A new health clinic in central Christchurch is intended to be a space where the city’s Pasifika community can come together and feel safe, community leaders say.
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Media release from Pasifika Futures
Thursday 27 May 2021, 10:48 AM
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Etu Pasifika clinical director Monica Nua-George
When the team at Etu Pasifika move to their new purpose-built premises on Tuam Street this Saturday, it will be the realisation of a dream for both staff and the community.
Etu Pasifika general manager, Mr Amanaki Misa, says the move from their current premises on Montreal Street, is symbolic of their commitment to serving the Pacific community to the highest standards and of their progression as a community with the fulfilment of a 50-year-old dream shared by local Pacific leaders and pioneers.
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Media release from the Pasifika Medical Association Group
Wednesday 14 April 2021, 03:18 PM
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Mental health and addiction amongst the Pacific community is the focus for an extra $6.6 million of Government funding to increase access to mental health support services.
Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Health (Pacific), Hon. Aupito William Sio, announced the extra services at an event held last week at the Fonua Ola premises in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu.
The funding is part of the Government’s $455 million programme to increase mental health and addiction services for all New Zealanders. Minister Sio said that he will continue to lobby the Government to dedicate ten percent of that funding – more than $45 million – to a targeted Pacific approach.
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