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All this week on Pacific Breakfast, we’ll hear from members of our community on big issues in the lead up to Election Day 2020. This morning we hear from our community on some of the issues facing our youth:

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Formerly known as He Waka Eke Noa,  Amotai, Supplier Diversity Aotearoa re-launched to the public last week on Thursday 1 October.

Amotai is the first of its kind in Aotearoa. First established in 2018 by Auckland Council’s The Southern Initiative, the intermediary promotes the growth of Māori and Pasifika entrepreneurship through smarter use of procurement and supply chains. 

In the past 12 months Amotai has created $45M worth of contracts for Māori and Pasifika-owned registered businesses.

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Teu, teuteu, mateuteu

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Remittances (i.e. the sending of money in payment or gift) are a key source of foreign exchange for many Pacific Island countries, and are crucial to the income for many families in these communities.

Remittance transactions in the Pacific are expensive due to structural reasons such as the small size, remoteness, and limited infrastructure of the region.

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Saili Matagi is a group-based programme delivered in the Pacific focus unit for male prisoners of Pasifika descent with a medium risk of re-offending who are serving a sentence for violent offences. It teaches a range of skills so that participants can change attitudes and behaviours and so reduce the likelihood of them re-offending. It involves family and community groups in the participants’ rehabilitation and reintegration.

The programme was designed in 2003-2004 by a Pasifika staff member working in Ara Poutama Aotearoa (NZ Corrections Services) at that time.

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