Pasifika people - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:13:46 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pasifika people - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Housing strategy launched to boost home ownership for Pacific people https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/12/01/housing-strategy-ownership-pacific-culture/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:54:58 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=154829 Pacific people looking for affordable, safe and culturally suitable quality housing will have something to look forward to with the launch of New Zealand's first housing strategy specific to their needs. The Fale mo Aiga: Pacific Housing Strategy and Action Plan 2030 was launched on Monday by the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio Read more

Housing strategy launched to boost home ownership for Pacific people... Read more]]> Pacific people looking for affordable, safe and culturally suitable quality housing will have something to look forward to with the launch of New Zealand's first housing strategy specific to their needs.

The Fale mo Aiga: Pacific Housing Strategy and Action Plan 2030 was launched on Monday by the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio in south Auckland. Read more

Housing strategy launched to boost home ownership for Pacific people]]> 154829 Report shows Pasifika people not applying for euthanasia https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/07/28/pasifika-people-ministry-of-health-euthanasia/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:54:30 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=149811 A new report from the Ministry of Health has shown no Pasifika people from New Zealand have applied for assisted dying. The End of Life Choice Act came into effect late last year and, from then till March of this year, 66 people have had an assisted death. Of the applicants, 79 percent are Pakeha, Read more

Report shows Pasifika people not applying for euthanasia... Read more]]> A new report from the Ministry of Health has shown no Pasifika people from New Zealand have applied for assisted dying.

The End of Life Choice Act came into effect late last year and, from then till March of this year, 66 people have had an assisted death.

Of the applicants, 79 percent are Pakeha, six percent are Maori, two percent are Asian and 13 percent did not describe their ethnicity. Read more

Report shows Pasifika people not applying for euthanasia]]> 149811 Churches credited with helping to get more Pasifika people vaccinated against Covid-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/05/24/churches-pasifika-people-vaccinated-covid-19/ Mon, 24 May 2021 07:54:27 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=136571 Research commissioned by the Health Ministry shows that in March 59 percent of Pasifika people were prepared to be vaccinated - but a month later, the figure had jumped to 79 percent. A GP with the Pacific health provider Fono, Malia Funaki, said health officials and churches have been working together. "The church leaders have Read more

Churches credited with helping to get more Pasifika people vaccinated against Covid-19... Read more]]> Research commissioned by the Health Ministry shows that in March 59 percent of Pasifika people were prepared to be vaccinated - but a month later, the figure had jumped to 79 percent.

A GP with the Pacific health provider Fono, Malia Funaki, said health officials and churches have been working together.

"The church leaders have been attending as well as some of my other colleagues and talked to the church ministers and sometimes with the congregations to discuss the importance of getting vaccinated, the safety with this vaccine that we've got in New Zealand."

She said a lot of work has also gone into debunking false information about the Covid-19 vaccine. Read more

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