Igniting communities,
creating change

Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni and Kia ora koutou.

Welcome to Le Va

Our purpose is to support Pasifika families and communities to unleash their full potential and have the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes.

Violence prevention

Equipping Pasifika young people and their families to live violence-free.
Atu-Mai

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.
View the FLO knowledge bank

life keepers

Evidence-informed national suicide prevention training

Supporting those who may be at risk of suicide to get the help they need.
LifeKeepers

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

Scholarships

Futures that Work Scholarships

Growing Pasifika talent in the mental health and addiction workforce.
#FuturesThatWork

#CatchYourself

Supporting communities to have respectful relationships in times of distress.
#CatchYourself

Disability Support

Helping Pasifika people with disabilities to live the lives they choose.
Tools to enhance access & quality

Mental health and addiction

Supporting the workforce to meet the needs of Pasifika people and their families.
Developing the workforce

Supporting public health

Reducing inequity in health outcomes through workforce development.
Workforce Development

Our work

Rebuilding Wellbeing

Suicide Prevention

CatchYourself

Atu Mai

Aunty Dee

Mental Wealth

Showcase

Youth 2000

Life Keepers

Mana Restore

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📣⛔️ DISCONNECT to RECONNECT - Le Va is hitting pause on our socials!

With Mental Health Awareness Week fresh in our minds, and having just moved back into our Harakeke House office, we want to practice what we preach with a short social media break, to connect more in our physical and relational spaces (the Va) than in the digital one.

📱🖥 Theres a lot of evidence that too much screen time or social media scrolling can affect our mental wellbeing, with links to increased anxiety and depression in teens, poor sleep patterns and lack of exercise, and even low self-esteem from comparing our lives to others.

We encourage you to take regular breaks from social media and we have some good tips on how to ease into a digital detox on our Mental Wealth website: www.mentalwealth.nz/article/digital-detox/

We love engaging with you here though, so we will be back next Thursday 10 October, excited to celebrate our amazing Futures that Work Pacific Mental Health and Addiction Scholarship recipients! 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓
#LeVa #disconnecttoreconnect #digitaldetox #mentalhealth

📣⛔️ DISCONNECT to RECONNECT - Le Va is hitting pause on our socials!

With Mental Health Awareness Week fresh in our minds, and having just moved back into our Harakeke House office, we want to practice what we preach with a short social media break, to connect more in our physical and relational spaces (the Va) than in the digital one.

📱🖥 There's a lot of evidence that too much screen time or social media scrolling can affect our mental wellbeing, with links to increased anxiety and depression in teens, poor sleep patterns and lack of exercise, and even low self-esteem from comparing our lives to others'.

We encourage you to take regular breaks from social media and we have some good tips on how to ease into a digital detox on our Mental Wealth website: www.mentalwealth.nz/article/digital-detox/

We love engaging with you here though, so we will be back next Thursday 10 October, excited to celebrate our amazing Futures that Work Pacific Mental Health and Addiction Scholarship recipients! 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓
#Leva #disconnecttoreconnect #digitaldetox #mentalhealth
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Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu! 

The theme for Tuvalu Language Week 2024 is 
‘Taofi mau ki tau ‘gana, mo tou gaugaleo, me ko tou iloga tena’ which means ‘Uphold your language and dialect, for it is your identity’.

This year’s theme was prepared by Kaiga Tuvalu Otago and endorsed by national leaders of the Tuvalu Language Week working group.

Get together with your work crew and learn some phrases in Tuvaluan to practice in the workplace! Better yet, go to lunch with a friend Tuvaluan. Every small effort to uphold the Tuvaluan language matters 💙💛

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Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu!

The theme for Tuvalu Language Week 2024 is
‘Taofi mau ki tau ‘gana, mo tou gaugaleo, me ko tou iloga tena’ which means ‘Uphold your language and dialect, for it is your identity’.

This year’s theme was prepared by Kaiga Tuvalu Otago and endorsed by national leaders of the Tuvalu Language Week working group.

Get together with your work crew and learn some phrases in Tuvaluan to practice in the workplace! Better yet, go to lunch with a friend Tuvaluan. Every small effort to uphold the Tuvaluan language matters 💙💛

#MPP #TuvaluanLanguageWeek2024
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2 weeks ago

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Pelea Fruean reminds us that more work needs to be done with youth when it comes to sexual violence prevention. If you need specific support for this content, please reach out to Safe to Talk on 0800 044 334 or text 4334. Or reach out to 1737. You are not alone. ❤️ Together let’s work to create a safer, healthier community for everyone.
#LeVa #AtuMai #Standingtogetheragainstviolence"
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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.

Covid-19 Update

Face-to-face workshops will not continue while New Zealand is at Level 4. We will be in contact with all participants soon.