by Le Va | Nov 28, 2016 | Le Va
New Zealand’s Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) along with the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee hosted 40 delegates from 17 countries across Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia in November. The purpose of the Forum was for Pacific Leaders to...
by Le Va | Nov 28, 2016 | Le Va
SPARX is an online game designed to help teenagers feel better. You can go online, play the game for free, learn and practice skills you can use in everyday life. SPARX has been designed and clinically tested by the Department of Psychological Medicine at the...
by Le Va | Nov 28, 2016 | Suicide prevention
Guest blog: Buck Stowers I flew out to Hawaii to represent New Zealand in the pacific conference “IVLP” International Visitors Leadership Program which commenced in Hawaii at a Pacific Conference, themed Non Communicable Disease and Obesity. I was on special...
by Le Va | Nov 28, 2016 | Suicide prevention
Last month a series of free webinar sessions organised were made available to the community via Youtube, sharing the findings of Two Pasifika research projects selected under the Te Rā o Te Waka Hourua Fund – The Waka Hourua Strategic Research Agenda for Māori and...
by Le Va | Nov 18, 2016 | Mental health and addiction
From Dateline Pacific Increasingly Pacific people in New Zealand are trying to negotiate issues like culture, identity and poverty in their struggle with mental illness. Health services have been called on to adapt their practices to suit, while those in distress are...