Live on #NEXTGEN with Toni Lio  area Coordinator for Mangere Connection Drive for Mangere. Toni is also the Project Lead for many other great groups along with awesome volunteers within the community for, Mangere Community COVID Resilience Team (Mangere Connect and Mangere Bridge Neighborhood Support, I AM Mangere, 275 Times, Community Law Centre, Prevention Before Cure and Community. Toni mentions.. 

            "We need to be there for each other during this time, and support"

The heart and purpose for these groups and Initiatives are to promote Neighborhood Support, get to know your neighbors and stay connected ,to also get the community to get to know their neighbors, so that better support can take place during COVID lockdowns or civil emergencies.

This week the team have been delivering feel good treats and wellness resources as COVID has created so much stress anxiety towards some families & individuals. 

                                     "Be kind and look after each other"  

Toni will also love to give a massive thank-you to all the team & volunteers for the ongoing support and effort. 

Mangere Community COVID Resilience Team

Mangere Connect

 Mangere Bridge Neighborhood Support

I AM Mangere

275 Times

Community Law Centre Prevention Before Cure and Community

 

You can also find these awesome groups via Facebook and stay connected.

 

           Tune in every Saturday on the #NEXTGEN show 12pm for a update from                                                                    Mangere Connect ! 

 

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Sagaa Malua QSM, Secretary and former Treasurer of the Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust, joins us now for an update on the Tuvalu vaccination event, which was held earlier this week in Auckland. 

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The High Commissioner for Tuvalu, His Excellency Mr Paulson Panapa joins us now on #PacificDays for a talanoa as Tuvalu celebrates it’s 43rd Anniversary of Independence.

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Former Highlanders and Leicester Tigers Head Coach Aaron Mauger will coach Moana Pasifika for their historic debut campaign in Super Rugby Pacific in 2022.

Mauger, of Samoan, Tahitian and Cook Islands descent, has inked a three-year deal with Moana Pasifika signalling the new franchise’s clear intention to attract and retain excellent Pasifika talent.

PMN News reporter Levi Matautia-Morgan spoke with Mauger and asked him what it was that made him choose to coach the Moana Pasifika team.

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The NRL Grand final is scheduled to take place this Sunday night at Suncorp Stadium. After another COVID-19 ravaged season, the decider pits the Penrith Panthers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. 

The NRL faces a nervous wait over the next few days with new restrictions announced by QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday, in light of the recent COVID outbreak, impacting sporting events, meaning 10,000 ticket holders, of the original sell out crowd of 52,000 will now miss out.

Joining us now is Tony Iro, former Asst Coach at the N.Z. Warriors. Tony was the longest serving member of the Warriors’ coaching team, joining in 2005.

Tony was assistant Coach to Ivan Cleary at the Warriors when they made 2011 grand final, as well as having worked with Wayne Bennett when Wayne assisted Stephen Kearney coaching NZRL Kiwis. & is currently Pathways & development manager with the warriors, alongside Stacey Jones.  

Tony previously played for Wigan, Manly, Eastern Suburbs, & South Sydney, & represented N.Z. with 25 caps for the Kiwi’s. 

Since 2017, he has been the head coach of the Cook Islands national rugby league team.

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As we continue our celebrations of Tuvalu Language Week 2021 on Pacific Days, we’re joined now by Dr Manuila Tausi, Principal Research  Analyst with the Ministry for Pacific People & Tuvalu Community Leader in Levin & Otaki. 

Dr Manuila was born on the island of Banaba in Kiribati & lived on Nanumaga as a child & attended Motufoua secondary school on Vaitupu.

He completed secondary education in New Zealand at St Andrews college in Christchurch & then continued with tertiary studies in Statistics at Canterbury University (1986-1988).

Dr Manuila returned home to work in the Planning Office (1989), before continuing his education with a Masters degree in Applied Science at RMIT in Melbourne Australia (1990-1992).

He worked in Tuvalu as the Government Statistician (1992-1997), before pursuing a PhD at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and also worked for 2 years in a research project (1997-2004).

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As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, we’re joined now by Ray Siale, from Emerge Aotearoa (under the Pacific Community Support Workers service) & Moefilifilia Aoelua, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Primary Care Integration from Matariki Adult Mental Health Team - Counties Manukau Health for a talanoa. 

Photo: Core Education

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Sonya Masoe (Youth Development Lead) & Shaun Tautali (Strategic Engagement Manager) at South Seas Healthcare  join us for a talanoa about the Rally Your Village campaign Friday 1st Oct - Mon 4th Oct at the Vodafone Events Centre.

#531pi #PacificPeopleTogether #OurPeople #OurStories #Pasifika #Getonthejourney #UniteAgainstCovid19 #PacificAotearoa #southseas #vaccine #vaccination #letssticktogether #rallyyourvillage #RYV

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Taofia Bryce, from the Ministry of Education, joins us now on #PacificDays to talanoa about the Tuli Takes Flight scholarships, which close on Monday 11th October. 

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Naomi Maheu, student at Waikato University & member of the Waikato University Tuvaluan Student Association joins us now on #PacificDays for a talanoa, as part of our Tuvalu Language Week celebrations. 

https://fb.watch/8jsSk9aAje/ - Video from the Waikato University Tuvaluan Student Association to celebrate Tuvalu Language Week 2021.

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