See how it all goes down when these Kuki dancers have to go into lockdown with Mama!  

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Watch Part Two here 

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CREDITS:

Shot, Directed, Edited and acted by Rongomai

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Samoan GP Dr Maryann Heather has been working extremely long hours on the frontline during the Covid-19 crisis, tending to patients at the South Seas Clinic in Otara.

What motivates Dr Heather is knowing she is helping the Pasifika community during these troubling times. She also takes comfort that the Pasifika community has the lowest infection rate of Covid-19 in New Zealand. To date, less than five percent of those infected have been Pacific Peoples and Dr Heather wants to keep those numbers down.

“Our Pasifika community is one of the most vulnerable. If this virus hits our community and the numbers start to rise, then it would be extremely hard. Many families would be affected.”

At home, Dr Heather lives with nine family members, including her 80-year-old aunt and her young nieces and nephews. She takes extra care each day when she goes to work,-ensuring she is wearing all the protective gear and has minimal physical contact with her patients and other staff on the frontline.…more

#SocialDistancingTips!  How far is 2 meters really? How much washing of ourselves do we still need to do?

Your papu does not have to be boring!  Here's some handy tips for social distancing now that we're back in Alert Level three! 

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Click here for Covid-19 information translations in all Pasifika languages 

Click this link for an interactive map on where to find a vaccination clinic near you here in New Zealand https://karawhiua.nz/all-clinics/

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Video Credits:  

Director/Editor - Twayne Laumua 

Actors - Darryl Laumua & Iosefa Enari 

In this video, Disciple Pati teaches us how to survive the hardest battle in lockdown; the battle of the siblings.

Her four tips will show you how to dodge a fight with your sister so that you don’t get yelled at by your Dad (and simultaneously dodging a jandal round the head), alongside how to deal with the snarky comments and a bad attitude.

Siblings can give you the best and worst times of your life - and being stuck with them is sure to make life in lockdown .... interesting.

Survival depends on being smart, not strong - and Pati’s tips will get you through it!

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Shot & Edited by Sapati Apa 

Featuring Sapati & Hinauri Apa 

The Pasifika Medical Association through Pasifika Futures (PFL) – the Whānau Ora commissioning agency – is aware of multiple Pacific groups currently displaced in New Zealand due to the nation’s level four lockdown and the closures of neighbouring Pacific borders.The organisation has been working with their Covid-19 SupportPartners across the country to ensure these groups are being kept safe and are supported during the lockdown.

A Cook Island mother and her 15-year-old daughter are among those that PFL have identified and are working with Mount Wellington Integrated Healthcare to ensure they are taken care of.  “In normal circumstances, we would usually stay with our family in Auckland but in this case, we couldn’t do that because we had to go into isolation,” Rachel explained.
Rachel and her daughter arrived in New Zealand on 24 March after they had been evacuated from Rarotonga due to the daughter experiencing Covid-like symptoms.

Upon arrival in New Zealand the pair went to Middlemore Hospital where the daughter was examined and later tested negative for Covid-19.…more