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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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• Toloa Scholarship opens door to Asia-Pacific opportunity

  01 April 2022
  Receiving a Toloa Scholarship has opened up a world of opportunity for William Ti'iti'i Asiata, who recently was part of the New Zealand delegation to attend the 33rd Asia-Pacific Roundtable (33APR). 
  Of Samoan descent, William was presented with a Ministry for Pacific Peoples Toloa Tertia…
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• Destination in sight for Tupu Toa intern

  17 February 2022
  (Picture caption: Marion Lavea, right, is Co-President of the Pacific Island Law Students Association (PILSA) at the University of Auckland, along with Iulia Autagavaia.)
  Perseverance is Marion Lavea’s middle name.
  The 26-year-old may have taken a slightly more twisty road to reach his goal but fol…
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• Leading others to make a difference

  02 April 2022
  Even at a young age, a life of leadership and service was evident for Leorida Peters, a 2015 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award (PMPYA) recipient.  
  At just 17 years old, Leorida collected the Leadership and Inspiration award, sponsored by Air New Zealand, which saw her win a visit to New York Cit…
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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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• Challenging disconnect in the regions

  01 April 2022
  Feeling isolated and disconnected from the “Big Smoke” is a challenge Pacific people face in small town New Zealand – and within the Bay of Plenty is no exception. 
  Tauranga-based Educator and Chair of Pasifika in the Bay Trust Mel Cottingham brought some of these challenges into the spotlight at th…
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• Future of the Pacific in focus

  11 April 2022
  The influences shaping the Pacific future will be under the spotlight at the upcoming New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) Pacific Futures conference, in Auckland.
  Staged in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Defence, and Pacific Cooperation…
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• Pacific Prosperity through Social Enterprise

  23 February 2022
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  The Pacific Prosperity Through Social Enterprise report is a collaborative pilot programme between the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) aimed at showing the benefi…
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• Social enterprise – where profits and social impact go hand in hand

  02 April 2022
  On June 18, a wide-range of innovators, thinkers and policy makers will come together for the inaugural New Dawn: Pacific Social Enterprise Forum, in Auckland.
  Social enterprises are illuminating new ways of doing business where profits and social impact go hand in hand.
  In today’s business landscap…
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• A collective voice for Pacific women in Aotearoa

  07 April 2022
  For four decades, PACIFCA Incorporated has provided an avenue for Pacific women in Aotearoa to be a collective voice, to champion good causes, and to effect real change at the grass roots level and beyond. 
  The national non-government organisation (NGO) was established following a Pacific women’s’ c…
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