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Saveatama Eroni Clarke and Apollo Taito attended the National Addictions Leadership Day, hosted by New Zealand’s national centre for addiction workforce development Matua Raki, and the National Committee for Addiction Treatment (NCAT).

Dr. Monique Faleafa and Apollo Taito were privileged to represent Le Va at the NRL’s State of Mind Conference in Brisbane.

During the month of July 2017, the FLO team were warmly hosted by the Cook Islands Ministry of Health, to share and deliver our FLO Talanoa suicide prevention education workshop.

The World in Union (New Zealand) Conference brought together researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, high performance and the odd ex-player here and there. This year’s theme was ‘Tackling the big issues, Passing on Knowledge. Kicking it forward’

This year the Pacific Youth Parliamentary simulation event lead by the PYLAT Council developed its own Bill which included advocating for compulsory mental health education in schools.

Le Va’s research shows that Pasifika families and communities thrive when older and younger generations communicate well, and take time to understand each other. It’s when there is a communication breakdown between the generations that it can lead to distress, relationship breakdowns or even tear families apart.