Le Va, in partnership with New Zealand Disability Support Network (NZDSN) will deliver three disability focused, Engaging Pasifika Cultural Competency programmes in February 2016. This Engaging Pasifika programme will be for a blend of frontline staff and managers...
Guest blog by Christina Taefu Talofa lava! My name is Christina Taefu and I am very passionate about health and wellbeing for Pasifika communities. I absolutely love my job in mental health, and while I was recently with Higher Ground, my new role is programme...
When a Pasifika person goes to the effort of producing a PhD, there is a strong drive to serve the communities we come from. When Tafa Esther Cowley-Malcolm completed her PhD thesis at Victoria University she was unwilling to let it sit on a shelf in a library. One of...
By FLO ambassador Te Hiwi Preston. Pasifika came together recently in the hope of finding the answers to questions unanswered. It is said… He will heal our broken hearts. He will bestow upon us peace and comfort.” As a FLO Talanoa Ambassador for Pasifika...
Last month, 20 local church leaders, Pasifika NGO workers and central government staff attended our first Auckland-based FLO Talanoa workshop! Delivered by Denise Kingi-Uluave and Leilani Clarke from the FLO team within Le Va, FLO Talanoa is the only Pasifika suicide...
