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5 July 2020

Pacific nurses raise bar during Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought out the best in Pacific nurses and helped them develop further knowledge of how to care for their community.

30 June 2020

Research explores mental health of Pacific parents

The response of the health system to the mental health needs of Pacific parents will be explored thanks to a Health Research Council (HRC) grant.

28 June 2020

A heart for Pacific health

With heart disease one of the most common causes of death and disease among Pacific adults, the new Chief Advisor Pacific for the New Zealand Heart…

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…