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...
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. The mental health and addiction quality...
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. It was to be the start of a journey to deal with his anger and grief. Zack set up the Te Taitimu...
Supervision, cultural supervision or advice when working with Pasifika families is essential for cultural safety. Le Va’s work contributed to Te Pou’s recently updated supervision guidelines for developing the mental health nursing workforce, so we thought we’d give a...
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...
