Kalafi Moala joins us now on #PacificDays from Tonga, for an update on on recovery efforts & COVID-19 Outbreak in the kingdom.

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Dutty Merch is a new clothing line bringing a fusion of Afrobeat clothing and merchandise vibe to life.  

We are happy to have the  vivacious and fearless Ernestina Bonsu Maro to talk about her new line.

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PACIFICA Incorporated is a national organization with branches operating throughout New Zealand seeking to provide opportunities for Pacific women.

Alofa Lale was elected as the National President of PACIFICA Inc last year and joins us to talk about how they have had to adapt operations whilst we remain in Red traffic light settings.

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Preliminary figures from Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) indicate that the preventable fatal drowning toll for the official holiday period is 14, a 180 per cent increase on the five-year average.

 This year’s summer holiday period ran from Friday, 24 December 2021 through to Wednesday, 5 January 2022.

To give us an understanding of indigenous perspectives when it comes to water safety we have Rob Hewitt who is the kaihautū Māori for Water Safety New Zealand.

 

Dr Chanel Phillips is a lecturer at the University of Otago who specialises in Māori water safety, and the creator of the Wai Puna model that now underpins the new national water safety strategy. 

 

They work with the water safety sector to better implement and reflect te ao Māori, ensuring the implementation of Wai Puna across the sector, and encourage better engagement with whānau, hapū and iwi.

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Jason Tiatia is a former professional sportsman representing New Zealand in rugby. He is a graduate of Otago Polytechnic majoring in Sport Management and holds a Diploma in Tertiary Teaching and Learning from Ara Institute of Canterbury where he is the Samoan Language tutor. 

He is a representative on many advisory groups and BOT and is an advocate for Samoan Language revitalisation amongst those organisations and community groups. 

He is a co-founder of Le Au Fetau a group formed to strengthen the transmission of Samoan Language within families in Christchurch.  

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Fourteen teams of Young Pacific Leaders representing nine different Pacific nations and territories will be part of a showcase this week. 

 

The Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) program is the U.S. government’s signature program to strengthen leadership development and networking in the Pacific. 

 

Public Affairs Officer at the US Consulate Angela Kennedy joins us this morning

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This morning we are featuring a Pasifika owned business that specialises in vehicle signage, wraps, building signage and design.  Icon signs is owned by NZ born Cook Islander Delano Atai and he joins us now to talk business

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Imelda Rokoua joins us now on #PacificDays to talanoa about being announced as the winner of the top Pacific Nurse award for 2021, an extension of ProCare’s Top Pacific and Māori Medical Award – in partnership with The University of Auckland, which has been in place since 2003.

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Now for our weekly wrap up of global politics with Dr Stephen Hoadley Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts. 

Update on Russia/Ukraine crisis. 

Updates on other conflicts around the world currently. 

U.S. response to China & Taiwan standoff. 

Election in the Philippines in May.  

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We welcome back Seini Falefata, qualified & practising Psychiatric Nurse with Etu Pasifika in Christchurch, for our talanoa series "Ngalu Fanifo - A new wave for mental wellbeing on Pacific Days. 

Today - With the rising numbers during this current Omicron outbreak, we’ll look at how families can be better prepared to keep themselves safe and manage the on-going stress and disruption this outbreak has for parents, children and elders.  

Please submit your questions to Seini  in the comments. 

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