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Keep up with the latest news or check out recent stories about important work and initiatives that support Pasifika families and communities.
Play kindly app
When a Pasifika person goes to the effort of producing a PhD, there is a strong drive to serve the communities we come from. When Tafa Esther Cowley-Malcolm completed her PhD thesis she developed an app to help young Pasifika families develop their parenting skills.
He will heal our broken hearts
Pasifika came together recently in the hope of finding the answers to questions unanswered. It is said, “He will heal our broken hearts. He will bestow upon us peace and comfort”. By FLO ambassador Te Hiwi Preston.
FLO Talanoa November 2015 meeting
Last month, 20 local church leaders, Pasifika NGO workers and central government staff attended our first Auckland-based FLO Talanoa workshop!
Delivering on Public Health workforce development
Le Va is achieving results in Public Health workforce development that are contributing to the actions and goals of our important national strategies.
Positive messages from the Pulpit
Our disability lead Ben Tameifuna spent Labour weekend supporting Reverend Tevita Finau as he delivered a positive message from the pulpit to more 200 parishioners at the Lotofale’ia (the Tongan Methodist Church) in Mangere.
Pasifikology Community funded initiative: Surviving the Storm – A Suicide postvention web-based resource
Pasifikology is a network of those involved in the Pasifika psychology sector in New Zealand, and was a recipient of the FLO Pasifika Community fund. Pasifikology’s initiative was to develop a postvention online resource.
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