Igniting communities,
creating change
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Suicide prevention
Igniting communities, supporting solutions, preventing suicide.
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Le Va for Youth
Dedicated to Pasifika youth to care for your wellbeing.
Le Va for Youth

FLO: Pasifika for Life
Equipping Pasifika families and communities to prevent suicide.
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Futures that Work Scholarships
Growing Pasifika talent in the mental health and addiction workforce.
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#CatchYourself
Supporting communities to have respectful relationships in times of distress.
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Violence prevention
Atu-Mai

Mental Wealth
Learning how to look after your mental health creates “Mental Wealth”.
Check in. Feel good. Stay connected.

Engaging Pasifika
New Zealand’s national Pasifika cultural competency training programme.
Find out about the EP programme

Evidence-informed national suicide prevention training
Supporting those who may be at risk of suicide to get the help they need.
LifeKeepers

Disability Support
Tools to enhance access & quality

Mental health and addiction
Developing the workforce

Supporting public health
Reducing inequity in health outcomes through workforce development.
Workforce Development

#CatchOn
Ensuring our families have trustworthy info about the COVID-19 vaccine to make an informed decision.
#CatchOn

GPS Satellite Seminars
Focusing on integrated solutions to achieve the best possible outcomes for Pasifika people and their families.
Growing Pasifika Solutions
Our work
Connect
Aunty Dee is a free online tool for anyone who needs some help working through a problem or problems. It doesn’t matter what the problem is, you can use Aunty Dee to help you work it through.
Quite simply, Aunty Dee will guide you to:
❔List your problems
💡Generate ideas
✅Find a solution
Aunty Dee has had 22,151 sessions from 2016 to 2021.
If life's problems are getting you down, try Aunty Dee at www.auntydee.co.nz
#AuntyDee #FLO
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Mana Restore at Winter Armageddon 2022
As the mental health organisation supporting the online gaming spaces at the expo, Le Va were proud to launch our new Mana Restore discord server. The server provides online gamers with mental health information at their fingertips while still in game, covering topics such as anxiety, depression, online bullying and healthy gaming habits. -
Le Va: Pasifika Allied Health Aotearoa New Zealand Fono June 2022
After a two-year hiatus due to Covid it was fantastic to host 60 Pasifika Allied Health professionals from across Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Tairawhiti and Wellington in Auckland this June for the second PAHAnz Fono.
Keynote speakers Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone, Director of Pacific Health, Ministry of Health and Dr Debbie Ryan, Principal of Pacific Perspectives gave an overview of the changes to the health system and a progress update on Health New Zealand. Gerardine also shared the Interim Pacific Health Plan and how it aims to tackle the equity gaps for Pasifika. -
Le Va: Le Tautua 2022, Day 2
Following on form an evening of networking, connection, spoken word poetry, song and dance, Day 2 of Le Va's Le Tautua Emerging Youth Leadership programme opened with a personal address from Dr Elizabeth Mati who shared the highs and the lows of her personal leadership journey and the importance of our voice and how we communicate. To understand our voices and to be secure within ourselves in order to empower others.
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Futures that Work Scholarships
Applications are now closed for the 2022 Futures that Work Scholarships. Find out how these scholarships can help you study for a qualification in mental health or addiction support services.
Supporting our Pasifika GPs
Le Va is proud to be partnering with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Pasifika Chapter to bring to life Fatu o le Ola, a Pasifika approach to wellbeing for our Pasifika GPs.
Fathers Fono workshops open
Registrations are now open for our next Fathers Fono parenting workshop, aimed at bringing our Pasifika fathers together and supporting each other to be the best Dads we can be.
Resources
Checking In: Supporting someone who may be experiencing depression and/or anxiety
What’s on?
Registrations are now open for LifeKeepers FREE trainings and LifeKeepers e-learning. To learn more and register go to www.lifekeepers.nz
What’s on?
Browse upcoming events run by Le Va to enhance impact in workforce development, suicide prevention, violence prevention, public health and cultural competency.
