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  • "It's little things like just having a flush doorway and not a lip - just a flat, smooth surface for the wheelchair to go over," said Tanu Toso, the chairperson for Pasifika Prevention Aukilana.

    New Zealand town considers better urban design for people with disabilities BA Haller 2008

  • Books Pasifika and Pasifika Press provide the only commercial outlet, while the occasional entrepreneur faces all the difficulties experienced by self publishers.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

  • Over the same period other publishers produced a further 100 items, including the only publications in Pukapukan (from Mataaliki Press) and the Pasifika Press series of dictionaries and/or language course books in Samoan, Cook Islands Mäori and Tongan.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

  • Robert Holding has been actively involved with Pacific Island publications since the early 1970s, and established the Polynesian (now Pasifika) Press and Bookshop in Auckland in 1976.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

  • When I first took up the Ministerial role, back in 2003, I recall the sector - not so much Maori or Pasifika peoples but the general sector - calling on Government to support research into generating a wider understanding of what volunteering means for Maori and Pasifika peoples.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • The good heart evident in the relationships between tangata whenua and tangata Pasifika is also shown in the So'o that took place at Hoani Waititi marae; or in the affection recalled for Sir Maui Pomare in his visit to Niue to acknowledge their contribution to the war effort through the Niuean regiment.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Pasifika was cancelled this morning due to high winds making it unsafe for perfomers and stall holders.

    the wellingtonista - a blog about wellington, new zealand kowhai 2010

  • They also show achievement gaps between Maori and non-Maori, Pasifika and non-Pasifika, and girls and boys continued.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010

  • The Pasifika mental health programme about like minds like mine - know me before you judge me.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • When I think of the numbers of Maori and Pasifika peoples who carry out these roles in the whanau, I know there's a huge amount of volunteering done at no cost to the state - with no compensation - and very little support - and that worries me.

    NZ On Screen 2010

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