‘O lo’o tālia e se ‘āiga Niu Sila Sāmoa ‘e nonofo ‘i Kuwait se tali atu ‘a le Mālō ‘i se aso ‘e mafai ai ‘ona toe taliu saogālēmū mai ai ‘i le atunu’u, ‘ona ‘o le tūlaga lē mautinoa ‘i le taua ‘i sasa’e tūtotonu ‘i le taimi nei. ‘I se fa’amatalaga mai le Minisitā ‘o le Vā ‘i fafo Vaovasamānaia Winston Peters, ‘e fa’apea ‘o le ‘ā ‘ave le fa’amuamua ‘a va’alele ma le ‘au tau ‘a Niu Sila ‘e ‘ave’ese mai tagata Niu Sila ‘o lo’o nonofo latalata ‘i pitonu’u ‘o lo’o lamatia ai ō latou soifua.

‘O Sinsemillia Magele ma lona to’alua ‘o Sage fa’apea le lā fānau to’alua iā Koulton ma Malia-Lavalea na malaga i Kuwait iā Mē 2021. ‘O le ulugāli’i ‘e faiā’oga ‘uma, ma ‘o lo’o iai fo’i ma le aunty ‘o tamaiti iā Pauline Toleafoa. ‘O lo’o iai se fuafuaga ‘a le ‘āiga ‘e toe malaga ‘ese mai ma Kuwait. Na maua le avanoa ‘e talanoa ai le ‘āiga ma le Leitiō Niu Sila ‘i le taeao ‘ananafi ‘i luga ‘o le telefoni, ma na saunoa Sage, ‘o le tele ‘o taimi ‘e le’o momoe, ‘ona ‘o le fa’alogoina ‘o leo ‘o sailini ‘a leoleo ma ta’avale falema’i, fa’apea ma leo ‘o pomu.

‘I se līpoti mai le Soifua Mālōlōina a Kuwait na fa’aalia ai se teienetiti 11 tausaga le matua, na maliu mai ‘i pomu pa’ū’ū mai luga.

‘O le ‘āiga nei ‘o tagatanu’u Niu Sila, a’o Māori fo’i ma Sāmoa.

Link to RNZ (Article) translated: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/588732/new-zealand-family-in-kuwait-waits-to-hear-if-they-can-return-home

ATA: Supplied to RNZ.

Semanū ‘e lē maliliu Uili Fa’aofo, Ta’avao Tolala Kelemete ma Leauga Jerry Leauga pe ‘ana fa’apea ‘e lava pā fou ‘e iloga gofie ma fa’ailoga ai le vā ‘o ‘auala tetele  (median barriers) pei ‘ona saunoa ai lē na faia su’esu’ega ‘i tino māliliu ‘o ia taulele’a.

‘O le tamā ‘iā Uili Fa’aofo ‘o ‘Aukilani, na malaga ‘i ‘Opotiki ‘e piki mai ona nephews ‘e to’alua, ‘o ‘i lā’ua ia sā gālulue ‘i le polokalame ‘o gāluega fa’avaitaimi ‘i fa’ato’aga ‘i Niu Sila, ma ‘o le aso 26 ‘Aukuso  2024, na soso’a ai la lātou van ‘e se loli tele na pā le pa’u, ma tifa āga’i ‘i le pā ‘i le ‘ōgātotonu ‘o le motorway ‘i le itū ‘i saute ‘i Ramarama ‘i ‘Aukilani.  ‘E lua isi ta’avale na soso’a ‘e le loli.  ‘E to’atasi na manu’a tīgāina sā i totonu ‘o le van lea na malaga ai ma le to’atolu lea na māliliu.

‘O lea līpoti, ‘o lo’o aofia ai ma fautuaga fa’apea ma finagalo ‘o lē na faia le su’esu’ega ‘i ‘auala na semanū ‘e le tūpu ai le fa’alavelave.  Na fa’amatalaina ‘e fa’apea na fiafia lava le to’aono lea ‘ina ‘ua piki ‘i le ta’avale, ‘ona na sauni ‘e toe fo’i ‘i Sāmoa ‘ina ‘ua māe’a māsina ‘e 6 na gālulue ai ‘i gāluega fa’avāitaimi ‘i Niu Sila.

Sā fai ‘uma o lātou fusipa’u ‘i le ta’avale.  ‘O le mau fo’i ‘a ē na fa’asaoina mai le fa’alavelave, sa lēai ma so lātou popole ‘i le ‘ave’ave ‘a Fa’aofo, po’o le tūlaga fo’i ‘i la lātou ta’avale.  Na fa’aalia ‘i le su’esu’ega, ‘o pā uaea ia ‘e i luga ‘o le vao ‘e tali ai ni ta’avale lāvevea, ‘e lē ‘ausia le puipuiga mō le saogalēmū.  ‘O le fautuaga ‘a lē na faia le su’esu’ega, sā tatau ‘ona sui le pā (barriers) ‘i ni pā ‘e maualuga lava le puipuiga ‘e mafai ‘ona ‘ausia ma tatālia ni itū’āiga ta’avale ‘e malaga ai ‘i luga ‘o le State Highway 1.

Na fa’aalia fo’i, sā māsani ‘ona lē usita’ia ‘e le ‘aveloli le 30 minute ‘e fai ma mālōlō ai, pe ‘ā ‘uma le ta’i lima ma le ‘afa ītūlā ‘o taimi ‘e galue ai, pe sesē fo’i le fa’amauga ‘o ana taimi mālōlo ‘i lana ‘api po’o le logbook.  ‘E lēai se fa’aaliga ‘e fa’apea ‘o se tasi lea ‘o māfua’aga na ala ai ‘ona tupu le fa’alavelave, ‘ae lua ni fa’asalaga ta’i $450 mō le ‘aveloli ‘ona ‘o le ‘ova ‘o taimi ‘e galue ai fa’atasi ai ma le lē sa’o ‘o fa’amaumauga ‘i le logbook.  ‘E $625 le sala ‘a le TDM Construction, le kamupanī ‘e ana le loli ‘ona ‘o le ‘ova ‘o le mamafa ‘o nisi ‘o vāega ‘e lua ‘o le uta, mai le mamafa fa’atapula’aina.

‘E tele nisi fautuaga na momoli atu ai ‘i le līpoti ‘aemaise mō loli tetele ia ‘e la’u ai uta pe ‘ā feoa’i ‘i luga ‘o ‘auala tetele.

Link to 1News (Article) translated: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/03/samoan-workers-deaths-in-van-crash-preventable-with-modern-median-barriers/

ATA: 1News.

‘O lo’o ta’ita’ia ‘e Dr Natalie Netzler ‘o le Iunivesite ‘o ‘Aukilani, se sā’ili’iliga ‘o lo’o ‘aumaia ma tu’ufa’atasia ai le silafia ‘o tua’ā mai aso ‘ua tuana’i fa’atasi ma le poto fa’asaienisi ‘o ona pō nei, pe fa’amata ‘e mafai ‘e fofō Pasefika, ‘ona fō’ia ma tineia vairusi ‘e pei ‘o le mīsela, fiva ‘o ponāivi, ma le Zika, ‘ona ‘o lo’o fa’aauau pea ‘ona fa’amata’uina ai tagata Pasefika. 

Na saunoa Dr Neztler ‘i luga ‘o le PMN, mai le 300 ‘o vairusi ia ‘e gasegase ai tagata soifua, ‘e ui ā ‘i vailā’au fa’aonapō nei, peita’i, ‘e na’o ni nai vairusi ‘o lo’o mafai ‘ona togafitia  ma puipuia mai ai tagata, ‘i meafaigāluega ‘o lo’o mafai ‘ona maua ‘i le taimi nei.  ‘O lo’o iai tui puipui ‘e puipuia ai tagata mai vairusi pipisi ‘e 25 ‘i le lalolagi.  ‘Ae 11 vairusi ‘o lo’o maua togafitiga ‘e fesoasoani ‘i le tino ‘e tete’e atu ‘i vairusi pipisi, ‘e ala ‘i le fa’aitīitia ‘o le mālosi’aga ‘o le vairusi ‘e toe fa’apunafanau ai..

‘E talitonu Netzler, ‘o le tali ‘o nei fa’ama’i pipisi, ‘e pei ‘o le dengue, ‘o le fofō lava, ‘o le silafia ‘o tagata Pasefika.  ‘O lana su’esu’ega, ‘o lo’o iloilo ai vāega ‘o lā’au ia ‘e fa’aaogā ‘i fofō Sāmoa ma Māori se’i va’ai pe fa’amata ‘e mafai ‘ona tāofi ai le ola ma le tuputupu ‘o le vairusi ‘i totonu ‘o le fale su’esu’e lea ‘o lo’o fa’aaogāina mō le su’esu’ega.  ‘O lo’o pūleaina ma le fa’aeteete lea su’esu’ega fa’atasi ai ma pā’aga ‘o lo’o gālulue fa’atasi ‘e aofia ai le Fa’alāpotopotoga su’esu’e Fa’asaienisi ‘a Sāmoa ma Fōma’i ma fōma’i po’o taulāsea Māori.  ‘O le fa’anaunauga pei ‘ona saunoa Netzler, ‘ina ‘ia mautinoa, ‘o fa’amanuiaga ‘uma ‘e toe fo’i ‘i tagata na maua mai ai ia silafia ma tomai.

Link to PMN (Article) translated: https://pmn.co.nz/read/health/pacific-rainbow-people-avoiding-healthcare-after-facing-discrimination-study

ATA: Screenshot/Steve Montgomery (PMN)

‘O le aso ananafi na faia ai se sauniga fa’apitoa ‘e tatala aloa’ia ai le polōketi ‘o fale muamua ‘e 18 na fausia mō tagata Pasefika. ‘O le fa’amoemoe ‘o fale ‘e fa’ataunu’u ai le moemitiga mō ‘āiga Pasefika ‘o fia fa’atau ni fale ‘ae lē gafatia le tau.

‘O le fofoga ‘o le aso ‘o Magele Maria Uluilelata ma Kitiona Tauira. Na tatala āloa’ia ‘i le faigālotu saunia ‘e Rev Hueni Nuku ma na lagiina ‘e le ‘aufaipese ‘a le Pacific Connection, vi’iga le Atua. Na maua le avanoa ‘e faia ai saunoaga fa’apitoa, lea na tatala ‘i le saunoaga ‘a le pule sili ‘o le Central Pacific Collective. Na ia fa’amatala ai le taumafaiga mai ‘o le gāluega. Lona lua saunoa Helmut Modlik, ‘o le pule sili ‘o le Te Rūranga o Toa Rangatira, ‘o lē na fai pā’aga ma le CPC.

 Na saunoa Anita Baker ‘o le pulenu’u o Porirua ‘i le tāua ‘o lea fa’amoemoe ua taunu’u mō tagata Pasefika ‘e fa’atau ai ō lātou fale muamua.

‘O Manu ma Vienna Paongo ‘o le ulugāli’i na fai ma sui ‘o ‘āiga ua fa’atau ō lātou fale ‘i lea polōketi. Sa ‘āuai fo’i Dr Shane Reti, ‘o le Minisitā mo Tagata Pasefika. Na saunoa le faipule o Mana Barbara Edmonds ‘i le sao ‘o le faigāmālō a le Leipa na latou lagolagoina ai lea fa’amoemoe. Ma taualuga ‘i le fa’afiafiaga ‘a le Anamua Fou ma tāpunia ai ‘i le tatalo na ta’ita’ina ‘e le susuga le fa’afeagaiga iā Tui Sopoaga. 

ATA: SCR (Anna Fa’asolo).

In a milestone achievement for New Zealand’s Pasefika communities, Central Pacific Collective (CPC) today celebrates the completion of the first 18 homes of Our Whare Our Fale – delivered ahead of schedule and under budget in eastern Porirua.

The dream of homeownership is now a reality for 18 families who will move into homes that honour their culture, embrace their values and provide a foundation for intergenerational wealth.

CPC’s CEO Fa’amatuainu Tino Pereira MNZM says this is proof that community-led housing development works.

“We said we would deliver quality homes that reflect who we are as Pasefika people, and we’ve done exactly that. Today, we’re proving that when Pasefika lead, when we design for our own needs, when we work in true partnership, we can change our future.”

Designed by Pasefika for Pasefika, Our Whare Our Fale reimagines the Pasefika village in Aotearoa, with a unique cultural-led design grounded in the Pasefika culture. The homes embrace the principle of ‘Anoafale’ – recognising that it’s not so much about the house, but about the people living in it, their sacred relationships and their connections to who they are.

The 18 new homes are built around a central malae (community green space) with a shared fale, the New Zealand Green Building Council’s Homestar 6 certified homes provide spaces for aiga (family) to gather, celebrate and support each other.

“The design supports the community, allowing for multi-generational living and for maintaining the cultural practices that make Pasefika communities strong,” says Pereira.

Our Whare Our Fale is primarily about lifting Pasefika home ownership, and improving Pasefika health, education, and employment, with many living below the poverty line.

For new homeowner Erin Millar and her family, the journey represents a profound shift.

“After meeting the CPC team and learning about Our Whare Our Fale, I started to think that homeownership could actually be possible for me,” she says. “The answer had always been ‘no’, but this is a life changing moment for me. In the last eight years we’ve had to move four times. Our new home will bring stability, and certainty to me and my whanau. We even have an accessible space for our Grandma when she needs to come and stay.”

Manu and Viena Paongo share that excitement about creating new family memories. “We are particularly excited to celebrate our first Christmas in the new home. We know that our new village community will support and uplift everyone, offering special moments reminiscent of the village life we enjoyed in the islands. I am eager to utilise my skills and knowledge alongside fellow nurses to support health literacy for all residents. By working together, we can improve the well-being of our village and secure a healthier future for our children.”

Mr Pereira says the completion of Stage 1 validates the partnership model that made Our Whare Our Fale possible.

“This is what true partnership looks like in action.

“Our achievement demonstrates the success of our approach: our life partner Ngāti Toa Rangatira’s generosity in offering perpetual leasehold land, local government’s support and the government’s investment in Budget 2022 managed by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, provides a significant long-term boost to the social and economic life of the Porirua and wider Wellington region.”

Helmut Modlik, Tumu Whakarae, Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, says; “Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira is proud to support the Our Whare Our Fale project, which exemplifies what can be achieved when communities lead, design, and build for their own needs. By providing the land on a perpetual low-cost lease, Ngāti Toa is enabling homes that honour Pasefika culture, support multi-generational living, and foster strong community connections.”

“This initiative not only provides security and stability for whānau but also strengthens the social and economic fabric of our rohe. We celebrate this milestone with Central Pacific Collective and look forward to seeing the positive impact on generations to come”.

The project has been successfully delivered through local Pasefika builders, creating employment opportunities across the region, with high quality construction led by South Coast Construction.

With Stages 1.2 and 1.3 already underway for the next 32 houses, CPC is building momentum towards its goal of up to 300 homes that will transform the future for Pasefika families in eastern Porirua.

ATA: Supplied. CPC