Le Va, a Pacific primary prevention NGO, and leading healthcare provider, ProCare, are delighted to announce a partnership to improve health equity and Pacific healthcare in Tāmaki Makaurau. This formal partnership is the result of several years of working together...
In early August, Le Va was invited by the Pasifika Students’ Council at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) to be involved in their annual Pasifika Week, a celebration of Pasifika success, identity and culture. Le Va staff travelled to Pipitea...
The Dawn Raids of the 1970s were a dark time in history for Pasifika migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand. To acknowledge their ongoing legacy, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) is holding a series of events around the country to capture the untold stories of those...
Matariki kāinga hokia Matariki calls you home The Le Va team celebrated Matariki alongside their Wise Group colleagues in Harakeke House in July, marking the start of the Māori new year with a time of learning, reflection and whanaungatanga. Guest speaker Te Otinga O...
Le Va Chief Executive, Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave, and members of our Atu-Mai team were pleased to attend the inaugural National Pacific Practitioners FVSV Fono in Auckland in early July. Organised by practitioners for practitioners, the focus of the fono was to build and...
Positive relationships are the tides that carry us to safer shores in stormy times. For Pasifika, good health and wellbeing are deeply interwoven as we respond to each other’s connections to build trust, a sense of belonging, acceptance and purpose....