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• Disability support to overcome vaccine barriers

  07 April 2022
  In efforts to get everyone in Aotearoa vaccinated against COVID-19, a 30-strong team has been set up to support disabled people navigate obstacles in accessing the vaccine.
  The team is part of the Ministry of Health COVID Vaccination Healthline, where disabled people and their carers can receive tai…
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• Scientist glimpses encouraging STEM future

  22 April 2022
  Biomedical Scientist Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu was a guest presenter at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) Central Region Toloa Awards. 
  When Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu (CQS MRSNZ) was a child, a family friend died from cancer and feeling deeply saddened at the time, she promised her mum she would one…
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• Pacific Business Trust welcomes new Chief Executive

  17 January 2023
  Mary Los’e (pictured) has been announced as the new Chief Executive (CE) for Pacific Business Trust (PBT), bringing a wealth of experience in the private and public sector with her.Chair of PBT Paul Retimanu says the new CE will officially start at the Pacific economic development agency on February…
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• Make an OIA

  30 April 2021
  Official information is any information held by an agency that can be requested by the public. The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) allows citizens, permanent residents, and anyone who is in New Zealand to request official information.
  
  This is to promote openness and transparency, enable greater…
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• Uplifting Pacific is priceless for Youth MP

  04 April 2022
  Throwing caution to the wind has worked in favour for Wellington's 16-year-old Charise Perez (pictured), who was selected to take part in Youth Parliament 2019. 
  Of Tokelaun, Fijian, Samoan, Japanese and Portuguese heritage, Charise calls New Zealand’s capital city home. 
  The St Mary’s College…
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• Low health literacy a silent killer

  02 April 2022
  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.
  New Zealand raised Samoan Pacific health advocate and entrepreneur Esmeralda Lo Tam has been working tirelessly to st…
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• Board Skills Checklist

  29 May 2025
  Read the questions below before applying for registration on our Nominations database. If you answer ‘yes’ to three questions, then you may be a suitable candidate for a board appointment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Protecting Pacific peoples in MIQ

  07 April 2022
  Long-time public servant Dr Angie Enoka (pictured) has a sense of responsibility for the Pacific community in her most recent role working in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) Head Office in New Zealand. 
  Angie, who graduated with a Doctorate of Philosophy, examining media coverage of New Z…
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• Uplifting Pacific is paramount for Niuean Doctor

  04 April 2022
  Dr Arbutus (Arby) Mitikulena (pictured) says his life dedicated to serving the Pacific community has been inspired by his father and the desire to empower and uplift Pacific peoples.  
  Recognised for services to health and the Pacific community for close to three decades in the New Year’s Honours, t…
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• Language helps reconnect youth to roots

  05 April 2022
  Learning the language of her ancestors has helped 22-year-old Tiare (Rose) Roti Aro Atirai (pictured) reconnect with her aka (roots).   
  The New Zealand-born Cook Islander is learning the Kuki Airani Pukapuka dialect, as her father stems from the area, as well as the Manihiki dialect, where her moth…
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