Our Pacific Language Cards are available in nine Pacific languages: Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Kiribati, Niue, Rotuman, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Tonga. They are tailored to non-speakers of the language as a good starting point for all to use. Each provide a pronunciation guide, the alphabet, everyday phrases, a short prayer and hymn.
Yavu provides guidance on how to have engagement with Pacific Peoples that is culturally responsive and sustainable. It outlines steps for effective engagement through building, nurturing and maintaining relationships. Yavu can be utilised to improve culturally appropriate engagement with Pacific peoples.
Yavu Cultural Practices and Protocols Sheets
Kapasa is a tool for policy managers, advisers and analysts within government agencies to incorporate the perspectives of Pacific peoples in the generic policy development process. The framework sets out ways to effectively include information about Pacific peoples, take account of their values and their diversity, as well as ensuring effective consultation with them in the policy development process.
A new All-of-Government Pacific Wellbeing Strategy will influence and help lift wellbeing outcomes for Pacific peoples across Aotearoa.
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples has led the work on the Government cross agency collaboration, and on May 5 2021 it hosted a Pacific Wellbeing Talanoa in Wellington, to discuss in detail how the strategy would impact Pacific Aotearoa. Below are presentations from the talanoa:
Fonofale Model for Pacific Health and Wellbeing
Te Vaka Atafaga Model for Pacific Health and Wellbeing
Mana Moana: Harnessing A.I. - Ancestral Intelligence