Kia ora koutou, Talofa lava, Mālō e lelei, Kia orana, Bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, and warm Pacific greetings.
Global Pacific Solutions: GPS 2025 was Le Va’s sold out two-day conference, bringing together changemakers and champions to talanoa on key issues such as mental health and addiction, climate change, child sexual abuse, violence and suicide prevention, disabilities and public health.
Throughout the two-day event we heard from community and youth leaders who inspired us to push boundaries, leading with alofa, ‘ofa and aroha, to embrace the wisdom of our ancestors and the fresh perspectives of the next generation. Together, we are carving paths towards brighter futures.
To learn more, please explore the content on our website, or download our Global Pacific Solutions: GPS 2025 Highlights Report:
Global Pacific Solutions conference: GPS 2025
Join Le Va for two powerful days where global leaders with bright minds and big hearts present and engage in talanoa on mental health and addiction, public health and disability, suicide, sexual violence, and wellbeing – where bold conversations ignite change.
On 10-11 April, 2025 at the Due Drop Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, we will connect and learn together with the purpose of advancing the wellbeing of all Pacific people.
This event is for all those dedicated to the care, support, service and development of Pacific people.
Don’t miss this opportunity. Be part of this rare occasion to hear from leaders, experts, and knowledge holders as they engage in bold talanoa on issues that often go unspoken.
Global Pacific Solutions 2025 theme
It is the moana that binds us, it is the whenua that defines us.
The GPS theme for 2025 reflects the unique and historical relationship between tangata whenua and tagata Pasifika. It speaks to the interconnectedness of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa and to how the deep-rooted ties to our own indigenous lands shape our cultural identity, worldview and sense of wellbeing.
As tagata Pasifika living in Aotearoa, we acknowledge tangata whenua as indigenous to Aotearoa. Nurturing our cultural identity within the context of life in Aotearoa is vital to Pasifika wellbeing.
- Tangata whenua – Indigenous people of Aotearoa
- Tagata Pasifika – Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Island regions of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
- Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa – Pacific Ocean
GPS objectives
Global Pacific Solutions will:
- bring people together from across sectors – providing a platform for integrating approaches for collective solutions some of the issues our young people and their families face
- validate Pasifika solutions that meet the needs of Pasifika communities
- facilitate relationships across boundaries, between communities, providers, government
- promote technology as an innovative medium to share knowledge
- provide a platform for communities to update on progress.
Background to GPS
Le Va’s national Global Pacific Solutions (GPS) conferences are an effective platform to showcase innovative and integrated wellbeing solutions that meet the needs of Pasifika families. The last GPS conference, a national youth-led event previously named ‘Growing Pasifika Solutions’, was held in 2016 with more than 500 people in attendance.
The 2021 GPS Satellite Seminars or sector forums, were Le Va’s response to overwhelming feedback from national fono that regional mental health and addiction cross-sector integrated forums were also required. Le Va committed to facilitating these sector forums, linking national initiatives to the regions and co-designing content to support local solutions.
Is GPS 2025 for me?
Global Pacific Solutions 2025 will bring together professionals, communities and leaders across Aotearoa in a two-day event that celebrates culture and focuses on strengths-based solutions that support our communities to unleash their full potential.
This conference is for anyone working with Pasifika people and their families, particularly in New Zealand’s social sectors, such as:
- mental health and wellbeing
- addiction
- disability support services
- suicide prevention
- whānau ora
- violence prevention
- justice and corrections
- Pacific research
- child and adolescent health
- public health and health promotion
- education and training
- community workforce development
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