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MPP’s response to COVID-19

22 March 2020

COVID-19 is hitting our world, nation and communities hard.
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Science and faith and preventing the spread of COVID-19

22 March 2020

Northern District Health Boards and Pacific church leaders have joined forces to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within Pacific communities in Aotearoa.
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Pacific perspective valued in STEM problem solving

15 March 2020

Civil and Environmental engineering student Aisea Fanamanu believes seeing more brown faces in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields, Pacific students will find it easier to envision themselves on the…
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COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) update

15 March 2020

There are currently outbreaks of a new disease called COVID-19.  

With continued vigilance the chance of widespread community outbreak is expected to remain low.
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Pacific Trust Otago natural fit for Tupu Aotearoa

15 March 2020

Improving the wellbeing of Pacific people is at the heart of Pacific Trust Otago’s (PTO) decision to become a Service Provider for Tupu Aotearoa.
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Planting seeds to grow STEM

8 March 2020

The Auckland-based Good Seed Trust and the Pacific communities it works with is starting to reap the harvest of its hard work in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) space.
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2020 begins a new decade for Pacific languages

8 March 2020

The 2020 Pacific Language Weeks begins a new decade of magnifying the value and competitive advantage Pacific languages and bilingualism brings to the Pacific communities of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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New Zealand’s trailblazing women in governance

8 March 2020

New Zealand’s list of trailblazing women in the area of governance is rapidly growing.
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Ground-breaking ECE learning

1 March 2020

Emotions were running high in Auckland’s Cook Islands community as the ground was broken at the Kirkbride Road site, which will boast oneCHILD Early Childhood Education (ECE) centre.
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Low health literacy a silent killer

1 March 2020

Low health literacy is not uncommon in New Zealand and it has been identified as the “silent killer” underlying many of the undiagnosed and unsuccessfully treated medical conditions.
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Championing more Pacific in STEM

28 February 2020

Greater Pacific participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers is at the heart of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) Toloa Awards.
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Rugby role models help boost language use

23 February 2020

Children’s book author and Languages Innovation Fund recipient Ryan Gounder believes all young people need role models to look up to.
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