August 20th 2008
Tongan wins top Science award
A Tongan researcher looking into cancer vaccines is a winner at this year’s MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards.
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Community / Health
August 14th 2008
Pegasus names Pacific health scholarship winners
Family experiences and a desire to make health care more accessible to Pacific people are common themes motivating this year’s Pegasus Health Pacific Health Scholarship winners into their careers.
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August 8th 2008
Ministry of Health welcomes new Pacific Chief Advisor
The Ministry of Health formally welcomed their new Chief Advisor Pacific Health, Dr Api Talemaitoga, in Wellington yesterday. The 47 year-old Fijian-born doctor joined the Ministry in July 2008.
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July 29th 2008
Pacific island state cures more cancer patients
The Pacific’s Hawaiian Islands have become an even more enviable place to stay; a study has shown cancer patients there are more likely to survive the disease than in many other countries.
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July 28th 2008
Traditional Pacific items in the heart of the city
For those seeking authentic Pacific wares in one spot, Auckland’s The Edge is showcasing quality items made by Pacific matriarchs or The Mamas, but only until Wednesday.
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July 24th 2008
Samoan migrants lead happier lives than Maori and Pakeha says research
First generation Samoan youth in New Zealand report greater life satisfaction and better school adjustment than their Maori and Pakeha peers - despite receiving more discrimination, says study.
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July 24th 208
Vaccinated but not necessarily safe from deadly disease
Children under the age of five may not be protected from the deadly meningococcal disease, even if they only received the vaccination months ago.
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July 21st 2008
STREET BEAT: My favourite All Blacks, Silver Ferns
MELE TU’UHOLOAKI explores the gender debate in her latest Street Beat report. Five lads and lasses were asked the following questions and some of their responses were surprising indeed
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July 18th 2008
MONEY
Small changes make a BIG difference
Budgeting expert DARRYL EVANS has some tips for everyone feeling the pinch from rising living costs.
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July 9th 2008
Waka Ama provides answers for Maori health
Canoes and paddles are being thrown into the mix in a unique Maori health initiative in Northland.
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9th July 2008
Street Beat: Cost of living, Violence against Asians
In response to rising living costs and the recent spate of violence where many believe Asians are being targeted, Street Beat reporter MELE TU’UHOLOAKI asked young Maori and Pacific people what they thought.
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June 30th 2008
NZ$6 million for Moriori preservation
The government has given NZ$6 million to a trust fund for the preservation of Moriori culture – a Polynesian people many New Zealanders think are extinct.
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June 30th 2008
Clydesdale still going to Brazil, but paper dropped
The controversial report by Dr Greg Clydesdale that suggested Pacific migrants were a ‘drain’ on the New Zealand economy has been stopped from being presented at an international conference in Brazil in July.
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June 30th 2008
Anti-smacking referendum blocked by PM
The New Zealand government has blocked a 390,000-signature petition by Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock to have a referendum with a view to revising the anti-smacking bill introduced last year.
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June 30th 2008
Lipine Sila sentenced to 17 years jail
Convicted killer Lipine Sila has been sentenced to a non-parole term of 17 years jail for running down and killing Christchurch teens Jane Young and Hannah Rossiter, and injuring 16 others in May last year.
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June 24th 2008
ISSUE 26 ARTICLE
Message in the music
ACC may have played a part in helping kick-start the career of budding Samoan songwriters through its involvement with the 2008 Polyfest held in Manukau, Auckland, during March.
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June 23rd June
Jandals - bad for your health?
This may be a shock to many proud Pacific people but wearing jandals could be putting your health at risk. MELE TU’UHOLOAKI a jandal-wearer herself, gets the low-down.
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June 23rd 2008
Street Beat: Tagging and Youth Crime
SPASIFIKmag.com intern MELE TU’UHOLOAKI from MIT is back on another Street Beat, this time asking our young people what should be done about taggers and the high youth crime rates in south Auckland.
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June 20th 2008
Choosing baby gender – playing God?
New Zealand could soon be following suit with the United States by allowing parents to choose the sex of their unborn child. This comes after a report by the Bioethics Council, a ministerial advisory committee, endorsed the practise.
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June 16th 2008
Westie celebrities say ‘Its not OK’ to domestic violence
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey has applauded new powers given to police to stop domestic violence. Mayor Harvey’s taskforce has joined with the Ministry of Social Development to roll out a localised version of the “It’s Not OK” campaign in Waitakere.
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June 11th 2008
Funding Seminar for Pacific organisations
The Ministry of Social Development Northern Region held a Community Seminar for Pacific community organisations in Auckland to assist them in obtaining funding, attracting 100 representatives.
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June 11th 2008
Kids' nightwear fire danger
Give thought this winter to the type of pyjamas and nightwear you dress your children in. Last year three children were seriously injured and sadly one died as a result of the burns they received when their pyjamas caught on fire.
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June 9th 2008
Street Beat: Pacific youth on Dr Clydesdale and raising the drinking age
SPASIFIKmag.com intern MELE TU’UHOLOAKI hit the streets again to ask young Pacific people what they thought about Dr Clydesdale’s ‘Pacific people’s draining the economy’ report and raising the drinking age.
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June 9th 2008
Schwarzenegger appoints Tongan to Asian/Pacific Commission
California Governor and former Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has appointed a Tongan woman as the only Pacific island representative on the Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs Commission.
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June 5th 2008
Maori, Pacific icons join Queens Birthday honours list
Former All Black and Manu Samoa international Tuigamala Vaaiga Tuigamala was among the many Maori and Pacific people to join the Queens Birthday honours list with other distinguished New Zealanders.
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June 4th 2008
Westie Oscar Kightley to be honoured on Walkway of Fame
After public nominations, entertainer Oscar Kightley will be inducted into Waitakere’s “Walk of Fame”, located outside the Civic Centre in Henderson Valley Road, Henderson.
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May 29th 2008
Baby Miracle homeward bound
US surgeons say a deformed Samoan baby girl, initially denied entry into New Zealand last September but now set to return home to Samoa this week, can now live a “long, long time”.
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May 28th 2008
Street Beat: Our youth on education & elections
The budget is out and the general elections are just around the corner, so SPASIFIKmag.com intern MELE TU’UHOLOAKI from the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) hit the streets to ask Pacific tertiary students what they think.
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May 27th 2008
Pacific peoples draining the economy?
A Massey University study that says Pacific peoples are draining the New Zealand economy has been scorned by Maori and Pacific community leaders.
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May 27th 2008
Bastion Point occupation remembered 30 years on
Thirty years ago, protesters faced off with 700 police, army, navy and the government over plans to develop Ngati Whatua ancestral land at Bastion Point, Auckland. On May 25, the protagonists met again to mark the 30th anniversary of that day.
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May 26th 2008
‘Proud son of Otara’ is Labour’s man
Labour has selected a 42 year old business man and Community Board Chairperson Mr Efu Koka as its candidate to contest the Otara Councillor position.
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May 23rd 2008
Tomorrow’s generation – computer dummies?
Are Maori and Pacific parents dumbing down their kids by choosing game consoles over home computers? University of Auckland Tuakana Leadership Programme intern ALACE TAUPAU reports.
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