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Leaders THUMB

Next Generation of Pacific Leaders

Forty-four young people from West Auckland high schools recently graduated from the Tula’i Pacific Youth Leadership Programme. Read more

Caitlin THUMB

When things go south ... We'll deal with them like south

South Auckland poet Caitlin Jenkins has won the IIML National Schools Poetry Award with her poem South. Read more

Young THUMB

Young, Free & Pacific

Around 100 students from around Auckland converged on the Mangere Arts Centre in August for two days to immerse in stories from our Pacific community leaders Read more

THUMB PapaloaTalosaga

Preventing Families from Harm

As a police officer in South Auckland, Papaloa Talosaga has heard plenty of tales of woe of Pacific people arriving in the land of milk and honey, only to find the experience has turned sour. He’s working to spread the Pasefika Proud message to build strong families, preventing and addressing violence. Read more

THUMB AffirmingWorks

Helping Families (Kāinga) “Prosper"

Affirming Works run a family violence awareness programme that doesn’t teach families anything new, but it crucially reinforces what they already know. Translated to mean Prosperous Families, Kāinga Tu’umalie helps to prevent and restore families from violence by providing a safe space for them to strengthen relationships and identify key issues within their family unit to work on. Read more

TEASER BeulahKoale TEASER

Heartbreakers and Heroes

Beulah Koale knew how to act the part of a young bakery worker in the critically-acclaimed film One Thousand Ropes. It was part of the life he lived growing up in South Auckland. At both the Wellington and Auckland premieres, attended by Pasefika Proud, he spoke openly from the heart about violence within his own family. He speaks to Pasefika Proud about his champions – the women in his life. Read more

NEWS MotherofDevineMercy TE

Breaking the cycle

Mother of Divine Mercy Women’s Refuge helps victims of family violence get away from harm and to begin the process of healing through a ‘whole family’ approach. Susana Fiu Fetalai shares her story and how it motivated her work in family violence.
When Susana Fiu Fetalai walks into a room, she fills it with her warmth. Her experience and compassion prompted her to establish Mother of Divine Mercy Women’s Refuge more than 20 years ago. Read more

NEWS ApolloMariaSimeona TEA

Understanding and action through faith

Pastors Maria and Apolo Simeona of Kings Lake Living Waters and Rev Masunu Utumapu, Samoan Methodist Church Auckland South Synod are both passionate about finding solutions to the issues of family violence within their congregations and communities. Read more

NEWS LindaTeleoHope TEASER

Shining a Light of Hope

As lead contributor to the Tokelau content in the Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu Framework document and a part of both the Tokelau and Tuvalu National Community Minister for the Presbyterian Church of NZ, Rev Linda Teleo Hope provides a unique perspective. Read more