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Le Va’s Cultural and Relationship Manager, Saveatama Eroni Clarke, became a vegan for the month of October to kindle a healthier lifestyle. Family has always been important to Eroni, and so he has evolved his own patterns of behaviour, for better health, and has shared his personal journey of change with us.

Le Va is part of a new nationwide programme that will see consumers, their whānau/ families, and service providers working together to improve mental health and addiction services so that people get the best care possible.

Having lost his job, the family home and his 15-year-old son – Kelly – by suicide in 2000, Zack Makoare spent the following seven years agonising as to why.

Supervision, Cultural supervision or advice when working with Pasifika families is essential for cultural safety.

On Wednesday 6 September 2017, Le Va held the last of its regional GPS Satellite Seminars in Wellington, at Te Papa. This seminar was different from the previous two GPS seminars, as it was co-facilitated with Drua, our national Pasifika addiction network, preceding the Cutting-Edge Addictions conference.

Le Va is part of the reference group for the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’s (MBIE) A Better Start Pasifika group. The objective of A Better Start is researching improved methods and tools to predict, prevent and treat obesity, and identifying and addressing learning and mental health problems in children and teenagers.