Webinar focus

This webinar with presenter Pale Sauni featured a deep dive into Pacific Financial Wellbeing and explored some of the challenges that Pacific people navigate in order to set our sails toward financial independence.

Pale talked about Pacific cultural obligations including church, extended family, weddings, funerals, birthdays, missionary support and remittance commitments. Because they all require prioritising in terms of financial managing, we need to unpack these and enhance our collective understanding as to why prioritising can help or hinder Pacific student success in tertiary education. 

Presenter: 

Pale Sauni is Ako Aotearoa’s Pacific Priorities and Cultural Leader, Pale was born in Samoa and has had all his formal education in Aotearoa New Zealand. He is a highly experienced workshop facilitator focusing on a range of topics to better engage with Pacific communities and learners.

Pale uses humour, song, activities and role-play to engage workshop participants and build their cultural capability.

About the Manako Programme Webinar series

Each month the Ako Aotearoa Manako programme offers a free webinar featuring subject matter experts around topics that support educators working with adult learners.

Further information can be found on the Manako Communities of Practice Facebook groups. If you're not already a member, you're invited to join.