Strengthening Culture, Faith and Wellbeing: Fiji Tekivu mai Jerusalemi in Community

Photo caption: The Fiji Tekivu mai Jerusalemi Men’s Group representing their movement, connecting with families, and promoting culture, faith, and wellbeing at a community event in Mangere, South Auckland.     Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu’s Fiji Tekivu mai Jerusalemi Men’s Group continues to grow as a movement grounded in culture, faith and wellbeing, focused on building long-term strength, leadership, and stability within Fijian families and communities as a preventative […]

O le Tofa Mamao Samoa: A Samoan Cultural Framework for Safe Practice

Photo caption: Practitioners learning together through the O le Tofa Mamao Samoa micro-credential training at The Cause Collective.  O le Tofa Mamao is the Samoan Cultural Framework that centres deep wisdom, foresight and reflection as the foundation for safe and effective practice with Pacific families.  Delivered through the Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu Level 6 Micro-credential, this framework supports practitioners to apply Samoan cultural […]

Pacific Family Violence Programme Granted Historic NZQA Accreditation

Photo caption: Fa’amatuainu Tino Pereira (back row 4th from left) with Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu staff and lead facilitators from Tonga, Kiribati, Niue, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu and Fiji.  A community-informed and community-led solution to family violence gains unprecedented recognition by the country’s Qualifications Authority. The first Pacific qualification to advance the cultural […]

Partnership to address family violence signed between The Cause Collective and NZ Police

A crucial step towards addressing family harm within Pacific kāiga (families) was announced this week in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Cause Collective (TCC) and the NZ Police. Move to eliminate family and sexual violence. The Cause Collective, through its Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu (Nga Vaka) and Champions of Change initiatives, has […]