Samoan Christmas Message From Reverend Featuna’i Liua’ana
Manuia le Kirisimasi ma le tausaga fou. Reverend Featuna’i Liua’ana from the Samoa EFKS church in Sandringham sends Christmas greetings to everyone and offers words of advice to keep our families safe during this holiday season. “It’s not the material things of this world that are important but celebrating in joy in happiness the birth […]
K’aute Pasifika: Fostering Change in Waikato
“This framework is a great tool for us.” Anggie Lotu Tuifua is the Social Services Team Leader for K’aute Pasifika in Hamilton. She recently attend Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu’s Tongan cultural framework training, ‘Fofola e Fala Kae Talanoa e Kāinga’ in Hamilton with members of her team. Anggie shared some of her reflections of […]
Language and Culture Vital for Engaging With Samoan Families
A social worker’s perspective on Samoa’s Tōfā Mamao cultural framework. Mapusua Fetuao Peleti works for Emerge Aotearoa. He’s the Service Manager for their Mental Health and Addictions Pacific Community Support Team and Mobile Community Support Team in Counties Manukau. He spoke to Nga Vaka about attending the Tōfā Mamao Samoan Cultural Framework training in Manukau. […]
Samoan Cultural Framework Informs Disaster Response
“What happens when there’s a disaster? More violence.” Community Activator, Malia Tua’i Manuleleua (pictured above far right), from the NZ Red Cross, attended Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu’s Samoan family violence prevention and wellbeing training in 2020. So impressed was she that when Nga Vaka organisers scheduled a recent Samoan training day, Malia brought a […]
Non-Violence Programme “Makes Sense” for Samoan Men
“Samoans delivering to Samoans makes sense.” Family violence and harm are harsh realities for Fusi Mareko, a Kaimahi Family Resilience worker at The Fono, a Pacific health service in Auckland. Fusi (pictured above left) helps run an 18-week non-violence programme for Samoan men based on Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu’s Samoan cultural framework ‘O Le […]