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Tongan Funeral Announcement- Ned Cook

There are calls for Pacific governments and New Zealand to work together to get stranded seasonal workers home.It’s believed there are more than 9000 RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employers) workers in the country – most of them from the Pacific.

Governance member of the Pacific Leadership Forum and chairman of the Pacific Response Coordination Team (PRCT) Pakilau Manase Lua is amongst Pasifika community leaders advocating for the seasonal workers here in New Zealand.

Manase is a fully installed Matāpule (traditional orator for his Chief Lord Ma’afu Tukui’aulahi noble of Vaini and Tokomololo and Minister of Defence in the Kingdom of Tonga). Manase was installed with the title “Pakilau o Aotearoa” or just Pakilau. Manase was born in the Kingdom of Tonga but grew up in Aotearoa where he has lived now for over 40 years, he is married to Folola (21st anniversary yesterday) and they have four wonderful children. Manase holds a number of key community roles:

National Manager Kanorau (diversity and inclusion programme);

a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui; Principal Advisor Pasifika at Te Pou. He is on the boards of Fonua Ola and the Aotearoa Tongan Health Workers Association, incoming Chairman of the Auckland Museum PAG committee, a Governance member of the Pacific Leadership Forum and chairman of the Pacific Response Coordination Team (PRCT) and also works for Leadership NZ, as a Co-facilitator for the Mana Moana Experience Programme from which he graduated in 2018.

Mobile phone towers are being attacked in New Zealand and around the world and authorities believe it is linked to a hoax about how the 5G network is spreading COVID-9.

Edwin Liava’a has more than twenty years of experience in Information and Communication Technologies and Geographical Information Systems within the Pacific region.  He is a Technical Advisor on Submarine Cable Communications as well as Satellite Communications for Connectivity, Redundancy and National Security.

Dr Prerna Seghal reminds the community to remain vigilant because although NZ has moved to Level 2 and eliminated COVID-19 but it doesn't mean it has been eradicated.

She commended the Pacific community for their response to testing and flu vaccinations.

Dr Prerna Seghal has postgraduate degrees in both Pharmacy and Medicine and is an advanced Trainee in Paediatrics and Respiratory Medicine. She currently works as a Senior Registrar in Paediatrics at Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland.  

Prerna was born in Fiji and raised in Tonga. She was the founding president of the Pacific Island Health Professionals Students Association.  Her interests include Pacific Health, working to improve health outcomes and service delivery for minority populations and fostering a multicultural health workforce.

Mele Feniu Olivetti - Born Raised in Sydney, Australia, Mele Feniu Olivetti grew up in a home with hard working parents, Stewards then Ministers for Uniting Church of Australia. Raised in Tongan home, heavily involved in church, moving around during School where dad was placed at different Churches for ministry.

Feniu Story: Growing up, Tongan coconut infused oils were used as moisturizer for face//body/hair. It was the only form of nourishment for the skin and beauty regime of a Tongan household in the islands. As I got older and had children of my own, I was only able to get this from relatives who would make this in Tonga. Applying work experience, I decided I was going to go to Tonga to look for a manufacturer to source this from and create my own brand of coconut infused oil.

Found a Tongan youth organisation that made organic infused coconut oil. Ranged Sandalwood/coconut oil. 

Oil imported to Sydney, I packaged and sold online as a side business.

I met Nader who owned social hideout in same complex as my home. I shared with him my business and vision and in 2019 we set up Olivissa PTY LTD as a company.

Named the brand FENIU, which is my middle name. The name is passed down through the woman in my father’s line. 

To find out more, please go to https://www.facebook.com/feniuskincare/

Funeral Director, Tauanuu Nick Bakulich joins us on Pacific Breakfast for an update on restrictions around funerals & burials in Alert Level 3.

Rose Kavapalu, the Tongan cleaning lady who got a special shout out from the Prime Minister on Wednesday, joins us now on Pacific Breakfast for a talanoa.

Ko e ngaahi fale'i fekau'aki mo e taimi 'o  e taataapuni 'o e fonua koe'uhi ko e COVID-19

We’re joined on Pacific Breakfast now by Jacinta Faalili-Fidow CEO Moana Research, to talk about FREE flu vaccinations, for priority groups up until 27th April.

Tomorrow (Saturday 18th April) in Papatoetoe, there will be a FREE FOOD giveaway at 10 Wentworth Ave, Papatoetoe from 10:00am - 1:00pm. Lorenzo Kaisara, Community Liaison Manager for Tamaki Health & Local Doctors, joins us now on Pacific Breakfast for more.

For any questions please phone 027 301 7656