Our Work
Navigation Services
The Pasifika Navigation Team provide support to Pacific peoples to improve equity of access, health outcomes and support Pacific communities to connect to a health team.
The support provided ranges from navigation support, early intervention and prevention focus, advocacy, navigation of care pathways, cultural needs assessment, supporting health management plans, supporting enrolment, appointment attendance, and culturally appropriate support.
Our Pasifika Navigators can connect you to access services and supports with other providers, community organisations and government agencies.
Contact our Navigation team on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz
Ola Lelei Services
Ola Lelei is our new Job & Skills Hub that has been set up to support Tagata Pasifika to undertake training and study pathways to achieve sustainable employment outcomes.
The Ola Lelei service aims to improve employment outcomes through upskilling unemployed Pasifika individuals, improve Pacific people's readiness for work through training and education and ensure they obtain meaningful and sustainable employment.
We support Pacific parents, women and youth in the MidCentral region who are specifically looking for opportunities within the health, social service, data, digital and IT sectors.
Contact our Ola Lelei team on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz
Outreach Services
Immunisations
Protecting the health of you and your vuvale (family) with necessary vaccinations and immunisations is important. The National Immunisation Schedule provides free vaccinations for children until they are 18 years old. Some of these services are available for free, including all scheduled childhood immunisations.
We have a range of services that we offer support with as part of the Immunisation Outreach Service including regular Pasifika Immunisation Clinics:
- Childhood Immunisations
- Flu vaccinations
- COVID vaccinations
Our Projects & Initiatives
Poly Paddles
Water safety and life skills programme for Pasifika and Māori Tamariki and Rangatahi 5-18 years.
Contact our Project Coordinator on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz
Pasifika Home Gardening Initiative
Wellbeing programme using ancestral knowledge to support Pacific families to be self-managing and self-sufficient and support the achievement of kai sovereignty.
Contact our Project Coordinator on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz
Vaka Programme: Traditional Pacific Cultural Games
Initiative to revive traditional Pacific cultural games to create connectedness and belonging.
Contact our Project Coordinator on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz
Social Services
Are Toa Kaikai
Our food hub was born out of COVID initially supporting Pacific communities who were isolating during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The support extended beyond COVID as we recognised the need for ongoing support for Pacific peoples in our region who were struggling to meet their basic living needs.
Niuvaka provide free, fresh, and healthy food to our local Pacific communities and to those who are in need. Are Toa Kaikai relies on the support and generosity of our funders, donations and food suppliers in supplying rescued food to Pacific communities. The contents of our kai packs depend on the supplies available to us. We are also able to provide fresh fruit and vegetables grown and harvested from our own community garden that is then distributed to Pacific communities.
If you need support, contact our Pasifika Coordinator on 0800-648-8252 or email: info@niuvaka.org.nz