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Rally call for Samoans in Auckland to get vaccinated
Samoans across Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland are being encouraged to get vaccinated to increase the vaccination rate for Samoans, the largest population of Pacific peoples.
With Samoans being the largest ethnicity of the Covid-19 cases in the most recent outbreak of the Delta variant in South Auckland, local community leaders and Pacific health providers are encouraging Samoans to make the decision to get vaccinated.
In Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, there are approximately 120,000 people that identify as Samoans, which makes up the largest population of 244,000 Pacific people in the region.
“We are calling out to the Samoan community in Auckland, particularly South Auckland to make the decision to get vaccinated to protect the health and wellbeing of their aiga (family), loved ones, ekalesia (church) and community,” says Senior General Practitioner, Doctor Sirovai Fuata’i.
“As we have seen with each Covid-19 outbreak, Pacific and Māori people are highly vulnerable to the virus given our social way of life and many live with pre-existing health conditions.…more
Viliami: A personal encounter - Mental Health Awareness Week
33 year old Viliami aka Villz shares his personal journey with mental health and learning to seek help after struggling with suicidal thoughts and depression.
"I was raised to be tough, to be a warrior, to push your emotions to the side and not show any kind of feelings that were classed as weak. This led me to find it very difficult to speak up and seek help when I fell into a dark place ... I had suicidal and negative thoughts daily ... I just wanted to die ... I couldn't see I needed help until my wife and kids brought it to my attention"
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Villz who is of Tongan heritage and his wife Nikki, live in Sydney and have 5 children. They recently set up an anti-suicide campaign geared towards encouraging individuals who are facing mental health issues to speak up and seek help.
#FitnessInTheFale - Learn this dance routine with 'The Royal Family's' Kaea Pearce
Royal Family Dance Crew member Kaea Pearce takes us through a hip hop based dance routine, starting with a warm up.
Follow along with Kaea as she breaks down the steps and then dance the full choreographed routine with her at the end!
Upload your videos and be sure to tag both us and Kaea in the videos - we'd love to see how you go!
Pacific Islands Dance Class Pt3
Our Pacific Dance teacher Charlene Tedrow of 'Ura Tabu' is back to get us moving while we're at home on lockdown.
Be sure to try out her first two classes in the links below.
Get fit and learn these beautiful Pacific dance moves at the same time!
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Island Dance Class Pt1
https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/health-well-being/island-dance-classes/
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Island Dance Class Pt2
https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/health-well-being/island-dance-classes-pt2/
Breaking down Covid-19 information for our Samoan aiga (in Samoan)
A group of young Samoans at the centre of one of the AOG clusters in Auckland have been working hard to break down information to their aiga and community who have tested positive for the virus.
They made this video to help the many elderly people who had tested positive to understand the process. Many of the older Pasifika members of their community were traumatised by the positive test and anxious about what would happen to them.
The young students who put the video together to help them based on Ministry of Health information, hope it may help other people with the testing, social distancing and isolation process as well.
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Click here for Covid-19 information translations in all Pasifika languages
Click this link here for an interactive map on where to find a vaccination clinic near you https://karawhiua.nz/all-clinics/
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Made by Marcus Savelio, Tali Meavale and Ullrich Von Reiche.
Nesian Dance Class with Julia Mage'au Gray
Julia Mage'au Gray from Sunameke Productions takes us through a short, Nesian dance class which explores movement from parts of Melanesia and Polynesia.
HOME WORKOUT WITH FILI TAPA Pt2
Our Tongan fitness instructor Fili Tapa takes us through another HIIT fitness workout to get us through the week while we're on lockdown!
Once again he has both easy and hard options to try out depending on your fitness level.
ISLAND DANCE CLASSES Pt2
Pacific Island dance class Part 2!
Our Pacific Dance teacher Charlene Tedrow of 'Ura Tabu' is back to get us moving while we're at home on lockdown. Be sure to try out her first class here
Get fit and learn these beautiful Pacific dance moves at the same time!
HOME WORKOUT WITH ASH - LOWER BODY WORKOUT
Pasifika Fitness Instructor Ashleigh Elliott from Fit Mums NZ rounds out her workout at home with this lower body workout.
Follow along with her here - she has easy options for those just starting out on their Fitness Journey. Then put it together with her 8 min Tabata workout & Upper body workout and you've had a full body workout!
HOME WORKOUT WITH FILI TAPA
Tongan model Fili Tapa takes us through a HIIT fitness workout that you can do at home while you're on lockdown.
Follow along with him here! Fili has both easy and hard options to try out depending on your fitness level.
Get your day moving with some fun fitness for lockdown!