Guest blog by Te Hiwi Preston. As a FLO Talanoa facilitator, and the Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) FLO Ambassador, I delivered the inaugural Pasifika suicide prevention workshop for communities on Thursday, 9 June in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. Attendance was high, with...
Pasifika communities are empowered into action after attending a FLO Talanoa community workshop run by one of the 74 trained FLO Talanoa suicide prevention facilitators. Every FLO Talanoa facilitator has completed the free two-day training delivered by Le Va staff,...
Le Va was honoured to be invited to co-facilitate an international symposium in Japan on suicide prevention, convened by Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath and in collaborACTION with some of our regions leaders in Pasifika suicide prevention. The 7th Asia Pacific regional...
Traveling is one of my passions. I recently returned from trips to Alaska where I met with a native tribe to talk about their suicide prevention efforts, and Japan where I attended the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide...
The Turamarama Ki Te Ora World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference organised by Te Runanga o Ngati Pikiao was held in Rotorua at the beginning of June. It attracted representatives from Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand with a Youth Summit running...
Guest blog by Eliza Puna, PhD student, University of Auckland Tokyo, Japan hosted the 7th Annual Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), which took place on 18-21 May 2016. The theme this year was Building...
