Timeframe
2022-2025
Funding
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
COMPASS staff
Ofa Dewes
Zanetta Toomata
Barry Milne
Collaborators
Tongan Health Society
Glenn Doherty
Langimalie Research Centre
Ofa Dewes
Community partners
Presbyterian Support Central
Nicola Turner
Enliven Central Retirement and Aged Care Community
Mikaela Shannon
Tokelau Community
Rev. Tui Sopoaga
Faletua Ane Sopoaga
Rev. Iutana Pue
Foai Foai
Tuvalu Community
Rev. Suamalie Naisali
Tongan Community
Malia Hamani
Description
This project involves work with three Auckland- and Wellington-based Pacific community groups – Tokelauan, Tongan, and Tuvaluan – in partnership with local service providers. We learn from their experiences and support them in using the talents that abound in their communities.
We identify practices and develop resources that can be used at home, in the community, and among service providers, and also work with available data sets (primarily through StatsNZ’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)) to define our cohort and identify wellness and wellbeing outcomes that impact positive ageing among older adults.