Sowing success from scattered seeds

Guest blog from Olivia Salanoa, Pacific Mental Health and Addiction Scholarship recipient Talofa Lava.  My name is Olivia Salanoa and I am a proud recipient of a Pacific Mental Health and Addiction Scholarship, which has supported me to the completion of my Bachelor...

Le Tautua alumni perspective of Matau Mana Moana (M3)

Guest blog from Apollo Taito I recently attended the Le Tautua M3 leadership development workshop; the first of three workshops with a focus on contextualising Pacific leadership in a New Zealand environment. Admittedly, when the invitation first arrived, I was...

Moana Pasefika

Guest blog from Epenesa Olo-Whanga The establishment of Moana Pasefika was initially supported by the Northern Region Support Services (NDSA) to provide support and advice to the Network North Coalition. This coalition was tasked with providing vital links to all...

#POLYFEST 2016

Le Va was out in full force again this year at #PolyFest16, with volunteers to help ignite our communities and create that change. It was also an opportunity to engage tens of thousands of Pasifika young people and raise awareness about the right information,...

Engaging Pasifika: update!

Enhancing the cultural responsiveness of our services and systems is recognised as an essential means of reducing ethnic disparities in access, quality and outcomes for health and disability services (Ministry of Health 2014).1   The recent More than numbers survey...

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.