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Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini! The success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success, but the success of the collective. As we approach the conclusion of another full year, the Le Va LifeKeepers team reflect on the year that has been. Having travelled […]

   Le Va is pleased to announce the following organisation and community groups as the recipients of the 2021 Le Va Pasifika Suicide Prevention Community Fund: • Love Somebody Charitable Trust • Zeal Education • Positive Vibrations Ltd • South Waikato YMCA • New Zealand Rugby League • Hawkes Bay Fijian Christian Fellowship Trust […]

“Oh man, it was such a relief,” says Tu’uta Maue of the moment he received confirmation he had been awarded a Futures that Work scholarship, “Telling my wife, sharing the news with my family, I was so over the moon,” says Tu’uta, who is of Tongan descent from the villages of Tokomololo and ‘Ofu, Vavau. […]

Laura Tongalea Nolan has a simple message for Pasifika considering study in the Mental Health and Addiction space. “Get on that scholarship train,” she says. To be more precise, Le Va’s Futures that Work scholarship and mentoring programme. A five-time recipient of Le Va’s funding and mentoring support, Laura has experienced first-hand the number of […]

 International Day of Persons with a Disability (IDPD) was on December 3 and the theme this year is “Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era”, celebrating the challenges, barriers and opportunities for people who live with disabilities, in the context of a global pandemic. At Le Va, the Faiva Ora Community Innovation Fund was […]

Published with permission from Anauli Karima Fai’ai, Reporter/Director TPP A new programme called the Fathers Fono is connecting Pasifika dads to combat family violence in response to alarming statistics that show Pacific children are two times more likely to experience physical punishment and sexual harm than any other ethnic group in New Zealand. Basketball coach […]