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Prepare Pacific helps communities combat COVID-19

12 April 2020

A new website dedicated to providing information for New Zealand’s Pacific communities has been launched to help stamp out COVID-19.
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When art and health collide ­

12 April 2020

With an overload of information about COVID-19 being disseminated, it is important Pacific and other vulnerable communities feel they are being spoken to directly.
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Educator shares knowledge wide and far

12 April 2020

Family, health, wellbeing and education sums up the things that matter the most to Latu To'omaga.
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NZ Government to support Pacific communities fight COVID-19

7 April 2020

The Government is stepping up efforts to help protect New Zealand’s Pacific communities in the fight against COVID-19.
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Online kalapu faikava

5 April 2020

Every weekend, Pakilau Manase Lua attends his village kalapu faikava in Onehunga.
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Farewelling loved ones during the COVID-19 lockdown

5 April 2020

COVID-19 has impacted New Zealand’s Pacific community in its entirety.
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South Island organisations rally to support those in need

5 April 2020

Organisations around New Zealand have sprung into action to support Pacific communities during this unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown.
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COVID-19 and staying in touch with older Pacific peoples

29 March 2020

Loneliness, isolation, anxiety and fear among New Zealand’s Pacific elderly population are just some of the challenges Treasuring Older Adults (TOA) Pacific Inc. is tackling during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Pacific innovation showcased in STEM fields

29 March 2020

While studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) at the University of Auckland, 22-year-old Jalesi Jeff Nakarawa has realised Pacific people bring a unique perspective – and solutions - to engineering…
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MSD response to COVID-19

29 March 2020

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ (MPP) priority is to keep Pacific communities in New Zealand safe, aware, educated and informed.
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Support for Pacific organisations and leaders

24 March 2020

We are facing unprecedented circumstances; COVID-19 is challenging all of us and changing our way of living and working.
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STEM pathway is no place for self-doubt

22 March 2020

Filomena (Mena) Vaimasenuu-Welford says from her experience, self-doubt and the sense of inadequacy which can cloud a minority student’s university journey can become overwhelming.
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