Ministry for Pacific Peoples

28 June 2020

Health disparities in Samoa piques interest in medicine

Growing up in Samoa, 28-year-old Mosana Evagelia recalls her experience of volunteering in hospitals as piquing her interest in a career in medicine.

28 June 2020

Call for community vigilance

Samoan General Practitioner and Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) member Dr Maryann Heather says not much has changed for patients since New Zealand…

21 June 2020

Poet honoured for Pacific stories

New Zealand-Samoan poet and children’s author Tusiata Avia says being a creative involved in the arts is a strange life, and maybe not everyone's…

21 June 2020

All things are possible

The Faletutulu family are firm believers that education opens the door to the world, and unlimited opportunity.

21 June 2020

Weathering the storm

Sometimes when it rains, it pours.

A week before New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown began in late March, 57-year old Tauinaola Lilo was made…

14 June 2020

Tupu Tai alumna sees change as key to making a difference

The most important thing Sisifa Lui has taken away from her time at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples is if people want to see a difference, they need…

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Health disparities in Samoa piques interest in medicine

Call for community vigilance

Poet honoured for Pacific stories

All things are possible

Weathering the storm

Tupu Tai alumna sees change as key to making a difference