Pmn 531: Breakfast

Timani aka "The Plowman", Christian Gospel Hip Hop artist joins us on Pacific Breakfast for Friday Jam sesh, for a talanoa & perform two tracks "Big God" & "Worthy". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.  This morning we’re joined by Dr Brittany Stanley-Wishart winner of the PCF Pasifika Health Ambassador Award Sponsored by Pacific Health Plus. Of Samoan and Cook Island descent, Brittany was born and raised in Wellington and is the eldest child and eldest grandchild within her family. She currently works as a doctor in West Auckland and last year commenced her specialty training in Psychiatry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drink driving is an issue for all ages.  In Auckland from 2015 to 2019 there were 519 death and serious injury (DSI) crashes in the Auckland region which were related to alcohol and drugs. Specifically, in 2017 there were 154 DSI casualties relating to alcohol/drugs, including 26 deaths (19 deaths in 2016). Studies have shown that the risk of being involved in a crash increases as a driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) increases. At high blood alcohol levels, the risk rapidly increases.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

White Ribbon is delighted to be able to share the details of an exciting new opportunity to assist “at risk” youth in South Auckland. In July of this year, a partnership agreement was established between White Ribbon and the New Zealand Police within Counties Manukau East. The intention was to work collaboratively together on a programme addressing the numerous issues facing young men 14 to 18 years of age that come to the attention of the Police within this community. In this country most violence by men against women takes place in the home – with an average of 14 women a year killed by their partners or ex-partners. Each year there are over 3,500 convictions recorded against men for assaults on women and one in five women will experience sexual assault or sexual interference at some point in their lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.  This morning we’re joined by Double award winner Hella Rore, winner of the PCF Le Afi Pasifika Creativity Award - Sponsored by Pacific Media Network & PCF Top Pacific STEM NZ Scholar award Sponsored by Code Avengers. Hella Rore is an ambitious young Melanesian woman hailing from the Solomon Islands. She is currently studying towards her Bachelor in Construction majoring in Quantity Surveying at Massey University in the hope of acquiring the skills needed to assist her country in infrastructure,

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry yesterday released a new study that estimates up to 250,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in State and/or faith-based care between 1950-2019. The study estimates they were part of a cohort of up to 655,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults in State and faith-based care during that period. Most people in care were in either faith-based and Social welfare settings with an estimated 254,000 people in each setting (each 31% of total); followed by Health and disability settings at 212,000 people (26%); and Education care settings at 102,000 people (12%). We’re joined now on Pacific Breakfast by the Commissioner for the Royal Commission of Inquiry: Abuse in Care, Aliʻimuamua Sandra Alofivae, for more.  Ali’imuamua, has practiced as a lawyer in the Auckland region for the last 20 years representing children, young persons and their families. She grew up in Mangere and has strong ties to the local community through he

The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.  This morning we’re joined by Sana Ditta, winner of the PCF Young Pasifika Female of Influence Award Sponsored by the Ministry for Women. Sana is a 23-year-old proud New Zealand-born Indo-Fijian who grew up in Christchurch. She is a new primary school teacher who is passionate about nurturing children and helping them believe they are capable of anything. Sana feels privileged to be educating the next generation of thinkers and wants them to feel confident in their cultural identity, and she wants t

Now for our final weekly wrap up of global politics in 2020 with Dr Stephen Hoadley Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts. Civil war in Ethiopia.  Update on the U.S. Great Brittain leaving the E.U. again.  Latest from the Pacific region.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.  This morning we’re joined by Gibson Gala - winner of the PCF Pioneer Award - Sponsored by the Pacific Business Hub.  Gibson hails from Papua New Guinea and has 15 years’ experience in youth leadership at the local, regional, and international level. Gibson is currently studying towards his Masters in Disaster Risk Resilience at the University of Canterbury. These programs are sponsored by MFAT.  Some of his many achievements include -  He represented Pacific youth at the Asia

The ReCreators, a group of artisans who run creative upcycling workshops, say they have seen a marked increase in the amount of people making the conscious decision to create their own Christmas presents this year. Geraldine Tew, founder of the The ReCreators based in West Auckland, says 2020 has been many things for many people, but what they have experienced is an obvious increase in people choosing to create Christmas gifts and decorations from previously unwanted materials, rather than purchase new. Ms Tew estimates that in the two years since they held the first workshop, they have diverted upwards of two tonnes of discarded materials away from landfill. The ReCreators hold community DIY upcycling workshops throughout Auckland, teaching adults and children how they can create new products from previously unwanted or discarded materials. They are running a series of DIY community events in the lead up to Christmas and in the new year. https://therecreators.co.nz/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf

The Banaban communities of Auckland are coming together this Saturday, 19th December in Ranui, for the 75th diamond jubilee, to commemorate the arrival of the Banabans in Rabi, Fiji. The jubilee celebrations will also include the launch of the Raranga report. We’re joined now by Maggie Corrie Kaipati, Secretary for the Auckland Banaban Christian Fellowship Support Hub, for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region.  All this week on Pacific Breakfast, we will be speaking with some of the incredible winners. This morning we’re joined by Aigagalefili Fepulea'i Tapua'i, winner of the PCF Supreme Award for Pacific Youth Advocacy – Sponsored by the Pacific Cooperation Foundation. Fili recently won Young Leader in the Westpac 2020 Women of Influence NZ Awards.  She is also head girl at Aorere College and an Indigenous and climate activist. She is a founding member and chair of 4 Tha Kulture, an indigenous

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Poporazzi Productions is a pacific-owned multimedia production/creative house established in 2018, with its first foray into storytelling through a drama series titled Misadventures of a Pacific Professional, based on the unconscious bias faced by many Pacific people in the workforce. It was nominated for Best International Drama at the 2020 Melbourne Web Fest. This year Poporazzi worked with Umbrella Multimedia to co-produce Talanoa with Tupe, a talk-show on Oriana TV and Sky 83 focused on Pasifika success. Tupe, as it turned out, is also an aspiring recording/performing artist having recently released a track called Fall for me, said to be a part of a bigger body of work titled Unsung to be released at a later date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As part of the global 16 Days of Activism Campaign to stop gender based violence, the Blue Pacific Talanoa Series hosted a webinar on Friday 4 December, 2020 on the topic “Between Culture and Faith: Unpacking the Power Driving Gender Based Violence in the Pacific” There are unacceptably high rates of violence against women and girls in the Pacific. Social dynamics, gender power relations and attitudes still normalise this violence. The 2020 Pacific Biennial Sustainable Development Report highlights deeply ingrained attitudes in communities; societal and cultural factors that see violent relationships as normal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disciple Pati made her debut in December last year with the award winning track “The Boy Who Cried Woman” which won the NZ On Air Best Pacific Video at this years Pacific Music Awards 2020. She joins us now to talk about her follow up single “Atma”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this year, a collaborative research by A Better Start & CCS Disability Action looked at the ethnic inequality in access to disability support. It looked at how Maori & pacific islanders are represented compared to non-Maori & pasefika around areas such as disability support services (DSS) [Ministry of Health’s] and ongoing resource services (ORS) [Ministry of Education]. Included in the scope of the research was the payment rates of the Disability Allowance and ethnicity.  The results? Strong evidence that Pacific peoples were underrepresented amongst children and young people accessing the Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services. Between the March 2010 quarter and the March 2020 quarter, for people of working age, New Zealand Europeans received a median payment rate from the Disability Allowance that was between 1.4 and 1.6 higher than for Māori and between 2.1 and 2.4 higher than for Pacific peoples.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mangere East Community Centre presents “A Fortnight Before Christmas” community event taking place tomorrow, Thursday 10th December from 5pm-8pm, at the Mangere East Library & Village Green. We’re joined now by Grace McMillan-Caires, Mangere East Community Centre Coordinator for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As an employee or employer you need to know your holiday legal employment rights and obligations – it’s especially important as we enter the Christmas and New Year season. Employment New Zealand has five top employment tips to help you prepare and avoid problems later. These tips are based on minimum rights. Employers and employees can agree to terms above these minimums. Freephone 0800 20 90 20See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now for our weekly wrap up of global politics with Dr Stephen Hoadley Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts. This morning:   Update on U.S. President Donald Trump.    Russia and Japan long-standing border dispute.    Australia and China dispute. .     News from our Pasifika region? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.