Le Va’s Futures That Work scholarships has funded 632 Pasifika students with their tertiary studies. For 2020, Le Va has reached its highest number of Pasifika scholarships awarded in the history of the programme, with 111 scholarship recipients covering a variety of...
Talofa lava! My Name is Chris Murray. I recently completed my doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Auckland. While studying, I was fortunate enough to receive the Le Va mental health and addiction scholarship and support for three years, between 2013...
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...
The 2016 Cutting Edge conference is the annual addictions sector conference held throughout New Zealand, giving an opportunity for the sector to get together, network and learn about new innovative thinking and practice. This year’s conference is in Rotorua on 7 – 9...
We’ve awarded 340 Pasifika Mental Health and Addiction Scholarships since 2009 and we are currently supporting a 2016 cohort of 47 people as part of our Futures that work programme. We are delighted to announce that 2015 academic results are all now in for our 49...
Guest blog by Peati Mene-Vaele, University of Canterbury. Talofa Lava and thank you for your interest in our study. My name is Peati Mene–Vaele, a clinical psychology student at the University of Canterbury. I am also a recipient of a Pacific Mental Health and...
