FONO PROGRAMME

8:00am

Registrations open

8:45 – 9:00am

WELCOME: Fa'amatuainu Tino Pereira
OVERVIEW OF DAY

9:00 – 9:30am

CONFERENCE OPENING: Fepulea'i Margie Apa – Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Healtht

Approaches to Improve the Health of Tokelauan People
•Lee Pearce – Tokelau: Extinctionor Paradise
Malia Ahelemo - He Tifa Ola Project

Research into Pacific Health
• Dr Ieti Lima –
Traditional Pacific
tattooing and its
potential health
• Bruce A Scoggins –
The Health Research
Council of the Pacific

Addressing Public Health Issues in the Pacific
Dr. Temo Waqanivalu – World Health Organisation
•Dr Josephine Aumea
Herman – Challenges in public health for Pacific peoples

Key Health Issues for Pacific Nations
Anne Allane-Moetaua – Screening and reaching Pacific communities across the Pacific
Linda Tasi-Mulitalo – Call the Quitline: Results from a “Call to Action” Pacific quit smoking television commercial

Inter-agency Responses to Pacific Needs
Fuimaono Tuiasau How Justice Sector Agencies are Responding to Pacific Issues
Feala Afoa, StephanieMuncaster, & Peleiupu Tautua Auckland Pacific Community Project:
Effective Strategies
for Successful
Interagency
Collaboration

12.00-1.00

LUNCH

A STRONG PACIFIC HEALTH WORKFORCE

1:00 – 1:45pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Launch of Le Va – Pasifika in Mental Health–Hon Luamanuvao Winnie Laban Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann - Consultant Dr Francis Agnew – Clinical Director/Consultant Psychiatrist, Pacifi c Mental Health and Addiction Services, Waitemata DHB Dr Monique Faleafa – Manager of Le Va, Te Pou

1:45 – 2:30pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Investing in Pacific Health through Workforce Development

Professional Organisations Building Capacity in Pacific           Health
• Tai Richard & Metua  Fa'asisila – Cook Islands Health and    Disability Workforce                           Development Initiatives in New    Zealand: An Update • Samoan Nurses Association – Close encounters of the human kind: Mentoring programmes

Approaches to Pacific Workforce Development
• Dr. Ausaga Fa'asalele Tanuvasa – Working together to achieve excellence in the Pacific health research workforce capability and capacity initiative • Sione Tu'itahi – Rights- based approach to build the Pacific health promotion workforce

Pacific Public Health Workforce Development • Mafi Fuanki-Tahifote – A new dawn for the Pacific nutrition workforce
• Dr Tule Fanakava Misa – Strategies to build the Pacific oral health workforce

Emerging Pacific Workforce
• Shekhar Sehgal – The role of student organisations in promoting the recruitment and retention of Pacifi c Islanders into health professions • Marie Inder – Mentoring and its role for Pacific students
• John Sluyter – Validation of bioimpedance analyser in Auckland youth

Building Research Capacity  in Pacific Health
• Dr. Alec Ekeroma – Improving researchcapacity in Pacific women's health
• Dr David Chaplow –Mental health researchcapacity across the Pacific

 2:30 – 3:00pm

AFTERNOON TEA

SUCCESSFUL PACIFIC PROVIDERS Facilitators: Dr Ate Moala

3:00 – 3:30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  Pacific Providers' Models of Service Provision Lita Foliaki – Pacifi c Manager, Waitemata DHB

3:30 – 4:30pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Road to Success as a Pacific Provider
• Viliami Toafa – West Fono Health Trust
• Paul Lavulo – Langimalie PHO
• Northland Pacifi c Island Charitable Trust – Launch of the “Aiga Concept”

4:30 – 5:00pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: The Journey to Excellence in Pacific Health

Chronic Care Services
• Tavita Filemoni –  Collaboration to make a    difference

Public Health Services for Pacific Communities
• Anna Redican & Jacinta Faʼalili-Fidow – Success from a    funders perspective

The Importance of the South
• Maria Glanville, Kathy Culshaw Alatimu Iese Success: Bringing people together
• Pacific Island Advisory and Cultural Trust – Service provision in areas with smaller Pacific populations

Pacific Provider Development Evaluation
• Dr Barry Gribbin & CarolBoustead – Findings from thePacific Provider Development Fund Evaluation

5:30 – 6:30PM

PRE-DINNER FUNCTION: The Pacific Islands Family Study – Booklet Launch Auckland University of Technology

6:30 – 11pm

DINNER FUNCTION: Recognising Excellence in the Pacifi c Health Sector Master of Ceremonies: Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann

PROGRAMME TIMETABLE Day Two, Friday 29 February 2008

8:30 – 9:00am

WELCOME: Faʼamatuainu Tino Pereira Summery of Previous Dayʼs Events

9:00 – 9:20am

OPENING: Stephen McKernan – Director-General, Ministry of Health Welcome: Dr. Apisalome Talemaitoga Launch of Policy Papers prepared under Pacifi c Health and Disability Action Plan Review

RESPONSIVE HEALTH SERVICES Facilitator: Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga

9:20 – 9:45am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  Prioritising Pacifi c Child Health Needs and the Importance of Research Dr. Teuila Percival – Kidz First Childrenʼs Hospital

9:45 – 10:00am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Health Services Emerging Response to addressing Pacifi c Peoples Health Needs Dr Temo Waqanivalu – World Health Organisation

10:00 – 10:30am

MORNING TEA

10:30 – 11:30am

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Future Directions for Health Services in New Zealand

Primary Health Care Providers Models of Care

• Mac Leauanae & Kim Buchanan – How Pro Care responds to Pacific peoples needs

• Dr Kevin Gabriel Gary Sinclair Andrew Chan-Mow Soana Muimuiheata

Responding to the Needs of Pacific Children and Youth

• Dr Teuila Percival – Kids in Action: community Responsiveness in child obesity treatment

Emelita Zee Ranui 135

– The ripple effect Hutt Valley DHB

– Pacific youth and HVDHB

The Importance of IT Investment for Pacific Health

• Ativalu Lemuelu

• Robert Perelini • William Reedy

• Tavita Filemoni

Addressing Individual Needs of our Elderly and Disabled Pacific Peoples

• The Lu'i Ola Plan

-Manase Lua & Malia Hamani

• Api Talemaitoga –Caring for Carers

• Manu Fotu &Catherine Temu –Innovation in service delivery to Pacific people

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
Facilitator: Olo Elise Puni

11:30 – 12:30pm

LUNCH

12:30 – 2:30pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: Church and Community Programmes – Challenges and Successes
1. Healthy Village Action Zone – Aseta Redican Auckland DHB
2. Pacific youth and Church programmes – Ronji Tanielu
3. Lotu Moui – Rachael Lila, Counties Manukau DHB
4. Health promoting Church programme – Haikiu H Baiabe, Pacific Islands Heartbeat
5. Community partnership model – Health Star Pacificn

2:30 – 3:00pm

AFTERNOON TEA