Pacific Prosperity – our Pacific Strategy and Action Plan
We need to do more to achieve equitable outcomes for Pacific peoples. To this end we have been developing a Pacific Strategy since April 2018. We have established a Pacific Steering Group and Pacific Reference Group, led by internal and external Pacific leaders who will inform the creation, development and implementation of the new Strategy and Action Plan.
We carried out a talanoa (meaningful conversation) process with Pacific peoples to help inform the draft Strategy and Action Plan, which we have called Pacific Prosperity. Pacific Prosperity will have strong alignment with Te Pae Tawhiti. We have received over 4,000 pieces of information from Pacific peoples, families and/or communities. It is evident that people support a Pacific strategy and action plan that supports Te Pae Tawhiti.
Pacific Prosperity is an opportunity to respond to the changing context for Pacific peoples and communities in New Zealand, and will help inform the future policy agenda and deliver better coordinated action in partnership with Pacific peoples and non-government stakeholders. It will guide us in our work to improve outcomes, and will capitalise on past successes and learnings while also utilising new strategic opportunities and approaches.
We will be launching Pacific Prosperity in late 2019.
