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• My MIQ Open Day experience

  05 April 2022
  Elena Bennett, pictured, is a Tupu Toa intern on a 12-week placement with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Team. Of Samoan (village of Tanugamanono) and Māori (Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi and Ngā…
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• Hikoi to promote mental health awareness

  01 April 2022
  Next month, 41-year-old Corey Lum will replicate Dame Whina Cooper’s infamous 1975 hikoi, walking and cycling from Te Hapua to Parliament in Wellington, stopping in over 25 locations and travelling over 1406km. 
  While Dame Whina marched for Māori Land Rights and equality over 40 years ago, Corey, wh…
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• Lea faka-Tonga the real star of Red, White & Brass

  03 April 2023
  (Picture caption: Lupeti Finau plays Uncle Siale in the film, Red, White & Brass.)  Lea faka-Tonga is the real star of Red, White & Brass, the feature film debut for director Damon Fepulea'i and co-writer/co-producer Halaifonua Finau, in cinemas now.  Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MP…
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• Cook Islands language central to cultural identity

  01 April 2022
  The Cook Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand, Her Excellency Elizabeth Wright-Koteka is a firm believer that knowing the language of the country you claim heritage to, is central to your identity. 
  She also sees huge value in the upcoming Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) annual Cook Islands L…
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• Novel Coronavirus update

  01 April 2022
  As we watch the numbers of cases in China of the novel coronavirus increase exponentially every day, there is growing angst among communities.  This update briefs us about what measures are being taken and what is happening currently throughout New Zealand with regards to the virus. There have been…
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• Viewing governance up close and personal

  02 April 2022
  Director of Engineering Consultancy Collective Success and innovative thinker Sina Cotter Tait says Pacific people bring a different and valuable lens to the governance table. 
  Pacific people view governance through a lens which is sensitive to under-served communities, because it is personal, and i…
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• Quarantine travel to New Zealand from Niue

  02 April 2022
  The Prime Minister of New Zealand Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and the Premier of Niue Hon Dalton Tagelagi have announced passengers from Niue can resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand on March 24 NZT (March 23 Niue time).
  Prime Minister Ardern says Niue has no reported cases of COVID-19 and its s…
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• Pacific Building Affordable Homes Fund

  19 March 2026
  Building Affordable Homes Fund…
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• Dawn Raids promise delivered

  21 March 2023
  (Picture caption: Deputy Prime Minister Hon Carmel Sepuloni congratulates some of He Manawa Tītī Scholarship recipients.) A cohort of 28 emerging Pacific leaders has been warmly welcomed to New Zealand for the He Manawa Tītī Scholarship Programme.The cohort will participate in a bespoke leadership t…
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• Pacific and female, leading the way in governance

  02 April 2022
  Caren Rangi (ONZM) has been appointed as the new Chair the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa - Creative New Zealand’s governing body - for a three-year term.
  She is the first Pacific Chair and third woman to hold this role in the Council’s 55-year history.
  Minister for Arts, Culture and Herit…
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