Our Community, Our Stories

We are a national Pacific health and social services provider with a strong regional presence across Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago regions.

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Investment in Staff Paying Off

Vaka Tautua’s investment in its staff is paying off, with 20 percent of its workforce obtaining higher qualifications over the past six months…

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Disability Service Changing Lives

Over 540 Pacific disabled peoples and their families across Aotearoa have received support from Vaka Tautua’s Disability Information Advisory Service (DIAS) in the past six months…

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Vaka Tautua's Ola LeLei Helpline

Vaka Tautua FREE Pacific helpline 0800 OLA LELEI (0800 652 535) is a freephone service where people can talk to a trained Pacific mental health or social worker…

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First-Ever Matua Market Day a Success

More than 400 Pacific elderly (matua), community leaders and eager shoppers attended the first-ever Matua: Ola Manuia Market day in Papatoetoe yesterday…

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Vaka Tautua Confirms Strategic Direction

Vaka Tautua’s strategic direction and work programme for the next three years was confirmed at its annual national strategic planning fono in Auckland last week…

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Poet’s Spoken Word Launches Campaign

Samoan Poet Grace Iwashita-Taylor has shared her “Love letter to South Auckland”, as part of a new Pacific health communications campaign on mental health and wellbeing…

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Vaka Tautua a Disability PPE distributor

Vaka Tautua is a community PPE distributor for disabled peoples in the Auckland region for the Ministry of Health. This is to help make it easier for disabled peoples to get the…

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Vaka Tautua Launches Accessible Website

Vaka Tautua launched its new accessible website this week, two weeks earlier than scheduled. This was to ensure peoples with a visual impairment have access to COVID-19 news…

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