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Is self-care selfish?; Niue and Central Auckland; NZ-Pacific vs AUS-Pacific - Asetoa Sam Pilisi 🇳🇺

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Asetoa Sam Pilisi is a community leader and current PhD Candidate of Niuean and Samoan descent. He has done youth work and community work for many years in Auckland, New Zealand and Western Sydney, Australia - particularly with Pacific youth. He currently is completing a PhD in Public Health at the University of Auckland focussing on wellbeing, burnout, duty, service and collectivism in the local Oceanian community. 

He also is an active community leader in local Niue communities. Niue is one of the smaller islands of Oceania located in "West Polynesia" near Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Rotuma, Uvea and Futuna. With only 1564 living in Niue and 34,944 Niue peoples living in Aotearoa New Zealand, the language is at risk of being lost.

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The Moanan is not just an educational platform but an online community — connecting diasporas all over the world. We’d love to connect!

Find us on all podcast streaming and social media platforms — including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

Email hello@themoanan.com