The
Browning of Aotearoa
- Effectively
work with communities
- Access
to the right information
- Empower
us leaders with the appropriate skills to excel in what we do
- Stay
away from blaming others
- Brown
managers and businesses
- More
Brown MP’s and councillors
- A
Pacific Party
- More
decision makers
- More
women Pacific Leaders
- More
P.I’s in Mainstream and Pacific sectors
- A
holistic approach
- Pacific
T.V and Media = Exposure of P.I
Issues and Events
- Social
and economic prosperity
- Pacific
Prime Minister
- General
fear – loosing our culture to become “one”
- Equality
for all NZers
- Face
of NZ is changing – hope to be adding to the flavour
- NZ
as a whole KNOWING the Pacific on a larger scale
- We
have influence of Palagi (ref. to Grey Lynn)
- Taking
something from each culture to make something Kiwi
- Lots
of inter marriages
- Less
of “a whole” more of “a mix”
- We
are significant at present
- Increasing
influence
- Being
in Political power and having influence over how we are presented to the
world
- Not
about stats but about how the country will be run
- Political
Power, influence, community and Pacific Input into how the country should be
run
- Pacific
Peoples
- Social
and economic prosperity for all Pacific Peoples with all NZ’ers
relying on Pacific Input into Policy development for NZ
- “Presence”
– Able to make decisions – positions of decision making – legislative
power
- A
process of development that in due course
“we are leading actively, pro-actively and contributing
meaningfully in realising the aspiration and goals of New Zealanders
- That
our population size and make up is adequately represented/reflected in how
decisions are made and by whom
- That
our elected decision makers are linked, lead and guided by their communities
- A
Pacific Political Party!
- Positions
of power to have that voice – public and private sectors
- Business
Opportunities
- CEO’s
- Reps
in Parliament
- Positions
of change
- Being
recognised for who we are
- More
shops
- Policy
changes from the Pacific
- Islanders
view
- Better
leaders for our youth
- Changing
the mentality of the media
- Positive
aspirations
- Whoa
re our leaders?
- To
serve our own people
What
do we do to maintain momentum?
- Set
up existing systems where they are needed elsewhere
- Follow
up conference
- Create
a mandate
- Implement
course content to job duties and create new systems
- Report
to CEO’s to implement effective systems
- Networking
with contacts from the Conference
- Be
realistic , have confidence in empowering and break the comfort zone
- Keep
integrity intact – meaning, if you say something keep your word. Make it
happen
- Networking/Collaboration/Inter-sectorial
Holistic SYNERGY
- Role
modelling
- Be
honest, truthful
- To
advocate for our people
- Change
attitude from negative to positive
- Feedback
on what we have done and celebrate the results
- Networking
with no dependency
- Take
responsibility to maintain links across our communities/regions/areas
- Have
the confidence to stand up to our parents by acknowledging their Journey and
achievements and thanking them for the opportunities this has provided for
us and asking them to now allow us to use the skills, education, experience
and knowledge we have gained to continue that journey…
- Acknowledge
and celebrate our role as the “Bridge between the Gap” (the gap between
the “Old way of thinking” and the “Y Generation”)
- Find
ways to strengthen “the bridge” and develop understanding and a shared
vision for Pacific families/communities/population by educating,
communicating information, advocating, mediating and empowering
- “Change
the script” – push to have Pacific achievements, goals and positive
changes seen, heard and celebrated instead of accepting our “negative
press”
- Encourage,
empower, inspire each other to contribute meaningfully
- Work
out the logistics of:
-
who runs it? Who the sponsor is?
-
Who the membership is etc..
-
Develop that the purpose is for this group and then develop a
“terms of reference” for this group with:
Vision statement
Goals over the next 5 years
Objectives
- A
Pacific Network to share information, resources and ideas
- Inter-sectorial
collaboration (govt agencies, community, churches, NGO’s, youth)
- Annual
Young Pacific Leaders Conference
- Pacific
Events (eg, Pasifika, ASB Poly Fest, SPACPAC)
- Need
more targeted funding for Pacific (too many groups being declined – not
able to address criteria or lacking skills required for putting forward
proposals)
- Submission
to Parliament on reprioritisation of Pacific Strategies and policies across
Govt
- Education
and access to information
- Pacific
Cultural Identity and Awareness
- Samoan
born teaching NZ born – close the generation gap
- “Creating
a NZ Culture from ethnic flavours to cater for the changing NZ population
- Strategically
placing P.I in influential positions so that we have more input in how NZ
should run
- Brown
managers and businesses
- More
Brown MP’s and councillors
- A
Pacific Party
- More
decision makers
- More
women Pacific Leaders
- More
P.I’s in Mainstream and Pacific sectors
- A
holistic approach
- Pacific
T.V and Media = Exposure of P.I
Issues and Events
- Positions
of power to have that voice – public and private sectors
- Business
Opportunities
- CEO’s
- Reps
in Parliament
- Positions
of change
- Being
recognised for who we are
- More
shops
- Policy
changes from the Pacific
- Islanders
view
- Better
leaders for our youth
- Changing
the mentality of the media
- Positive
aspirations
- Whoa
re our leaders?
- To
serve our own people