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Across New Zealand 106 people are now trained FLO Talanoa facilitators, and 542 people within the community have attended a FLO Talanoa community workshop. Read about our recent facilitator training in Dunedin and Auckland. 

Communities across New Zealand were united atop of hills and mountains as beacon of light for hope in the ‘Lights for Lives’ event on Saturday, 3 September. 

Hila’atu Tuli from the Tongan Catholic Chaplaincy shares how the chaplaincy has been blessed to support its members to foster and build stronger relationships between parents and children. 

Leona Notoa from the Pacific Islanders Advisory and Cultural Trust in Invercargill shares her team’s feedback and thoughts on Le Va’s recent presentation on FLO Pasifika suicide prevention.

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 800,000 people die by suicide each year – that’s one person every 40 seconds. ‘Connect, communicate, care’ is the theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 Septembter. Read about what we’re doing to support Pasfika communities to connect, communicate and care. 

Le Va’s digital and media presence is an important vehicle for ensuring our communities are equipped with the right knowledge and information in an appropriate way to address Pasifika wellbeing. In the past 12 months we’ve reached 3.6million people! Find out how we did it!