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