News from 2022

Te Kawa Mataaho has appointed a new Secretary for Pacific Peoples and Chief Executive, Ministry for Pacific Peoples.

Throughout her childhood, Latayvia Tualasea Tautai had no family vehicle, stayed in friends’ garages, emergency housing, a women’s refuge and transitional housing.

Meet the Auckland biomedical science major whose mission is to help improve health outcomes for Pacific communities once he finishes his studies.

Going above and beyond to help Pacific young people into education and employment can be no easy feat.

Tertiary student Nelson Ah Hoi has his eyes firmly set on becoming a world-class Pacific software developer.

Kick-starting rewarding and sustainable career paths for young Pacific people in Aotearoa is the goal of a brand-new programme introduced by Downer NZ in partnership with the Ministry for Pacific…

Credit is given where credit is due; and none more so than to Rob Fifita-Tovo who became the first Pacific person to receive a civic award in the Horowhenua District.

Tokoroa’s Shauna Glassie-Ryan hopes to become a beacon for Pacific Islanders in the STEAM sector, which she says is “often under-represented”.