th MTV VMAs, audiences will actually be able to vote on what they think was the most iconic performance in a new category. But it is not just the planned portions of the evening that has put the show in the spotlight over the past four decades. It is also the place where many famous celebrity feuds, bizarre interruptions and political statements hav...

Property owner and Chamarro nation chief, Tony Sablan claims his family has lost over 5000 acres of land. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Eleisha Foon Emergency shelters have been set up in Guam as Tropical Depression 14W intensifies. Guam's National Weather Service had forecast the depression would become a Tropical Storm overnight in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Its science and operations officer Brandon Aydlet said there were two things the weather service was "really concerned about". "One is the rainfall, which we're going to be expecting heavy, torrential rains, starting tonight, continuing through Wednesday night. "And then another wet pattern sets up through the weekend. So one is the concern for flooding." Residents had been asked to prepare for heavy rain and...

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Indian High Commission in Wellington has warned nurses against coming to New Zealand unless they have a genuine job offer. "It has come to the notice of the High Commission of India that a number of Indian nurses are facing difficulties in securing jobs in New Zealand, even though they may have successfully completed the Competency Assessment Programme (CAP) and registration with New Zealand Nursing Council," the Indian diplomatic mission said in a statement on Monday. "[We] would like to advise the Indian nurses that they should not travel to New Zealand unless they have a genuine job offer. It is also advisable to get the genuineness of the employer checked by the High Commission by emailing at pol.wellington@mea.gov.in ." The Indian High Commission also...

Malcolm Bishop KC Photo: LinkedIn / Malcolm Bishop KC A petition circulating in Tonga is calling for the newly appointed chief justice, Malcolm Bishop from Wales, to have his position revoked because he is openly gay. The petition was launched by members of Tonga's law society and a protest is also planned. Tonga Law Society president Lopeti Senituli has distanced himself from the petition. Senituli said the lawyers who kicked the petition into motion were acting independently and not in conjunction with Tonga Law Society. "That is not an official petition of the Tonga Law Soceity," he told RNZ Pacific on Monday. "It is a petition by members of the [Tonga] Law Society but it is not sanctioned by the Tonga Law Society executive council," he added. Senituli said he has not signed the peti...