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The MAX Business Opportunity

2012-03-04T14:30:00.003+13:00

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The MAX Business Opportunity - Why You Should Join?

2012-02-07T15:02:00.002+13:00

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What MaxGXL® Has Done for People Who Joined!

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Doctors Share Their Thoughts on MaxGXL®

Thank you for letting us tell you more about Max International and MaxGXL. The last email gave you an idea of what MaxGXL has done for high-level athletes. Today's shares what medical professionals have experienced with this product.

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— Dr. Daria Davidson, M.D., Independent Max Associate.

"I'm convinced that, having watched the effect of MaxGXL in many people now, that this is, in a lot of ways, the most amazing product that I have been associated with in 34 years of family medicine."

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BROADCASTING FOR PACIFIC AUDIENCES IN NEW ZEALAND

2011-11-10T22:27:00.006+13:00

New Zealand On Air has contracted a consortium of Catalyst Pacific Ltd, Tim Thorpe Consulting and SDL Consultancy to provide a research report examining broadcast programming for Pacific audiences in New Zealand.

The principal aim of this project is to provide:

a stock take of former and current broadcast services and programmes for Pacific audiences in New Zealand and in the wider Pacific region if relevant;
a stock take of radio and television programming by region and different Pacific ethnicities, identifying the extent of programming delivered in Pacific languages;
a scan of the current and projected Pacific population in New Zealand, a demographic breakdown, and what is known about its media consumption and needs;
a review of literature or research available on those services or programmes, particularly any relating to audience response;
an assessment of any duplications or gaps in broadcast services, informed by a literature review and results of selected community and industry consultation; and
a preliminary feasibility assessment of whether any gaps can be filled or efficiencies implemented.

NZ On Air will use this research to evaluate if changes, improvements or efficiencies to our funded broadcast services for Pacific audiences in New Zealand should be considered.

Share your experience and views on Pacific broadcasting by filling out the online survey.

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Effective Policy Analysis and Community Engagement for Pacific peoples

2011-09-21T13:11:00.002+12:00

Maximise the impact of policies and programmes for Pacific communities

Do you want your organisation’s policies and programmes to be more effective in how they impact on Pacific communities?

This workshop will provide you with insight, knowledge and understanding to develop and deliver better policies and programmes.

Improve your ability to:

• clearly define policy problems from a Pacific perspective

• frame your goals and objectives accordingly

• develop effective solutions for Pacific communities

• effectively engage with Pacific communities, and

• understand how Pacific social structures impact on service delivery.

Learn this and more in a special one day workshop facilitated by

Sai Lealea & Holona Lui

About the Workshop

This workshop is designed for practical application to help develop robust policy.

It offers participants insight and will help their understanding of Pacific perspectives that need to be incorporated into the policy process. It provides important historical and constitutional background of Pacific people’s transition into New Zealand life and insight into important Pacific values and concepts. It offers a practical step by step guide to incorporate these values and concepts into the policy process.

The workshop will be highly interactive with a blend of presentations, case studies, practical application.

Topics

• The benefits of incorporating Pacific perspectives in Policy Analysis

• Historical and Constitutional context

• Understanding the demographic drivers

• Engaging Pacific peoples in the policy process

• Setting outcome indicators for Pacific peoples

• Understanding important Pacific values and implications for policy analysis

• Pacific perspectives and step-by-step policy analysis process

• Practical application through case studies

Value for Money in Policy-Making

Increasingly public sector agencies face calls to provide value for money and maximise the impact of policy interventions, particularly for hard to reach population groups. Pacific people make up a significant part of that group. And they are an increasingly important part of New Zealand’s younger population. Policies that take account of Pacific people’s unique circumstances and perspectives are more likely to succeed and achieve improved outcomes. This will help Pacific peoples to realise their aspirations and provide long-term benefits for their communities and New Zealand society. To achieve this, Pacific perspectives need to be part of the thinking and analysis of the problems considered in the public policy process. This workshop offers a critical step in that process.

Who should attend?

This workshop is designed for agencies with Pacific strategies, polices and programmes. It would be particularly useful for organisations planning to develop new Pacific Strategies and programmes. The workshop will also be useful for the professional development of managers and policy staff wishing to broaden their analytical skills when focusing on disadvantaged groups.

The Presenters

Sai Lealea is the Principal of SDL Consultancy with qualifications in Public Policy, Economics, Economic History, and Economic Geography. Sai was a Pacific advisor to a number of departments, with 6 years as a ministerial appointee to a crown agency and senior manager in the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. He was also a contract Policy Manager with the Ministry of Social Development.

Holona Lui is a Director of CATALYST Pacific Limited a Learning and Development, Communications company which specialises in cultural diversity. He provides Pacific communications advice and project managed Pacific communications as part of wider national information and awareness raising campaigns. He has also presented and facilitated seminars on communicating and engaging with Pacific peoples.

To register your interest in this workshop contact:

Sai Lealea

E: sai.lealea@sdlconsultancy.com

T: +64 27 249 0472

Holona Lui

E: holona.lui@catalystpacific.co.nz

T: +64 4 938 8183

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Value of Frameworks in Understanding Major Pacific Policy Problems

2011-09-02T13:21:00.003+12:00

by Sai Lealea

A key step in understanding critical social problems affecting Pacific peoples in NZ is the influence of values in shaping behaviour. This is because most intractable social problems are often interwoven with issues of values and unless these are identified and understood, development of responses or mitigating strategies are bound to fail costing governments money. The challenge therefore lay in designing conceptual tools that can assist thinking about social problems and to what extent Pacific values may be influencing behaviour.

For major social problems in Pacific communities a useful tool to assist in diagnosing and mapping key influences and relationships is a Conceptual Framework. Frameworks are well recognised tools that can provide a systematic and rigorous way of thinking about an area of interest, promote comparability across data collections and between sectors.

A conceptual framework can assist map the environment surrounding an area of interest as each identified element can represent a specific area about which information is required. Additionally, such a framework defines the scope of enquiry, marks out important concepts, and organises these into a logical structure showing the key relationships, processes and flows that exist. Successful frameworks are logical in structure, comprehensive but also concise, dynamic and flexible enough to allow for change taking into account other frameworks.

Pacific Analysis Framework

A framework I was involved in developing in the late 1990s was the "Pacific Analysis Framework" (PAF). It is a tool for structuring and analysing policy problems from a Pacific perspective. The framework was closely aligned to the generic policy analysis steps but incorporating a "Pacific Values" element in each of the analysis steps. A companion element of the Framework was the "Consultation Guideline" - a guide on how to consult Pacific communities in developing policies and programmes. Training was provided to government agencies on the Framework and Guideline and it proved very popular and effective in including Pacific perspectives into the policy analysis phase of the public policy development process.

Click here for info on the Pacific Analysis Framework

For major social problems confronting Pacific peoples in NZ, a conceptual framework also allows for the consideration of values as a key element influencing those problems.

Example of a Conceptual Framework - Family & Domestic Violence Conceptual Framework (Australia Bureau of Statistics, 2009)

The above framework was developed as part of the Australian government work in understanding Family and Domestic Violence and for the purpose of capturing data requirements.

Maori Conceptual Framework

In NZ, Maori have also developed a framework to guide the development of policies and programmes to address family violence. A report published in 2004 titled:

"Transforming whanau violence : a conceptual framework : an updated version of the report from the former Second Maori Taskforce on Whanau Violence"

proposed a framework for addressing whanau/family violence based on Maori principles, and discusses how these concepts may be implemented in practice. Colonisation, with its assumption of cultural superiority, is identified as contributing to the incidence of violence amongst Maori families. This report updated the 2002 document from the former Second Maori Taskforce on Whanau Violence. The authors argued that models of practice should be designed by Maori, for Maori, and not dictated by government policy and legislation, or based upon Pakeha conceptual frameworks. Recommendations included a collective approach to violence intervention strategies involving all members of the whanau, and a plan of action for implementing programmes based upon Maori values and principles.

Describing the report, the Chair of the Taskforce said thus:

"This conceptual framework has been developed from the comprehensive and successful experience of Mäori practitioners working in the field of whänau violence. These practitioners identified, discussed and agreed upon the particular characteristics of their practices that have potential to constructively transform violence within whänau, hapü and iwi into behaviours that enhance mauri ora (well-being).

The imperatives of effective practice for the prevention of Mäori whänau violence are taken from practice and advocated in a non-prescriptive way that permits the localisation of responses to violence based on particular whänau, hapü and iwi processes. The imperatives that make up the conceptual framework are the minimum practice requirements for the prevention of whänau violence.

This Mäori conceptual framework assumes the impacts of colonisation as central to the normalisation of whänau violence. This results from the destruction and distortion of whakapapa, tikanga, wairua, tapu, mauri and mana as one consequence of colonisation.

The framework advocates for the development of Mäori therapeutic models that change the way that whänau violence is understood and managed. Very little has worked to stem the tide of whänau violence using mainstream approaches. We must address this issue from the position of a real and practical understanding of the cultural-political impulses which impel Mäori to act."

Click here for a copy of the report on the Maori Conceptual Framework

Towards a Pacific Conceptual Framework

While the above examples outline elements that would also be relevant and applicable in thinking about family violence in Pacific communities, as for Maori, the inclusion of a "Values Element" for each section or area would be critical. This values element would include consideration of concepts and principles such as family, religion, respect, honour, reciprocity, ownership etc.. and how these may influence relationships, processes and behaviour of those involved in family violence.

Understanding these key Pacific values and concepts will in turn enable responses and mitigating strategies and programmes to be developed that specifically targets Pacific peoples caught up in family violence.

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5 Steps to Making Your First Sale as an Affiliate Marketer

2011-04-21T23:35:00.001+12:00

Sai's Comment

This is an interesting and useful piece for all of you keen on becoming Affiliate Marketers. It contains good tips to start with and provide steps to begin slowly, learning about the process along the way.
I found it really useful and in fact followed it very closely when I first started. You could also find it useful. All the best!

5 Steps to Making Your First Sale as an Affiliate Marketer

Written by: Steven Clayton, Guest Blogger

One of the things I get asked a lot is where to begin as an affiliate marketer.

It can all be so overwhelming. There are so many different ways to get traffic, build sites, and pick products to promote (these are the three components of any affiliate marketing effort). In addition, some of these traffic and site building options can be expensive and highly technical, requiring a lot of training and expertise.

My goal in this post is to highlight a way to get started as an affiliate that's relatively easy, risk-free, zero cost, has a great chance to make your first money online, and doesn't require any technical knowledge or experience.

We're going to use ClickBank for our product, a BlogSpot blog for our website, and search engine optimization to get traffic. If you're totally new to search engine optimization and want a very quick introduction, you may want to check out this video.

Step 1 – Find 10 products you're interested in promoting

One of the best parts of being an affiliate for ClickBank is that it's so easy to get started because there are thousands of unique products to promote. Once you have a ClickBank account, go to the Marketplace and browse it to find products that you have an interest in and/or that you or someone you know would buy.
Make a note of the products, including their Pitch Pages and the custom HopLinks you'll use to promote them (you'll get these by clicking the Promote button next to the Marketplace listing). It's a good idea to save this information in a text file on your computer.

Step 2 – Find potential keywords using Google's keyword tool

Go to Google's external keyword tool.
For each product you picked in Step 1, enter the most generic keyword that applies to your product. For example, if you're promoting a product on how to cure tinnitus, use the keyword "tinnitus" and click the Get Keyword Ideas button.
Go over to the Match Type drop down box and select Phrase Match.
Sort the list in descending order of global search volume by clicking on the column Title.
Make a list of any keyword that is between 10000 and 30000 global monthly searches, and that has something to do with your product.
At the end of this step, you'll have 10 lists. Some of these lists may be empty, as it's possible that there won't be any keywords that meet our criteria. We're being very careful about selecting only the ones that will work for us, so have patience and don't get discouraged.

Step 3 – Evaluate the competition for SEO

Now we need to see if it would be possible for us to actually rank in Google for terms that would drive traffic to the product we're going to market. For each keyword identified in Step 2, head over to Google and type the keyword in quotes. For example, if the keyword phrase was "cure tinnitus," you'd type "cure tinnitus" into Google.
You'll see the search results and the words "Results 1-10 of about xx,xxx" on the right hand side. If the xx,xxx number is less than 100,000, move on to the next step. Otherwise, discard this keyword.
Do another Google search by typing inurl:"keyword phrase". For example, for our keyword above it would be inurl:"cure tinnitus". Take a look at the number of results again. If that number is below 1,250, this keyword is a winner. Make a note of it.

Step 4 – Pick the keyword you want to start with and build a BlogSpot blog

We've picked a BlogSpot blog for 2 reasons: it's easy to build a nice-looking site quickly, and blogs rank very well in Google.
In general, pick the keyword phrase that has the highest search volume, the lowest competition numbers from step 3, and seems to be the best fit for someone looking to actually buy your product. There are really no wrong answers here, just go with your instinct using these criteria as a guide.
Build your BlogSpot blog. Sign up and watch the tutorials on how to create content like posts. When setting up your blog, make sure that the blog title is your keyword phrase.
Make sure that the blog address (URL) also contains the keyword phrase you've picked in some way. So in our example, best-tinnitus-cure, my-tinnitus-cure, etc., all work just fine. Dashes are fine anywhere, so with a bit of creativity you should have no trouble coming up with a name that's not been taken.
The goal of your blog is to inform and to sell. Provide valuable content from the Pitch Page of the product, as well as outside resources. Add your HopLink to the actual product using text and possibly images. You can often get images from an affiliate page for the product, which can be found in the product's Vendor Spotlight in the ClickBank Marketplace.
Important: Never make up any information about the product! I encourage you to buy the product or have someone you know purchase the product, so you can give a truthful and accurate opinion of it.
The exact steps to build out the site are too extensive to go into here, but an example should do the trick. Check this page out. It will give you a great idea of what we're after.

Step 5 – Do some link building

Link building is the key to search engine optimization, and the best way to quickly get included in search engine results for the keyword you're targeting.
The process of getting a backlink is a bit different for each option listed below, but you can't go wrong here. The idea is to do three things: get a link to your site, use your keyword phrase in the description or tag when you're using a bookmarking site, use your keyword phrase as the "anchor text" (the text that's clickable…that is the actual link to your site) whenever possible. Don't worry about getting this perfect…any link is better than a perfect link, and you can do no harm!
Blog comment posting is a popular way of getting backlinks. Here's a nice page that explains how to do it.
Social bookmarking can be a great way to build backlinks to your site. Here's a huge list of them! Just set up an account with them and add your site.
Web 2.0 properties like Squidoo, Hubpages, etc. are great places to put up a small amount of content and then to add a backlink to your site. Here's a nice list of these types of sites.
Also take a look at this guest blog post I did previously for other ideas.

Try to build at least 5-10 backlinks every single day! This will give you the quickest results.

Conclusion

The most important part of this process is the keyword research in steps 2 and 3. If you have trouble finding the right keyword phrases for the 10 products you selected, go get 10 more and try again. Have patience. If you stick it out and find the right keywords, the rest will usually take care of itself.

After a while… it could be days, could be weeks, you should show up in the Google search results and people will click on your links to the ClickBank product and you'll make your first money online! Best of luck in your affiliate marketing efforts.

About the author

Steven Clayton and his partner Tim Godfrey are the creators of several best-selling Internet Marketing information products, including Commission Blueprint 2.0, Niche Blueprint, and SEM Business Blueprint. You can get more great advice and information on their blog.

10 best home based business Secrets Revealed!

2010-06-25T22:38:00.000+12:00

Successful Fiji Community Forum for Celebrating Race Relations Day

2010-03-29T23:23:00.002+13:00

March 29, 2010

Just a short note to thank all those that took time out from their very busy schedules to grace us with your presence at the Fiji Community Forum held on Friday, 26 March, at the Johnsonville Community Centre, Wellington.

A SPECIAL big ‘Vinaka’ to Sai Lealea & Lawrence Nair for facilitating the roundtable forum as well as the Friends of Fiji networking. You both brought ‘great leadership , talents & skills’ to the forum. We are indebted to both of you for steering the dialogue in a way that it maintain a momentum of honesty, integrity and respect for all groups present.

There are a few others we would like to thank here and we will list their names below:

Chief Guest John Hayes – National MP for Wairarapa & Chair of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee for a heads up on NZ & Fiji’s relationship

Peter Dunne MP – for donating a ’signed bottle of wine’ to be auctioned.

Charles Chauvel MP - also for donating a ’signed bottle of wine’ for auction

Rose Sinclair & Ieti Tiatia – Statistics NZ for giving us such an indepth knowledge of where Fiji people sit in the wider Pasifika Community

Ms Sonja Gulliver – Te Papa for talking to us about ‘Tapa Skin Project’

Mrs Delta Doyle for sharing your family’s journey when your husband worked in Fiji as a lecturer at Nasinu Teachers’ College
Peter & Glenys Wood for your assistance leading up to the forum & sharing the remarkable story about ‘Imam & the Pastor’.
Christine Teiannang & the Fiji Banaban Community for being there and sharing your stories.

Those leaders from various Fiji Community groups who came with such enthusiasm and participated fully.

Sister Sarto from the Fiji Catholic Community. Sister Josefa Tikomaisolomone for the Wairarapa Fiji Community for giving us an insight in what’s happening in the Wairarapa amongst the Fiji people there.

Rachael Leafe from Massey University and also Dr Teresia Teaiwa from Victoria University for some great feedback on Pacific students progress.

The Task Team for working tirelessly over the last two months to plan the event at zero budget.

Last but not the least, the two bottles of wine donated by our favourite MPs were auctioned at the Friends of Fiji networking social. We were able to raise approx $100 which we used to pay for the hall hire. Thank you Mike Kilioni for beginning the bid with $15.00. Much appreciated.

A report is being drafted and will be tabled after being vetted by the two facilitators, Sai Lealea & Lawrence Nair. Please feel free to email us if you wish to get a copy of the report.

Vinaka

Task Team for Combine ‘Wellington Fiji Community Groups’

Our facilitators Sai Lealea, Lawrence Nair
Semiti & Sera Leqakowailutu, Peter & Glenys Wood, Valencia Mar-Melesia, Adi Elisapeci Samanunu Waqanivalu

Cheap Way to Send Money to Pacific Nations from NZ and Australia

2010-01-27T22:49:00.004+13:00

A joint initiative involving the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Reserve Bank of NZ, World Bank and Westpac Bank has resulted in a cheaper way to send money to Pacific nations compared to other retailers such as Western Union and other casual providers such as travel agencies.

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Basically, the project work has resulted in the operation of a two card system developed by Westpac that allows the receiver of funds in the Pacific to access funds from a NZ account, through ATMs or electronic means at very minimal cost. The card can be bought from Westpac banks and they will provide details of its operation.

Of great help as well is the website: http://www.sendmoneypacific.org which enables you to compare costs, speed and services offered by money remitters (including banks) from Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific. You will note from the website that the Westpac card is cheapest hence greater awareness of these money sending tools will be beneficial to our Pacific remitting community in NZ.

Do pass on this information to all those you know would benefit from it especially those who regularly send money to Pacific nations.

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Scenario Planning for Fiji's Future

2009-12-13T10:38:00.004+13:00

By Sai Lealea - 13 December 2009

In thinking about how Fiji might be able to chart its way out of the present bleak political situation, I thought an exercise in future scenario planning could offer a number of plausible stories that could guide the development of a pathway to stable democratic rule.

Borrowing from the South African "Mont Fleur" experience during the transition from minority white rule, four similar future scenarios emerge that are applicable to Fiji if we project a 10 year future to 2020. The four scenarios provide alternative views of Fiji’s future and identify some significant events, main actors and their motivations and convey how Fiji relates to the world.

The year takes into account the current regime's plan to have elections in 2014 and so the scenarios cover the intention to have in place an "elected" government.

As is the process in future scenario planning, the key question asked of the future scenarios or stories is: How will the plan to return Fiji to democratic rule go and whether the nation will be successful in securing a stable future?

I plan to develop these scenarios further, but in brief the four stories are:

• Extended Interim Regime – no election in 2014 as regime bides its time to effect changes or entrench its rule. Disastrous for the economy and as negative impact bites, unrest will grow so crack down increases. Fiji is further isolated. No end in site.

• New Military Endorsed Government in Power – some form of state sponsored election fraud occurs and government officials, like in Zimbabwe, used as agents and supervised by military personnel already in senior government posts. All law and order and enforcement agencies, FICAC, Crown Law, Justice and Military, Police and Prison service will play an active role in elections, overseen closely by regime figures.

• New Government in Opposition to Current Regime – elected under a “new constitution” it opposed. Begins to reverse current regime’s policies and seek return to previous constitutional order. Sets in place process to prosecute 2006 coup perpetrators. Inherits a collapsed economy and citizens’ demand for relief increase manifold. Overseas aid and assistance provide some relief but is insufficient. Increase in social expenditure only bleeds the economy further. Military intervention highly likely using the widespread suffering and chaos as an excuse.

• Return to Democratic Rule is Successful via a Negotiated Settlement – Military returns to Camp. All the regime’s decrees and policies to be reviewed and those of merit to be extended. An exercise in national reconciliation and healing akin to a Truth Commission is put in place and facilitated by neutral external experts. Question of Immunity be subject to national referendum including the future of Fiji’s military and promulgation of any new constitution after a constitutional review. Regional and international partners drafted in to provide security where required especially in lead up to referendum and national election. Economy starts to mend and slowly takes off.

There are clearly three dark prophecies that are plausible futures for Fiji. The last one does offer hope and no doubt presents a possible way ahead. As part of story telling, these 4 stories could be refined further and shared widely for feedback and discussion.

At this stage, the intention should not necessarily be about making a choice but refining the scenarios and testing the assumptions and driving factors involved.

Ideally it would be great to have the means to engage and bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to flesh out the four scenarios and further consult widely before publishing the stories in Fiji and abroad. To this end, I have written to various potential partners in the hope sponsorship could be secured for this work to take place.

Policy Training Workshop on Pasifika Perspectives

2009-11-10T11:39:00.004+13:00

Pasifika Perspectives in Policy

UNDERSTANDING PASIFIKA PEOPLES FOR GOOD OUTCOMES

About the Workshop

Public sector agencies face increasing calls to maximise the impact of their policy interventions, especially for hard to reach groups. Pasifika peoples make up a significant segment of that target group and are an increasingly important proportion of New Zealand’s younger population.

The best way of lifting the quality and effectiveness of policy outcomes is to ensure Pasifika perspectives are incorporated in the thinking and analysis phases of the public policy process. This workshop provides the knowledge and frameworks for exactly that.

The course begins with the important historical and constitutional features of Pasifika peoples and their transition to New Zealand. It identifies the important Pasifika values and concepts that underpin their communities. And it offers a practical step by step guide to incorporate these values and concepts into the policy process. Throughout the day insights and practical tips are offered in understanding Pasifika values and practices. The workshop will be highly interactive with a blend of presentations, case studies and practical application.

The Presenters, Sai Lealea and Holona Lui, collectively bring more than 20 years experience in public sector policy development, consultation and engagement with Pasifika peoples. They are knowledgeable about the Pasifika community and both are experienced in facilitating and delivering training workshops.

For

Public Sector staff [incl managers, analysts and policy advisers] with an active role in public policy development

Workshop Objectives

On completion of this course participants will understand important Pasifika values and concepts and how these impact on:

defining policy problems
setting relevant goals and objectives
developing effective solutions
engaging effectively with Pasifika peoples, and
how Pasifika social structures might impact on service delivery.

Topics

The benefits of incorporating Pasifika perspectives in Policy Analysis
Historical and Constitutional context
Demographic drivers and key outcome indicators for Pasifika peoples
Understanding important Pasifika values and concepts
Incorporating Pasifika perspectives in the step-by-step policy analysis process
Engaging Pasifika peoples in the policy process
Practical applications through case studies

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Fiona Tomuri
Workshop Administrator
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Focusing on Strengths not Problems

2009-11-06T21:20:00.000+13:00

posted on: myriam-musing.blogspot.com

Whether facilitating a group or developing a learning program, where should we focus the bulk of our attention - areas of strength or areas that fall short of the ideal? Most of us are well conditioned to believe that if we focus on problems and areas requiring improvement, this will actually help us perform better.

The sad truth is that only 32% of workers have the opportunity to do their best. (Gallup, US Survey, circa 2007). Research by Professor Emeritus Ron Lippitt (Univ. of Michigan) showed that when work groups focus on problems, two things occur. First they become more depressed, and secondly, they focus their energy on how to avoid pain rather than how to creatively move towards what they desire. As facilitators and instructors, we would do well to heed these learnings and adopt strategies that build on strengths and what's working.

Focusing on the Positive Core

Would you ask people to focus the bulk of their energy and effort on what they do worst as a strategy for highest return on investment? Rather, use Appreciative Inquiry to discover what works and areas of strength, and find ways to transfer these learnings to areas requiring improvement, in order to move towards the desired future.
When we operate from our strengths, we are often in the 'flow' (or for atheletes, the 'zone'). We become more confident, focused, and creative; we lose track of time and are generally inspired to produce better results, faster.
We're happier when we can operate from our strengths, yet according to Gallup only 32% of employees have the opportunity to do so. Imagine the latent potential that can be tapped with more inspired, confident, and powerfully effective people on your team! ,
Focusing on people's strengths benefits the organization and the people who work there. Leverage this power by focusing your facilitation and learning programs so that people can refine and expand their inherent talents and abilities, rather than on the Training painful ‘areas of improvement’.

Fiji Facilitators Undergo Training in Civic Education

2009-10-28T14:36:00.003+13:00

Facilitators ready to promote civic education
www.fijisun.com.fj - 11/2/2009

The training of community Civic Education Facilitators (CEFs) in the Western and Northern Division marks the beginning of outreach activities to local communities in Fiji.One hundred participants from eight partner Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) were trained in areas of democracy, democratic governance, human rights and constitutionalism for three weeks, in Nadi and Labasa.
A session is planned for the Central and Eastern Division later this month. With the acquired knowledge and skills, CEFs are now ready to carry out civic education outreach activities to local communities.

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This is in a neutral and impartial manner after completing the National Initiative on Civic Education (NICE) training.
NICE is a project on civic education, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the Government of Fiji and supported by NZAID and the European Union.
UNDP Resident Representative, Knut Ostby, emphasises the importance of awareness on essential matters.
"Civic education activities carried out in these communities are crucial for promoting democracy and in helping to build a culture of civic responsibility among citizens.
The knowledge and skills acquired from the training are meant to assist civic education facilitators from partner CSOs. They will share knowledge and raise awareness on issues of democracy and democratic governance for people's participation in decision making processes at local and national level," Mr. Ostby said.
CSOs which will conduct civic education exercises are the Fiji Muslim League, TISI Sangam, Shree Sangam Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji, Methodist Church, Catholic Women's League, Soqosoqo Vakamarama, Fiji Disabled People's Association and Transparency International.
UNDP is providing a grant of FJD $463,360 to the CSOs.
The NICE project is a three-year project which started in 2008. The project focuses on community civic education and advocacy for citizen participation.

Fiji and Commonwealth

2009-10-22T19:40:00.001+13:00

Conversation Event on Fiji

Fiji and the Commonwealth

Title: Conversation Event on Fiji
Location: Wellington, New Zealand; Venue: Level 2, James Smith Building, Cuba st, Wellington

Description: Organized by: Luvei Viti Think Tank Social group @ My Victoria & Fiji Truth Commission Movement

All are invited to a Commonwealth Conversation Forum with Fiji as the main Focus. The thrust of the discussion will be “Fiji & the Commonwealth : Where to from here!”
Date: 2009-10-23

The programme for the event will be as follows, pending minor changes.

2.30pm – Welcome
Short DVD on Commonwealth Conversation
Speech Sai Lealea [also facilitator]
Speech by Exec Officer CID
Short DVD on Fiji
Poem on Fiji
Speech by Trade Aid NZ about their links with Fiji & the Pacific
Open Forum/Plenary session
Wrap -up
Reflections on Fiji ‘dvd’
End

Pacific Interactions - October 2008

2008-10-30T21:41:00.000+13:00

Pasifika in NZ - NZ in Pasifika

Pacific interactions: Pasifika in New Zealand, New Zealand in Pasifika (edited by Alastair Bisley)

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to many people and institutions for helping with the Pasifika Project, and with its publication. Andrew Ladley, then Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, invited me to develop a topic for what became the Public Service Chief Executives Emerging Issues Programme, and endorsed the topic I suggested. Nicola White, then on the staff of the Institute of Policy Studies, helped me to get the project under way. Gary Hawke, as Head of the School of Government, and Jonathan Boston, the current Director of the Institute, have both in different ways supported the project. Chief executives of the New Zealand public service allocated funding to the project through their Emerging Issues Programme, and several government
departments offered additional and specific help. The Department of Labour, the Ministry of Economic Development, The Treasury, and the Ministry of Social Development all gave financial support to particular papers, as did the Pacific Security Fund. Statistics New Zealand offered technical advice and free access to its data, and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs also assisted. The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research contributed funding from its annual budget for public good projects.

The authors of the papers of which this book consists – Paul Callister, Robert Didham, Jean-Pierre de Raad, Mark Walton, Richard Bedford, Bob Warner, John Gibson, Karen Nero, and Michael Moriarty – have given life to the project, and remained engaged through what turned out to be a lengthy process. They undertook with panache the additional task of presenting their material to the Thought Leaders Dialogue in Auckland. I owe a special debt to Paul Callister and Robert Didham who perceived the need for a demographic survey of the Pacific population in New Zealand, and provided the project with one as an unrequited gift. Some others made special contributions to various papers: Geua Boe-Gibson prepared the GIS maps for the chapter on the Pacific economies and Viliami Tupou Futuna Liava’a contributed field research to the chapter on mobility. Leni Hunter, Cluny Macpherson, Caren Rangi, Tofilau Kerupi Tavita, and Josephine Tiro met as a group to offer advice for the chapter on Pacific peoples’ participation in the New Zealand economy.

The members of the Project Steering Group were David Bartle, Ministry of Economic Development; Paul Callister, Institute of Policy Studies; Gareth Chaplin, The Treasury; Vincent Galvin, Statistics New Zealand; Arthur Grimes, Motu; Leni Hunter, Reserve Bank of New Zealand; Sai Lealea, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs; Cluny Macpherson, Massey University; Brian Smythe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Tofilau Kerupi Tavita, Department of Labour; and John Yeabsley, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. They brought knowledge and expertise to the project, and gave generous amounts of their time. Several members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade helped me with appointments, hospitality, and advice when I visited Samoa, Fiji, and New Caledonia in the course of the project – especially John Adank, Mike Green, and Belinda Brown. I am grateful to them for their insights and to the various people I met during my Pacific Interactions visits, including in particular Greg Urwin, then Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, who discussed the project with me on more than one occasion, and opened the Thought Leaders Dialogue in Auckland. A large number of people, some of whom travelled to New Zealand for the purpose, commented on the papers and joined in panels to discuss them at the Wellington Symposium and the Thought Leaders Dialogue: Brenda Heather-Latu, Wadan Narsey, Brian Easton, Geoff Bertram and Dennis Rose in Wellington; and in Auckland Linda Aumua, Sefita Haouli, Chris Sola, Paul Muller, Sai Lealea, Viliamu Sio, Hon Lisiate ‘Akolo, Manjula Luthria, Andrew Stoler, Chris Cocker,. Mary Anne Thompson, Brenda Heather-Latu, Graham Fortune, Geoff Dangerfield, Colin Tukuitonga, and Alan Williams. Around 300 representatives of the Pacific community in Auckland also attended and offered their views on the papers and the issues that they dealt with. Barbara Gillespie and Maureen Revell have both at different times helped with the administration of the project, including by arranging a symposium in Wellington and the Thought Leaders Dialogue in Auckland at which its results were presented. Belinda Hill has edited the text of the book. The Department of Labour funded and organised the Thought Leaders Dialogue.

There are three people to whom I owe particular thanks. The first is Cluny Macpherson, who was kind enough to let me show him an early version of the project proposal from which this book has emerged. From then on, he has contributed more of his time and his extensive knowledge than I could reasonably have expected. The second is Tofilau Kerupi Tavita, who not only assisted as a member of the Steering Group but also suggested, masterminded and, with his team, sustained the Thought Leaders Dialogue. The third is John Yeabsley, that fountain of intellectual and practical advice, who encouraged me when I flagged and re-framed my ideas when they wandered into vacuity.

Alastair Bisley

Wellington, October 2008

October 2008 publication

The growth of the Pacific communities in New Zealand has fundamentally changed its relations with the island countries of the Pacific. This project studies the shift in the nature of New Zealand's relationship with Pasifika that more than 50 years of immigration has brought about. At the end of the Second World War the Pacific community in New Zealand was around 2,000. By the 2006 census, it numbered just under 266,000, or around 7 per cent of the population – large enough to be significant in New Zealand's economy, politics and culture.

This book derives from a series of papers written for the Pasifika Project, which was conducted under the auspices of what is now called the Emerging Issues Programme, a programme public service chief executives set up to fund research into complex and cross-cutting issues of key importance to the state services.

The book consists of six chapters, which fall into four rough groupings. Two discuss the Pacific peoples in New Zealand; two analyse the flows of people, money, and goods between New Zealand and Pasifika and the regimes under which these occur; one (written by TheCIE's Bob Warner) is about ways of considering economic growth in the Pacific Island countries; and the last reflects on the borders across which money, goods, people and ideas all flow, and the way these borders are managed.

Mr Warner's chapter assesses the priority that Pacific Island economies should give to alternative approaches to economic integration, including regional amd multilateral trade agreements and presents a framework for thinking about temporary labour migration schemes.

Creative New Zealand Draft Strategic Plan for 2007-2010.

2008-10-29T19:15:00.001+13:00

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

CNZ has appointed an external reference group to provide independent feedback on the draft plan, consisting of Jenny Harper, Liz Civil, Sai Lealea, Roger King, Anna Kominik.

The Draft Strategic Plan identifies four strategic priorities

1. New Zealand Communities are Engaged with their Arts

"This priority is focussed specifically on communities and their participation in the arts. It acknowledges that through the strong foundation of communities and the arts, both the overall arts sector and communities will be healthier."

2. Development of Quality New Zealand Arts and Artists

"This strategic priority aims to ensure that New Zealand artists develop the quality of their work, reach their potential and move the arts forward."

3. Development of Quality New Zealand Arts and Artists

"This priority aims to give New Zealanders in metropolitan and provincial centres regular opportunities to access high quality diverse arts experiences."

4. International Success for New Zealand Arts

"International success for New Zealand arts, artists, producers and arts organisations does not tend to happen spontaneously, but is generally the result of a long-term commitment to achieving success for New Zealand arts internationally."

Feedback on the plan is due by Wednesday 7 March. CNZ has appointed an external reference group to provide independent feedback on the draft plan, consisting of Jenny Harper, Liz Civil, Sai Lealea, Roger King, Anna Kominik.

Pacific Housing Research 2007

2007-08-30T22:43:00.003+12:00

Pacific Housing Experiences:

Developing Trends and Issues

http://www.chranz.co.nz/pdfs/pacific-housing-experiences-report.pdf

PREPARED BY

Koloto & Associates Ltd/

New Zealand Institute of Economic

Research/Gray Matter Research Ltd

FOR THE

Centre for Housing Research,

Aotearoa New Zealand

AND

The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

AUGUST 2007

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the goodwill, support and contributions of many people, which helped made this research possible.

• Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand and Ministry of Pacific

Islands Affairs (MPIA)

The study was made possible with funding from the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) and the Ministry of Pacific Islands Affairs (MPIA). We thank Terrence Aschoff, CHRANZ Manager, and Sai Lealea, Director of Monitoring and Governance, MPIA, for their ongoing support of the research consortium during the duration of this study.

We would also like to thank the reviewers from other Government agencies who gave up time to provide constructive feedback on the first draft of this final report.

• Research Participants and Communities

Special appreciation goes to the 211 Pacific participants who made time to share their experiences, thoughts and ideas, without which this study would not have been possible. We also acknowledge the various community groups and individuals in Whangarei, Auckland, Tokoroa, Wellington and Christchurch who assisted with catering and the organisation of the community fono.

• Research Consortium

Our thanks also go to the members of the research consortium - Alison Gray from Gray Matter Research Limited; Ian Duncan, Jean-Pierre de Raad and Alice Wang from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research; and the research team from Koloto and Associates Ltd – ‘Alisi Numia Katoanga, Takinga-Iva Singsam, Christina Atoa Tapu, Tupae Pepe, Moetagi Fakaalofa, Rennie Douglas, Losaline Tuivakano, Fuaao Stowers and Siniva Talaga, and the administration staff, Emosi Koloto and Semisi Koloto.

Thank you all for your commitments to this research project.

Dr ‘Ana Hau’alofa’ia Koloto

Co-Director

KOLOTO & ASSOCIATES LTD

NZ Presentation to UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

2007-08-27T17:58:00.000+12:00

31 July 2007

New Zealand opening statement to the Committee

http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/1-Global-Issues/Human-Rights/0-cerdjuly07.php

Ambassador Don MacKay, New Zealand Permanent Representative to the

United Nations, Geneva

Mr Chairman,

On behalf of the New Zealand Government, it is my pleasure to present New Zealand’s 15th, 16th and 17th consolidated report under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

New Zealand takes very seriously the issues raised in our report and is committed to a constructive and substantive dialogue with the Committee. As a demonstration of this commitment, a very strong delegation has travelled to Geneva to engage with the Committee on a wide range of areas of responsibility and expertise. The delegation members are:

Dr John Tamahori, Chief Advisor, Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development)
Mr Sai Lealea, Director, Monitoring & Governance, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Mr Mervin Singham, Chief Director, Office of Ethnic Affairs
Ms Virginia Hardy, Treaty of Waitangi and International Law Team Leader, Crown Law Office
Ms Benesia Smith, Policy Manager, Ministry of Justice
Mr Ben Paki, Chief Analyst, Te Puni Kōkiri
Ms Shilinka Smith, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Ethnic Affairs
In addition, we are supported by Amy Laurenson, Second Secretary in the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva.

The breadth of expertise on the delegation responds to the Committee’s observations in 2002 that we should broaden the dialogue with the Committee, in particular that our presentation should give more attention to the enjoyment of rights by persons who identify with the broader range of ethnic minorities in New Zealand. We trust the Committee will take advantage of the broad representation on the delegation to have a wide ranging discussion on issues relevant to contemporary New Zealand in the context of the periodic report.

This is a large delegation for New Zealand and accordingly we hope to have the most substantial dialogue possible with the Committee, including on issues that may be sensitive and complex.

We are also pleased that the New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner, Mr Joris de Bres, is able to be present at this session and that he proposes to deliver a short intervention to the Committee as a representative of New Zealand’s national human rights institution, the Human Rights Commission. We would like to also acknowledge and welcome the presence here today of representatives from our civil society, including spokespersons for iwi and hapu that have submitted independent material to the Committee, all of whom have travelled a long way to observe the proceedings of this Committee.

Background

Throughout the period under review, the Government has continued to work to eliminate discrimination based on colour, religion, race or ethnic or national origin. New Zealand law specifically prohibits racial discrimination, and there continues to be a strong and active government commitment to the promotion of racial harmony.

Consistent with article 1, paragraph 4, of the Convention, successive Governments have held strongly that there must be equality of social and economic opportunity in New Zealand. Only thus can a fair society be sustained, free of any form of racial discrimination, and acknowledging diversity as a strength. The government-wide policy of reducing inequalities was a platform in the period under review for pursuing both social and economic initiatives in order to reduce disadvantage and promote equality of opportunity in New Zealand.

While the task of reducing inequalities continues, good progress has been made and is detailed in this report.

In New Zealand, like every other nation, there are isolated instances of racially motivated harassment. The perpetrators of such actions do not represent the vast majority of New Zealanders to whom racial discrimination is abhorrent. New Zealand has a strong history of confronting and resolving issues in race relations in a non-violent and constructive way. We seek constructive long-term engagement to provide lasting solutions. The New Zealand Government sees the open discussion of problems in race relations as a sign of a free and democratic society in which debate is encouraged and protest is a right.

In particular, the New Zealand Government welcomes debate on the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in the constitution. The recognition of equal rights for Māori, and special protection for Māori interests, on the one hand and the creation of a single legal system on the other are at the heart of the commitments exchanged under the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840. Accordingly, while Māori enjoy special recognition in many areas as a result of the Treaty of Waitangi, that special recognition is provided within the structure of the government and legal system as a whole.

New Zealand continues to monitor closely its performance in respect of key social indicators. Ethnic disparities in many areas are the subject of on-going concern and action. These include health, education and housing, as well as rates of offending and imprisonment. Information on such matters is readily accessible via government websites, and other publications, and openly debated in central and local government as well as wider civil society. The solutions for entrenched social problems often involve a range of different interventions by government, as well as communities themselves, and may take years to achieve tangible results.

The report

The report covers the period from 1 January 2000 to 22 December 2005. Amongst other things, it addresses the issues raised by Committee during our last comprehensive dialogue in 2002.

This report, like New Zealand’s previous reports, sets the context in which issues of elimination, prevention and remedy in respect of all forms of racial discrimination are addressed. Inter alia, it describes efforts to improve the social, economic and cultural situation of Māori, including relevant developments in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi. It includes comment on the situation of Pacific peoples and other ethnic groups within New Zealand society. Quantitative information is also provided to help illustrate developments over the reporting period. Much of this information is based on statistics from the 2001 Census, although more recent statistics have been used when possible.

In addition, in response to the Committee’s request at its 66th session in February 2005, the report contains an update on the implementation of the Foreshore and Seabed Act. The Committee already has before it the submission and supporting material that New Zealand submitted to the Committee in 2005 regarding this Act, under its Early-Warning and Urgent Action Procedure.

The current periodic report should be read alongside New Zealand’s core document, the most updated version of which was circulated in October last year.

To assist the Committee further, we have also provided a comprehensive written response to the list of issues posed by the country rapporteur for New Zealand. We have also provided an update document on developments in New Zealand relevant to the Convention since December 2005.

We hope the additional material, which presents an up-to-date picture of the context in which today’s discussion takes place, will be useful to the Committee. It is consistent with the value we place on this opportunity to again engage in a constructive dialogue with the Committee.

I will shortly give the floor to members of the New Zealand delegation to individually comment with regard to the questions posed in the List of Issues that fall within their respective areas of expertise. Before doing so, I should like to make a few brief general comments and to highlight a number of positive developments since the presentation of our last report.

General context

New Zealand is a rapidly changing democratic society in the South Pacific. As the Committee knows, New Zealand is a unitary parliamentary democracy with a single national government and legal system. It is a multicultural nation where a significant number of people value their combined Māori and non-Māori ancestry.

The 2006 census results show that ethnic diversity in New Zealand is actually increasing:

European: 2,609,592 (67.6%)

Māori: 565,329 (14%)

Asian: 354,552 (9.2%)

Pacific: 265,974 (6.6%)

A further 11.1% described themselves simply as “New Zealander”, the first time that category has been recorded. The fastest growing group over the past five years was people who identified as Asian (which increased by almost 50%), followed by those who identified as Pacific (which grew by 14.7%) and those who identified as Māori (which grew by 7.4%).

The Core Document contains detailed information on the different age profiles of ethnic populations in New Zealand in respect of the statistics available at the time the report was submitted. It is important to be aware of these differences and, in particular, the relative youth of Māori and Pacific populations. These different age profiles are an important factor in explaining some of the differences in the many political and socio-economic statistics presented in this report.

Positive Developments

There are many positive developments to note in the New Zealand report and updated material, some of which I would like to briefly highlight:

Opportunity for All New Zealanders, a summary statement of the Government's vision for New Zealand and its people, and strategies to improve social outcomes, was released in December 2004. It was developed in response to indicators of social wellbeing, particularly those included in the annual Social Report. The Social Report covers trends in a range of indicators across ten domains, including health, paid work, cultural identity and social connectedness, the report uses data disaggregated by ethnicity as far as possible. ‘Opportunities for All’ remains an important document at both national and regional level, while the Government’s three over-arching themes of Families Young and Old, Economic Transformation and National Identity are indicative of the Government’s high level priorities (further information is in paragraphs 86-7 of the report)
There are a number of new policies, programmes and services specifically designed to improve outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples, who tend to be disproportionately represented on a range of health, education and well-being measures. These include strategies and plans designed to reduce disparities in health and educational outcomes, including “Whakatakaka Tuarua: the Māori Health Action Plan”, the “Pacific Health and Disability Action Plan”, the “Māori Education strategy” and the “Pasifika Education Plan”, all of which are outlined in paragraphs 101-146 of the report.
Māori economic development has also been significant, with a larger share of the Māori workforce in high skilled occupations and an increase in specific interest in agribusiness, fisheries and forestry. In 2005 Maori met to examine the achievements of economic and social targets set out at the national Hui Taumata in 1983. The consequence of that examination was to establish a taskforce of industry, unions and Maori leaders to address a series of projects approved to maintain earlier momentum.
The Pacific Prosperity Strategy which focuses on realising the economic potential of Pacific peoples in New Zealand has resulted in the development of the Pacific Economic Action Plan and Pacific Women's Economic Development Plan as two key initiatives currently being implemented across government to provide a platform for Pacific prosperity and economic self-sufficiency (further information is in paragraphs 41-43 of the report).
There have been many positive changes in Māori and Pacific employment and average earnings. And more women who identify as Māori, Pacific or with other ethnic groups are in paid employment.
The Connecting Diverse Communities programmes coordinates new and existing initiatives aimed at strengthening intercultural relationships; addressing discrimination and promoting respect; improving connections with cultural identity; capacity building and building the knowledge base. Some concrete initiatives initiated by Office of Ethnic Affairs include: an intercultural communications training package, a Building Bridges programme to facilitate engagement between Muslim and host communities; a research project with Statistics New Zealand to improve the quality and quantity of research about ethnic communities and cultural connection events such as ethnic soccer tournaments and participation by ethnic minorities in New Zealand’s largest Polynesian festival, Polyfest (refer paragraphs 47 and 49 of the report and to the written response to the country rapporteur’s question 24).
An increase in the number of Members of Parliament who identify as being Māori, Pacific Island or Asian. The 2005 election resulted in 17.4% of Members identifying as Māori (21 of a total of 121). Seven were elected through the reserved Māori seats and the others through the ‘general’ seats or party lists. In addition, three MPs identified as Pacific and two as Asian following both the 2002 and 2005 elections (report para 190-191). The figures are slightly changed in 2007 with twenty Maori MPs (following the retirement of one Maori MP) and four of Pacific Island Descent. Six Māori MPs (2 inside Cabinet, 4 outside) hold Ministerial positions and one Pacific MP is a Minister outside Cabinet. As noted in the Race Relations Commissioner’s 2006 report, the appointment of current Governor-General (the Queen’s representative in New Zealand) Hon Anand Satyanand, who traces his origins to Fiji and India, symbolised the multicultural nature of contemporary New Zealand.
Improved policies to address the disparities and improve outcomes for all women, recognising that women in New Zealand are not an homogenous group but have different experiences, needs and priorities; for example Project Mauriora aims to build the capacity of Māori practitioners to provide culturally appropriate interventions in situations of family violence (refer to paragraphs 73-78 of the report and to New Zealand’s 6th report to CEDAW, to be presented in New York on 3 August).
The NZ Settlement Strategy provides a government-wide framework within which policy and services may be developed to ensure that migrants and refugees successfully adapt to life in New Zealand, including: access to appropriate employment; responsive services; English and language support; participation in civic and social activities, supportive social networks and feel safe expressing their identity. Current Office of Ethnic Affairs’ activities that contribute to these goals include: telephone interpreting services, supporting ethnic media that provide information about rights and services to ethnic communities in their own languages, and facilitating networks for social participation of women, youth and senior citizens, as well as training for communities to actively participate in civic society including exercising their rights (further information is in paragraphs 123, 46 and 49 of the report).
The reform of Social assistance under the Ministry of Social Development’s Future Directions Project, which includes a Working for Families package to help families have enough income to raise their children and have a decent standard of living. As Māori and Pacific peoples are over-represented in the population of working-age benefit recipients and have lower annual median incomes than other New Zealanders, the Future Directions Project reforms and sustainable employment initiatives should have a significant positive impact on these communities (further information is in paragraphs 82-83 of the report).
The Māori Language Survey results released just last week show significant increases in the number of Māori adults who can speak, read, write and understand Māori (Māori Language Survey, July 2007, www.tpk.govt.nz). Māori television is on-air and last week the Minister of Māori Affairs welcomed the launch of a second channel, which, from 2008, will be dedicated to Māori language during prime time to ensure a continuing Māori language presence in the digital environment.
The Ministry for Pacific Island Affairs initiated the ‘Mind your Language Project’ to help build the critical mass of Pacific peoples able to hold an every day conversation in their mother tongue (further information is in paragraphs127-9 of the report).
The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs continues to add value to government policy development through the provision of analytical tools and facilitation of community networks for including Pacific perspectives into policy proposals and service delivery to improve outcomes and ensure agency effectiveness in reducing inequalities for Pacific peoples in New Zealand (further information is in paragraphs 41-43 of the report).
The Office of Ethnic Affairs, established in 2001 as part of the Department of Internal Affairs, supports New Zealand’s first ministerial portfolio for Ethnic Affairs (as contrasted with Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, which advise on issues relating to Maori and Pacific peoples respectively). The Government’s first instruction to this Office was to develop a framework that assists government agencies to ensure ethnic people’s needs are incorporated into policy and service delivery. The Office of Ethnic Affairs monitors implementation of the framework and now offers on-going training (further information is in paragraphs 44-50 of the report).
A full-time independent Race Relations Commissioner within the national human rights institution, with staff in three centres in New Zealand. The Race Relations Commissioner, who is with us today, provides education and information resources, advice and leadership on race relations issues, deals with complaints and enquiries from individuals and groups, including through a dispute resolution service (further information is in paragraphs 215-220 of the report).

Concluding observations on 12th-14th reports, 2002

In its concluding observations of the presentation of New Zealand’s 12th-14th reports in 2002, the Committee recommended that our current report be an updating report and that it address the points raised in the 2002 concluding observations. For ease of reference, pages 5-7 of the current report indicate the relevant paragraphs that respond to the Committee’s earlier recommendations. I would like to highlight several of those:

The Committee invited New Zealand to give priority attention to the continuing disadvantages that Māori, Pacific and other ethnic communities face. Addressing such disparities is a priority for New Zealand and information on approaches to do so is a recurring theme in the report under sections that address health, education, housing, criminal justice and social services. In addition, representatives from Te Puni Kōkiri, Pacific Island Affairs and the Office of Ethnic Affairs are with us to provide perspectives on these issues.
The Committee recommended that New Zealand provide more information on measures taken to comply with Article 4 of the Convention, including information on the proscription of racist organisations and modalities for dealing with complaints. Such information can be found in paragraphs 179-187 and 224-229 of the report. Additional information is also provided in our written response to the country rapporteur’s questions concerning Article 4.
In response to the Committee’s concern at the low representation of Māori women in a number of key sectors and their particular vulnerability to domestic violence, I refer the Committee to paragraphs 75-76 and 78 of the report, including further information on how the government is improving the outcomes for women through appropriate strategies such as the above-referred Project Mauriora. I would also refer the Committee to New Zealand’s 6th report to CEDAW, which New Zealand will present to that Committee in New York this Friday.
In response to the Committee’s concern about the limited information in New Zealand’s previous report on the enjoyment of rights by ethnic minorities other than Māori, we hope that the further information provided throughout the current report and the representation at this session of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs and the Office of Ethnic Affairs, and the participation of the Race Relations Commissioner, will address that concern.
The Committee was concerned that, despite measures taken to reduce the incidence and causes of crime within the Māori and Pacific communities, there remained a high representation of Māori and Pacific peoples in correctional facilities. The report’s paragraphs 153-172 respond to this concern. In addition, we have provided further information in our written response to the country rapporteur’s question 15. Representatives from Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs may also share information with the Committee on developments and challenges in their respective communities.
Information on action plans and measures that take into account the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action can be found in paragraphs 13-15 of the report and also in the report ‘Race Relations in 2006’, published by the Human Rights Commission, which the Race Relations Commissioner has submitted to the Committee.
The Committee recommended that New Zealand’s reports be made readily available to the public from the time of their submission and public release, and that the Committee’s concluding observations should be similarly publicised. The Ministry published this information booklet in 2003, which contains, inter alia, the summary record of our previous session and the Committee’s concluding observations. The booklet is also available online. New Zealand’s latest periodic report is available, and has been since its submission, on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the written response to the country rapporteur’s list of issues will be posted on the Ministry’s website.

Response to List of Issues

We will respond as best we can in the time available in this opening segment to the questions posed in the List of Issues. Given the time constraints, we will rely on the comprehensive written response and update document that you now have before you. Broadly, the delegation will respond to the questions in five segments over the next 45 minutes as follows:

Questions relating to Article 4 will be addressed by the representative of the Ministry of Justice.
The representative from Te Puni Kōkiri will address several of the country rapporteur’s questions that concern Maori development and culture.
The representative from the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs will provide an additional perspective to those of the country rapporteur’s questions that are relevant to the experiences of Pacific Peoples.
The representative from the Office of Ethnic Affairs will address those questions that relate to the experiences of other ethnic groups, including migrants; and
questions relating to the constitutional status of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Foreshore and Seabed Act will be addressed by the representative from the Crown Law Office.

Conclusion

Mr Chairman, we hope to have a broad ranging discussion touching upon all race relations issues relevant to contemporary New Zealand and, accordingly, we hope that Committee members will take this opportunity to pose questions taking into account the range of domestic agencies and areas of expertise represented here today on the New Zealand delegation.

PACIFIC PEOPLES & THE TREATY OF WAITANGI

2006-11-17T22:21:00.000+13:00

Va’aomanu Pasifika – Pacific & Samoan Studies, Victoria University &

Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

In association with the Human Rights Commission

Cordially invites you to a Symposium on

“ PACIFIC PEOPLES & THE TREATY OF WAITANGI ”

To be held on Friday 17^th November 2006

From 12.15pm – 4pm

At Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House, Lambton Quay, Wellington

Chaired by Sai Lealea

(Director Monitoring, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs)

* Lunch provided *

Human Rights and the Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty is our nation’s principal founding document. It is regarded as a framework for relations between the Crown and Rangatira, both as to matters of process and as to expected outcomes. In New Zealand we also have a Bill of Rights, and a Human Rights Act protecting the rights of all people.
Some questions for Pacific people include:

What is the relationship between the Treaty and human rights?
How does the Treaty influence the relationship between Pacific Peoples and the Crown?
How does the Treaty influence the relationship between Pacific Peoples and Rangatira?
What are the issues for Pacific People? For example, how does the Treaty protect Pacific rights and responsibilities and, Pacific concerns in areas of health, education, justice, the delivery of social services, language, culture, international relations, local government, and employment?

Key Note Speakers

Garry Nicholas (General Manager , Toi Maori; Te Atiawa, Ngati Ruanui)

Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin (Senior Lecturer, Samoan Studies, Victoria University)

Apii Rongo-Raea, (Advisor Engagement, Business Management & Strategic Thinking)

Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni (Deputy Director & Lecturer, Pacific Studies, Auckland University)

Rosslyn Noonan (Chief Human Rights Commissioner)

Vaaomanu Pasifika

Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Social and Economic Prosperity for Pacific People

Programme

12.15pm	OpeningPiri Sciascia & Tupuola Malifa
12.20pm	IntroductionChairperson
12.25pm	Speaker 1: Tangata Whenua – Tangata PasifikaGarry Nicholas
12.45pm	Speaker 2: The Pacific Experience in Aotearoa-NZ: A Personal ViewGalumalemana Alfred Hunkin
1.05pm	LUNCH
1.40pm	Speaker 3: Pacific Community & The TreatyApii Rongo-Raea
2.00pm	Speaker 4: The Place of Pacific People in Aotearoa-NZ: Exploring Constitutional IssuesDr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni
2.20pm	Speaker 5: An Overview of the Human Rights Commission’s Te Mana I Waitangi ProjectRosslyn Noonan
2.40pm	Group discussions
3.00pm	Plenary discussionFacilitated by Chairperson
3.50 pm	Concluding commentsHost representatives
4.00pm	Closing

For catering purposes, please RSVP to: Narlene Ioane by 12noon Wednesday 15th November 2006

Treaty@hrc.co.nz

or Phone 04-473 998

Victoria University Pacific Studies Workshop on Fiji and Solomons

2005-11-15T23:18:00.000+13:00

Workshop

Two-Day Workshop on Fiji and Solomon Islands sponsored by Institute of Geography, Politics and International Relations Programme and the Programme in Pacific Studies, 6 Kelburn Parade Seminar Room

29 August, General Introduction

8:30am-9:00am: Registration
9:15am: Opening Remarks: Rod Alley, Warwick Murray, Teresia Teaiwa
9:30am: John Henderson (POLS, Canterbury)
· 10:00am: Shane Cave (Transparency International)
10:45am: TEA BREAK

29 August, Fiji: Reviews and Previews

11:00am: Sai Lealea (Ministry of Pacific Islands Affairs): "Understanding Fijian aspirations for Fiji in terms of a Strong State Ideology"
11:30am: Doug Munro (VUW, Stout Centre): "The Collapse of the National Bank of Fiji as a Governance Issue"
12:00pm: Sue Carswell (Ministry of Justice): "The socio-economy of smallholder sugar cane farms in Fiji—perspectives from the farm"
12:30pm:Warwick Murray (Geography/Development Studies, VUW): "A Uniquely Unstable Political Geography? Mapping the Fiji Elections 1999 and 2001"
1:00pm: LUNCH BREAK
2:00pm: Video Premiere: "Race for Rights" by Larry Thomas
3:00pm: Panel Discussion: Nancy Sheehan (Nancy Sheehan and Associates), Raymond Young (Open Polytechnic), Doug Dawick (Marist Brothers)
4:00pm: AFTERNOON TEA/BREAK
4:30pm: BOOK LAUNCH: Professor Rod Alley to launch Roman Grynberg, Doug Munro and Michael White, Crisis: the collapse of the National Bank of Fiji. Adelaide; Crawford House, 2002

Arts Access Aotearoa

2003-04-17T22:37:00.001+12:00

Arts Access Aotearoa Annual Report 2003

Full 2003 Annual Report

Chair’s Overview

This has been an amazing year for Arts Access Aotearoa and I am proud to have been the Chair from the end of March. It started with a bang with the Celebrating Creative Spaces Conference in February which will be covered in detail later in the annual report. To say that it was magical is an understatement. There were exciting, stimulating people from throughout the country and from overseas. Delegates came from every corner of New Zealand: from Northland, Gisborne, Raglan, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, lots from the West Coast, Invercargill and, of course, the big cities. But that wasn’t enough – refugees, people with every imaginable disability, managers of Creative Spaces, artists, politicians, public servants and health and justice workers from public and private sectors were also present.

Calling it a celebration gave a party atmosphere, as did having shoes painted for the steps of Parliament as a symbol of social inclusion. A reception at Government House also added to the sense of excitement and fun. As well as that, there was the hard work of sharing ideas and building capacity in our sector. A rewrite and update of the publication Creative Spaces – Art Spaces for People on the Margins was distributed at the conference. The conference underlined the fact that Creative Spaces are here to stay, and to grow, and are a vital part of Arts Access Aoteaora’s strategy for bringing access to creativity for those who don’t normally have access.

For me the excitement started even earlier in February, when I attended the second Synergy: Art, Health and Design World Symposium, as a representative from Arts Access Aotearoa. Our Executive Director was to be one of the keynote speakers and having all her expenses paid left room for me to be an Arts Access Aotearoa delegate and it was a stimulating event. I was grateful to Arts Access Aotearoa for the opportunity to attend and gain some international insights, and also to share the story of our youth arts centre in Christchurch.

It was my turn in July 2003 to make a presentation about our work at Arts Access Aotearoa to

the Diversity in Health Conference 2003 in Sydney. I talked about being “creatively healthy”

which celebrated our work again in an international forum. No sooner had the Celebrating Creative Spaces Conference happened than we were at full steam to fi nish our Creative Solutions and Social Inclusion book, hold our On Arrival exhibition, launch our publication Celebrating Cultural Diversity, and entertain the South African delegation. Each event had its own magic and contributed to one of the most extraordinary years Arts Access Aotearoa has experienced.

Work with South Waikato, Wellington, Rotorua, Christchurch and Far North District Councils

also provided highlights and this report acknowledges the impact Arts Access Aotearoa are

having in this important advocacy area of our work. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Chris Finlayson for his time as Chair and his overseeing of the conference and supporting the team for the fi rst three months of the year.

I also wish to acknowledge my fellow Trustees, Sai Lealea, Nick Judson, Neil Sinclair and

Jimmy Wallace, who were with the Trust for the full year. The Trust welcomed Belinda Vernon

in July 2004 and is appreciating her input. I also wish to thank our patron, Mel Smith, who

continues to provide valuable time and support to the Trust.

Congratulations are due especially to Penny and the staff who were all quite spectacular

– our publications are of the highest possible professional standard and our events were

well managed. The atmosphere of team work and mutual support in the offi ce and with our

programmes has been wonderful.

During the year I attended a planning day with the full staff – this event was of particular

interest to me and as Chair I took a facilitating role, to ensure the line between governance

and management was maintained. It was a pleasure to watch the staff interact during the

day and see ideas for the new strategic plan being formulated for the Board of Arts Access

Aotearoa to study.

The other achievement by the staff that I wish to acknowledge was the input from our seconded

staff member, Glenys Bremner. During her six months with Arts Access Aotearoa she added

an exciting and, at times, different perspective, and for that I wish to thank her. She has left

behind a broader platform for us to build on in the justice area.

No Arts Access Aotearoa overview would be complete without my thanking both the Associate

Minister of Arts Culture and Heritage – Hon Judith Tizard for her dedication to Arts Access

Aotearoa and Creative New Zealand for their continued support for our objectives. We have

successfully negotiated a further three year multi-year funding agreement for 2004 – 2006, at a slightly higher level. With that we are delighted. We have made a commitment to continue to provide a service that is professional and accountable.

Thank you to all those that have made this year a very enjoyable one for me and I have pleasure

in presenting this report.

Dr Sue Bagshaw

19 March 2003

2002 Flaxroots Technology Conference - Auckland, New Zealand

2002-11-17T22:28:00.002+13:00

Towards a Pacific ICT Strategy

Sai Lealea

Go to Conference Papers

Outline

Rationale.
SWOT.
E-initiatives.
Key Areas.
A Strategy.
Your Thoughts.

Rationale
Government vision “Knowledge society”. Digital divide flow on effects. ICT as Pacific capacity building tool. Connected peoples = connected community. Inclusive Society

SWOT

Challenges:

Low level of connectedness in phone & Internet.
(1 in 5 Pacific cf 4 in 10 nationally).
Network capacity & reliability.
Low IT participation rate.
Negative attitude to IT.
(30% Maori, 43% Pacific, 37% aged 50-64 -(MSP survey).

Plusses:

Top ten in the world for Internet access.
High per capita spending on IT.
High use of EFTPOS & ATM.
Growth in SeniorNet training.
Community & regional development link.
Community Access Centres.

E-initiatives

Knowledge Society.
E-Govt.
E-Citizen.
E-Commerce.

Key Areas

Access– infrastructure and financial.
Education and Training.
Motivation.
Content.

A Strategy

VISION GOALS STRATEGIES

Access	Education & Training	Motivation	Content

Your Thoughts

Nature of “divide”.
Vision.
Role of Community.
Role of Government.

E-Visions

E-Govt:

Nzers able to gain access to Govt info & services & participate in our democracy using the Internet & technologies as they emerge.

E-Commerce:

NZ will be world class in embracing e-commerce for competitive advantage.

E-Citizen:

All Nzers, individuals, or communities have the opportunity to access & effectively use current & emerging ICT.

E-Pacific

Knowledge Society.
E-Govt.
E-Citizen.
E-Commerce.
E- Pacific.

Pacific Peoples' Constitution Report - September 2000

2001-11-15T22:52:00.004+13:00

Pacific Peoples' Constitution Report 2000

http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/p/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/annotated-bibliography-and-download-options

It is appropriate to thank many people at this stage of the project for their sponsorship and practical assistance, which has contributed to the project and the report that follows:Acknowledgements

Co-sponsors of the costs - the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs and The Ministry of Justice.

The Pacific peoples Focus Group convened by the Ministry of Justice, for their persistent strength of vision for Pacific peoples in New Zealand. Focus Group members Semi Epati, Taha Fasi, Sai Lealea, Ioane Teao, Mary Tuilotolava, Winnie Laban, Panama Leau Anae and Te Rongo Teki'i all contributed significantly.

Statistics New Zealand staff

MFAT South Pacific Division Director and staff

The Race Relations Conciliator

Human Rights Commission Staff

Parliamentary library staff

Department of Labour

Victoria University

Disclaimer

The information contained in this report is not necessarily the view of the Ministry of Justice. All information contained is believed to be correct but the Ministry of Justice takes no responsibility for error or omission.

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Scenario Planning for Fiji's Future

Policy Training Workshop on Pasifika Perspectives

Pasifika Perspectives in Policy

UNDERSTANDING PASIFIKA PEOPLES FOR GOOD OUTCOMES

About the Workshop

For

Workshop Objectives

Topics

Focusing on Strengths not Problems

Fiji Facilitators Undergo Training in Civic Education

Fiji and Commonwealth

Conversation Event on Fiji

Pacific Interactions - October 2008

Pacific interactions: Pasifika in New Zealand, New Zealand in Pasifika (edited by Alastair Bisley)

Acknowledgements

Alastair Bisley

Wellington, October 2008

October 2008 publication

Creative New Zealand Draft Strategic Plan for 2007-2010.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Pacific Housing Research 2007

NZ Presentation to UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

31 July 2007

New Zealand opening statement to the Committee

http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/1-Global-Issues/Human-Rights/0-cerdjuly07.php

Ambassador Don MacKay, New Zealand Permanent Representative to the

United Nations, Geneva

Background

The report

General context

Positive Developments

Concluding observations on 12th-14th reports, 2002

Response to List of Issues

Conclusion

PACIFIC PEOPLES & THE TREATY OF WAITANGI

Victoria University Pacific Studies Workshop on Fiji and Solomons

Arts Access Aotearoa

2002 Flaxroots Technology Conference - Auckland, New Zealand

Towards a Pacific ICT Strategy

Sai Lealea

Outline

Rationale

SWOT

E-initiatives

Key Areas

A Strategy

Your Thoughts

E-Visions

E-Govt:

E-Commerce:

E-Citizen:

E-Pacific

Pacific Peoples' Constitution Report - September 2000

Pacific Peoples' Constitution Report 2000

http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/p/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/annotated-bibliography-and-download-options

It is appropriate to thank many people at this stage of the project for their sponsorship and practical assistance, which has contributed to the project and the report that follows:Acknowledgements