Global Pacific Solutions Conference 2025
It is the moana that binds us, it is the whenua that defines us.
Le Va’s Global Pacific Solutions conference is about igniting community collaboration for wellbeing solutions. It’s about coming together and seeing the invisible, all the potential of our Pasifika people and families.
Our vision for this conference is to facilitate solutions that support our Pasifika people to unleash their full potential. With eyes wide open to see the possibilities, this is an opportunity to showcase innovative and integrated solutions as a way forward so our Pasifika families can have the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes.
Join us in igniting communities, empowering futures!
10-11 April 2025, Due Drop Events Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Global Pacific Solutions 2025 theme
‘It is the moana that binds us, it is the whenua that defines us.’
The GPS theme for 2025 reflects the unique and historical relationship between tangata whenua and tagata Pasifika. It speaks to the interconnectedness of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and to how the deep-rooted ties to our own indigenous lands shape our cultural identity, worldview and sense of wellbeing.
As tagata Pasifika living in Aotearoa, we acknowledge tangata whenua as indigenous to Aotearoa. Nurturing our cultural identity within the context of life in Aotearoa is vital to Pasifika wellbeing.
- Tangata whenua – Indigenous people of Aotearoa
- Tagata Pasifika – Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Island regions of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
- Te Moana Nui a Kiwa – Pacific Ocean
Objectives
Global Pacific Solutions will:
- bring people together from across sectors – providing a platform for integrating approaches for collective solutions some of the issues our young people and their families face
- validate Pasifika solutions that meet the needs of Pasifika communities
- facilitate relationships across boundaries, between communities, providers, government
- promote technology as an innovative medium to share knowledge
- provide a platform for communities to update on progress “what have we achieved for our Pasifika young people and families so far.″
Who is this experience for?
Global Pacific Solutions 2025 will bring together professionals, communities and leaders across Aotearoa in a two-day event that celebrates culture and focuses on strengths-based solutions that support our communities to unleash their full potential.
This conference is for anyone working with Pasifika people and their families, particularly in New Zealand’s social sectors, such as:
- mental health and wellbeing
- addiction
- disability support services
- suicide prevention
- whānau ora
- violence prevention
- justice and corrections
- Pacific research
- child and adolescent health
- public health and health promotion
- education and training
- community workforce development
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