Pasifika Platform
It is important that Pasifika communities and families understand the impact research has on our everyday lives. Research plays a significant role in shaping health services, education systems and the programmes that support our communities. It also contributes to decisions about how funding, resources and services are distributed across our schools, hospitals and wider health and education sectors.
By engaging directly with health researchers and experiencing their work firsthand, Pasifika communities and families are able to connect real-world research with their own lived experiences, priorities and aspirations. These opportunities help make research more accessible and demonstrate how research can influence the health, wellbeing and future of our families and communities.
We aim to create culturally safe and meaningful spaces where researchers and Pasifika communities can come together, build relationships, share knowledge and learn from one another. We want our people to recognise the value of their cultural knowledge, perspectives and lived experiences, and to understand the importance of Pasifika voices being represented within academic and research spaces.
Research also provides a meaningful career pathway through which Pasifika people can serve and contribute to their families and communities. By increasing Pasifika participation, representation and leadership in research, we can help shape research priorities that better reflect the needs and aspirations of our communities, challenge existing inequities, and ensure our people have a voice in the decisions that affect them.
Growing the Pasifika research workforce is an important part of creating lasting change. Through greater representation and leadership, Pasifika researchers can contribute to a more equitable research environment and help improve health and wellbeing outcomes for our families, communities and future generations.
Aso Taalo|Sports Day
Using sport as a shared kaupapa, this initiative connects Pasifika aiga with health researchers through meaningful engagement and learning opportunities. By exploring the links between sport, hauora, and research, communities can share their perspectives and help shape culturally relevant research that supports the health and wellbeing of our people.
Student Fesoasoni
Education plays a vital role in the health and wellbeing of our people. Through our mentoring model, IUE supports student success by fostering whakawhanaungatanga and building meaningful relationships between students, researchers, and professionals. By creating supportive learning environments and strengthening pathways into education and research, we aim to advance equity and contribute to healthier outcomes for our communities and a more equitable Aotearoa for all.
Komiti Galulue
Providing rangatahi, whānau, and Pasifika communities with opportunities to share their perspectives on health issues that matter to them, helping to inform research and initiatives that support the health and wellbeing of our people.
Mana Ola Festival
A community festival connecting Pasifika peoples, researchers, and the IUE whānau through hands-on health and research experiences. Alongside free health, vision, and hearing checks, the festival provides opportunities for aiga to share their perspectives and help shape culturally relevant health research that supports the wellbeing of our communities.
Communication Pathways
Providing whānau with opportunities to share their perspectives on health issues affecting their communities. Through trusted relationships and community engagement tools, this initiative supports meaningful conversations and amplifies whānau voices across the wider community.
Tūmahi Whiti Mākutu Annual Kairangahau Wānanga
Based at Papakura Marae, this initiative provides researchers with the opportunity to work within a marae environment that centres Te Tiriti o Waitangi, reciprocal partnership, and whakawhanaungatanga. It supports Māori researchers, research ideation, and the development of culturally grounded research.
Kōrero Mai|Let's Connect
