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30 Oct 20
Dr Joe Williams Memorial: “A totara has fallen”
About 700 people from the Pacific and wider communities gathered in Auckland yesterday to farewell Dr Joseph Williams, MBChB, MPH, QSO, QSM, in a fitting tribute that his daughter...
29 Oct 20
Dr Joseph Williams tribute: “A true leader”
There’s been a huge void left at the Mt Wellington Integrated Healthcare Clinic since the passing of its medical director and founder, Dr Joseph Williams, MBChB, MPH, QSO, QSM, in...
28 Oct 20
Tokelau Language Week: “My grandmother’s legacy.”
Tokelau nurse, Melania Wright-Leleimalefaga, is proud to be the granddaughter of Melania Pou Patelehio – a renowned songwriter and dancer who wrote many popular songs in her native...
27 Oct 20
Tokelau Language Week: “The need to speak the language at home”
(Photo sourced from AUT) Dr Sarai Tufala is proud of her Tokelau heritage but lives with the regret that she did not speak her Tokelauan language at home or share the language with...
27 Oct 20
Dr Joe Williams: “He cured my daughter’s eczema”
Mother-of-three, Tepara Koti, says she will always be grateful to the late Dr Joseph Williams, MBChB, MPH, QSO, QSM, who she visited after her daughter had a severe case of eczema...
25 Oct 20
NZ Pacific Covid-19 Webinar Series: Improving our Pacific response to Covid-19
Adapting to Covid-19 will be the new normal for every community around the world and the impacts are compounded for the most vulnerable groups within these communities. That’s why...
23 Oct 20
Dr Joe Williams: “A daughter’s tribute”
The late Dr Joseph Williams, MBChB, MPH, QSO, QSM, held many important roles in the community – health professional, mentor, politician and patron of the Pasifika Medical Associati...
22 Oct 20
NIUE LANGUAGE WEEK: “Keeping traditions alive”
For Dr Monica Nua-George, it’s a proverb from her homeland of Niue that inspires her at work and home. “Fakataufata e mafiti he gutu mo e gahua he tau lima” which translates in Eng...
20 Oct 20
NIUEAN LANGUAGE WEEK: “Promoting the language through song”
For the Niuean community in Wellington, the three Mitikulena siblings who are all doctors, have been serving their community since they graduated from medical school. But in terms...
17 Oct 20
NZ Pacific Covid-19 Webinar Series: sharing the lessons learnt with our community
The first of three webinars discussing the Covid-19 strategies and responses within the Pacific community across the country will take place on Friday 6th November 2020. The event...
16 Oct 20
Dr Joe Williams Public Memorial Service: “Acknowledging great leadership”
A public memorial service for highly respected Pacific leader and the patron for the Pasifika Medical Association (PMA), Dr Joseph Williams, MBChB, MPH, QSM, QSO, will be held in A...
15 Oct 20
Baby Loss Awareness Week: A story of heartbreak and healing
It has been a year since Samoan mother Vaioleti Tongi experienced the traumatic stillbirth of her baby son, who died in her womb eight days before she delivered him. Grieving the l...
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