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Service and Selflessness

One evening a week the Isaia family, Sue, Pati and their daughters Paige, 14, and Ember, 12, pack the boot of their car with pots, a shiny steel kettle and a menu sign board and head to a soup kitchen in South Auckland.

Savage Beginnings

The newly released New Zealand movie Savage directed by Sam Kelly, is inspired by stories from the nation’s boys homes from 1950 to 1999 and the early history of gangs.

Tongan Language Week theme underpins Pacific Wellbeing approach

The 2020 Tongan Language Week theme of “Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa aki ‘a e Lotu Mo’oni”, which in English means “Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through prayer and faith” is the theme the Tongan community will use to underpin their COVID-19 response

Enriching Aotearoa

Unitec Academic Programme Manager ‘Aulola (Lola) Fuka Lino has fond memories recalling growing up as a child in Tonga.

Pacific Perspectives on Family Violence

The New Zealand Family Violence Clearing House is the National Centre for family and whanau violence research and information.

Covid-19 Help And Support

COVID-19 is causing stress and uncertainty for many, but it’s especially hard for people living with family violence and sexual violence.

Growing Support for Pacific Language Weeks

The increasing popularity among Pacific communities celebrating Pacific Language Weeks has received a further boost with funding from the Ministry of Pacific Peoples.

Fathering Behaviour

Director of AUT Pacific Islands Families Study Dr El-Shadan Tautolo talks about its important research for fathering behaviour and how it impacts on the development of their children.

Better to Give Than Receive

A lifelong love of dance, performing and education has enabled John Kiria, who hails from the Cook Islands and of Aitutaki and Rakahanga lineage, to see the world.

Overcoming the Odds

The community-minded couple of Rob and Emelita (Zee) Luisi have been pivotal in turning around that perception through their love and leadership with its youth and remain determined to continue making a positive difference.

Creation Narratives to Work with Family Violence

Polytech Institutions Whitireia New Zealand and Weltec are seeking interest to participate in a research study, which has been approved by the Ethics and Research Committee and undertaken by Apolonia Muldrock.

Language - A Powerful Tool for Kiribati Families

Lydia Teatao emigrated from Kiribati to New Zealand in 2006 with her three children and graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua, Wellington.

Continuing and Strengthening Pathways for Change

The Hon. Poto Williams, Associate Minister for Social Development, celebrated the launch of Pasefika Proud’s Pathways for Change 2019-2023

Prayers for lone hospitalised patient answered

When New Zealand’s last hospitalised COVID-19 patient was sedated in ICU for over a month, doctors feared Lilian Su’a would not survive.

Restoring Mana during lockdown and beyond

Keeping in touch with families to provide an outlet to share the frustrations and challenges on a daily or ‘as need’ basis is proving helpful during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Redemption, forgiveness and communication

As his marriage deteriorated following his infidelity, Tony Faifai, aka Buks, found God. He formed his relationship with God and was given the chance to form a healthier relationship with his wife and children.

Factoring Faith, Culture and Tradition Into Resiliency

Tualoaina Latu To’omaga can relate to experiencing and witnessing family violence and abuse.

West Auckland Tuvalu Youth: Tuvaluan Values

Pasefika Proud Malie Young People Aotearoa Project.

Leading the Way

Pasefika Proud Lead Advisor Marie Schmidt speaks with Radio 531 PI morning host Brian Sagala

Our Pacific Communities in Self-Isolation

We share some important messages from our Pasifika communities.

Pacific Leadership Makes Pasefika Proud

Pasefika Proud congratulates all the recipients from the Pacific who were honoured at the 2020 Queens Birthday Honours List.

A peaceful language for a resilient family

Director of SunPix Ngaire Fuata shares what it means to hear the Rotuman language spoken as someone who grew up celebrating her culture but not being able to speak Rotuman.

Connections and relationships paramount to strong Pacific families

Solutions for the issues plaguing our communities and families come from within our own communities

Nga Vaka O Kaiga Tapu Family Violence Prevention Radio Talanoa

Loaded with knowledge from Pasefika Proud’s Samoan, Tongan, Kiribati, Tuvaluan, Tokelauan, Fijian, Cook Islands and Niuean Nga Vaka o Kaiga Tapu frameworks.

Latu To’omaga - how violence affects a child's development

Watch the interview Latu has with It's Not Okay

Building healthy relationships through Kainga Pasifika tools and skills

The Voice Of Kainga Pasifika Services Tevita Faka’osi aired an episode on tools and skills to help build healthy relationships, bringing in a couple who completed Kainga Pasifika Services’ 16-session family violence-prevention programme.

Koko Samoa Youth Show Team: Maintaining Healthy Family Relationships with Gagana Samoa

For Samoan Language Week, we speak to the Koko Samoa Youth Show team who grace our airwaves every Saturday night from 6pm to 10pm on Radio Samoa 1593AM (and livestreamed on Facebook).

Service and Selflessness

Savage Beginnings

The newly released New Zealand movie Savage directed by Sam Kelly, is inspired by stories from the nation’s boys homes from 1950 to 1999 and the early history of gangs. Savage follows Danny, a fictional character, across three decades of his life, taking a deeper look at a boy who grows into the brutal enforcer of a gang and to understand how he got there. Read more

Continuing and Strengthening Pathways for Change

The Hon. Poto Williams, Associate Minister for Social Development, celebrated the launch of Pasefika Proud’s Pathways for Change 2019-2023, which identifies and sets the priorities and thinking, culminating in the Pathways for Change 2019-2023 framework. It was launched in Wellington on July 6 alongside the Ministry of Social Development’s fellow Violence Prevention Frameworks – E Tū Whānau and It’s Not Ok. Read more