A Fijian family from Rolleston have successfully secured their first home after signing up to our Progressive Home Ownership scheme.

In early March, we officially opened our Ashburton office. The event was attended by our TAT staff and kainga, community members and reps from our partnering organizations.

We were super proud to see the Linwood Keas’ wahine rugby team embark on a tour of Samoa in February. 

Last month the TAT clinical team attended a talanoa session hosted by the Pacific Youth Leadership And Transformation organisation (PYLAT) alongside special guest, Sir Ashley Bloomfield.

Following our trip to Auckland in 2022 to meet the Polynesian Panthers and attend Oscar Kightley's Dawn Raids Production, we were honoured to host four of the co-founders of The Polynesian Panthers Party Legacy Trust in August.

At the end of January, we attended Ara Institute of Canterbury's Pacific O² event that welcomed new Pacific students who are wanting to begin their studies!

Karla is our newest TAT Team member who is working as one of our Healthy Lifestyles Advisors in our Island Wellness team.

TAT Team Lead and Nurse Vui Suli Tutitaupe, was recently interviewed on RNZ's Nine to Noon programme!

Our Island Wealth team has been providing financial capability building within our Pasifika community down south!

Thanks for all you do to support our community!

We held a friendly volleyball tournament with our fellow Pasifika health providers!

Our Pasifika women come together once a week for fellowship and traditional crafting.

We are excited to be Working together with Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust to build connection, trust and create action plans for safer homes for our community.

Our Pasifika youth called for smoking to be banned in a video that we submitted to the SmokeFree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill.

All of our updates for upcoming clinics will be posted here!

In partnership with 20/20 Trust we held a 4-day digital literacy class for our Pasifika Matua aged 65 and over!

Taunese is not currently driving and wanted another option of transportation that could increase her motivation to be active…she decided to purchase a bike! For the past month, Sema has been helping Taunese learn how to ride her bike.

Our very own nurse, Sarah Morley has won an Eke Panuku ARA student success award!

Tangata Atumotu provided video equipment to eight youth and challenged them to share their stories about growing up in Otautahi.

We recently had a lot of fun at the mobile vaccination clinic at the Phillipstown community hub!

It was brilliant to work with Tisha Bradley, Clinical Manager who also had a positive experience!