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Leading others to make a difference

23 June 2019

Even at a young age, a life of leadership and service was evident for Leorida Peters, a 2015 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award (PMPYA) recipient.
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Social enterprise – where profits and social impact go hand in hand

16 June 2019

On June 18, a wide-range of innovators, thinkers and policy makers will come together for the inaugural New Dawn: Pacific Social Enterprise Forum, in Auckland.
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Influencing future generations to have an impact

16 June 2019

Asena Tolungamaka, a 2018 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award (PMPYA) recipient says she applied for the prestigious awards because she believed in the impact she could make.
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Oscar Kightley awarded prestigious Pacific Writer’s Residency

16 June 2019

The multi-talented Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley has been awarded this year’s Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency at the University of Hawai’i.
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Pacific Mission provides valuable insight to Melanesia

8 June 2019

New Zealand’s development cooperation is significant in Melanesia.
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PM’s Pacific Youth Award motivates past-recipient to inspire others

8 June 2019

Back in 2011, Joyce Toleafoa collected the Inspiration Award at the Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards (PMPYA), and what the young woman has accomplished in the years since, has been…
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Pacific-led wellbeing focus for Aotearoa

5 June 2019

 An unprecedented amount of new funding of more than $113 million over four years has been secured in this year’s Wellbeing Budget to boost support for Pacific communities across Aotearoa New…
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Pacific contribution highlighted in Queen's Birthday Honours

3 June 2019

The 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list is shining an illuminating spotlight on the strong contribution Pacific peoples are making to our diverse communities in New Zealand.
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Calling all thriving and resilient Pacific young people!

3 June 2019

Right now, there are hundreds of young Pacific people making an enormous contribution to their local communities, whether in the world of business or charity, through innovative research, or by…
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Tackling Pacific worker exploitation

2 June 2019

Worker exploitation and human trafficking for Pacific workers in New Zealand were among issues tackled at a fono, hosted by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and the Ministry for…
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Joining the Pacific Vision journey is significant for South Island communities

2 June 2019

Being a part of the Pacific Aotearoa Lalanga Fou journey is hugely important for the Dunedin Pacific community, according to Pacific Otago Trust’s Chief Executive (CE) Lester Dean.
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Fono a chance to sow long-term seeds for the future

26 May 2019

Pacific voices in the Oamaru and Dunedin areas have been heard and validated at the Lalanga Fou – Tulī Takes Flight Fono at the two centres last week.
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