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• Speak your language, know who you are

  01 April 2022
  Faaiuga Vailalia Talitonu (pictured) is studying Global Studies (major in global politics and human rights) at the University of Auckland. The 19-year-old also took third place this year in the United Kingdom’s Pacific Climate Photography Competition’s youth category. Her entries are part of the Nat…
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• Rebuilding Tonga one car wash at a time  

  01 April 2022
  (Picture caption: Community members of all ages get to work to raise funds for the Tonga relief effort.)
  When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano erupted it caused much devastation to not only the Kingdom of Tonga and its people, but anxiety and stress for family members across the…
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• Extra support for Māori and Pacific Omicron response  

  01 April 2022
  (Picture caption: Extra assistance is being provided to Māori and Pacific communities as they continue to deal with the effects of the current Omicron outbreak. Photo credit: Tagata Pasifika.)
  Extra support is being made available to Māori and Pacific communities as they continue to face the impact…
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• Free RATs available for home testing  

  01 April 2022
  Free rapid antigen tests (RATs) are now available for home testing via the Request a RAT website, if you are symptomatic or a household contact.
  The Ministry of Health’s Acting Group Manager of COVID-19 Testing and Supply Jo Pugh says it is just one of a range of ways MoH is making testing more read…
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• Healthy mindset leads to success

  05 April 2022
  At just 12 years old, Iemina Terawasi (pictured) believes a confident and healthy mindset will lead you to having a successful life.   
  Her awareness around wellbeing has indeed led her to selection not only for a Toloa Secondary School Scholarship, but also as a member of the Advisory Board that wi…
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• Outreach Fund supports Niue champion to rally community

  11 April 2022
  (Picture caption: Niue youths turn out to get vaccinated at the community event held in Auckland recently.) 
  When COVID-19 hit New Zealand’s shores back in 2020, Maliaga Erick – a no-nonsense, go-getting staunchly-Niuean pillar of the community heeded her call to action.
  “I felt we needed to do some…
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• Opportunity to serve and influence Pacific Aotearoa

  18 April 2022
  Dedicated public servant Luaipouomalo Michael Savelio (pictured) says the current job vacancies connected with the Pacific Aotearoa Community Outreach Omicron Response Fund are an opportunity to positively impact and influence Pacific Aotearoa.
  Established to boost Pacific communities to prepare, re…
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• Securing the wellbeing of Pacific communities

  02 June 2022
  (Picture caption: Budget 2022's Pacific package includes a $13.7m investment into the Dawn Raids historical account as part of the reconciliation process to those affected.) 
  Budget 2022 on May 19 sees further funding invested to strengthen the economic foundations and wellbeing outcomes for Pa…
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• Niuean Knight among Queen’s Birthday honourees

  06 June 2022
  (Picture caption: Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga) 
  Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga a Pacific champion during the COVID 19 pandemic, has been made a Knight in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022.
  Dr Tukuitonga , a Niuean, has been a champion of many health initiatives from establis…
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• Pacific artists in the limelight

  09 October 2022
  (Picture caption: Pacific artists have been recognised for their creativity in the 2022 Arts Pasifika Awards.) From visual arts, to theatre, to the art of ngatu tā‘uli (blackened tapa cloth), eight Pacific artists are being recognised for their contribution to Pacific arts with a Creative New Zealan…
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