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The purpose of this project is for the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) Southern to better understand the population profile, needs and priorities of the Pacific community it serves, which aligns with the MSD National Pacific Prosperity Strategy. The research project will help inform MSD Southern funding decisions and service delivery, and champion Pacific Prosperity by enabling an authentic, safe, strong, and independent pathway for our Pacific families and communities.
2025
This study offers the first comprehensive overview of Pacific health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand, detailing their development and service delivery models. The research strengthens the evidence base for Pacific policy development and offers a foundational categorisation framework for consistent monitoring and evaluation of the impact of Pacific Providers. The research identified 43 Pacific-led organisations, ranging from general practice to health promotion and enabler services, delivering services across 88 locations
2025
Pacific Perspectives Ltd has contributed to the Public Health Communication Centre Briefings: “Rebuilding Aotearoa’s Statistical Foundation: Toward Fairer Outcomes for Pacific Peoples.” In this publication, we call for a shift toward a centralised, event-based, person-centred population register. This IT solution would improve accuracy, reduce duplication, support Māori and Pacific data sovereignty, and create a trusted foundation for equitable policy and planning. We focus on the implications for Pacific communities—but the benefits of this system would extend across the entire population.
2025
Yao et al.'s article makes a vital contribution by highlighting the importance of high-quality ethnicity data in research—not only for identifying and quantifying ethnic inequities, but also for enabling equitable resource distribution, shaping effective interventions, and tracking progress over time. In our Letter to the Editor, Pacific Perspectives Ltd builds on this important work by asking: what happens when high-quality research relies on low-quality census or administrative data?
2025
This study explores the persistent health disparities faced by Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly in managing long-term conditions (LTCs) like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It highlights the importance of understanding Pacific people's holistic views of health and wellbeing, which are deeply rooted in family, spirituality, and environmental factors.
2024
This report is a response to the public consultation on the changes to the 2028 census. proposed by StatsNZ. The report addresses the longstanding problems with undercounting of Pacific people in official censuses, and the inequitable consequences for funding, delivery of, and access to public services and therefore outcomes for the NZ Pacific population, and discusses a potential alternative.
2023
This report explores how Cook Islands patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in the Capital and Coast DHB region respond to services and care pathways for long term conditions. The goal of this project is to contribute evidence to guide the development of care pathways for long term conditions at multiple levels of the health system and enhance services for Pacific people and their families.
2021
Bula Sautu uses national data to show the complex contributing factors that impact on health for Pacific peoples, from maternity to end of life, using a life-course approach. The report brings together a diverse range of Pacific health and equity experts to share their views of how effectively (or ineffectively) the health system is performing for Pacific peoples.
2020
This report was commissioned by the Ministry in early 2020 to consider the health system's response to the 2019 measles outbreaks and includes a set of recommendations to improve the health system’s ability to prevent and respond to measles and other disease outbreaks.
2019
This report describes the health equity issues faced by Pacific families and communities, highlighting approaches based on Pacific values and the strengths of Pacific communities. It was commissioned as part of the 2019 Health & Disability Services Review.
This report outlines a Counties Manukau Health (CMH) and Ministry of Health (MOH) commissioned study about the health care experiences of Pacific families in the Auckland region who have had children admitted to hospital with rheumatic fever. The goal of this project is to contribute to improving health services provided to Pacific children with rheumatic fever, and their families.
This report celebrates the achievements of the Aniva programme as part of a special event to mark the International year of the Nurse and Midwife. This programme provides a snapshot of the research produced by some of our Masters students.
2015
Presented by Sr Vitolia Mo'a at the Aniva Pacific Health Workforce Fono in 2015, this publication explores the multi-cultural contexts of life and health care for Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a focus on the Samoan concept of care.