Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand In this Talanoa paper, the term “Pacific peoples” is used to describe people from all Pacific Islands residing in Aotearoa New Zealand including smaller migrant communities from Rotuma, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea and Hawai’i. The terms “Pacific peoples”, “Pacific”, or “Pasifika” are not intended to imply homogeneity of those Pacific communities living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Instead, they refer to population groups with shared histories in the Pacific and Aotearoa New Zealand, to strengthen the legitimacy of their position in Aotearoa New Zealand. We also use the term “Pākehā”, rather than Pacific peoples’ terms such as “Papālagi” (Samoan), Pālagi (Niuean & Tokelauan), Pālangi (Tongan) or Papa’ā (Kuki Āirani/ Rarotongan Māori). This is because it is the most widely-used and recognised name to describe people of European descent in Aotearoa New Zealand. Pacific resilience through culture and spirit Guided by values including relationships, care, reciprocity, respect, family, community and spirituality, Pacific cultures have endured over centuries of change and challenge. A traditional way of envisioning these relationships focused on the imagery and complexities of village life in the Pacific Islands, best depicted by the fonofale, developed by Fuimaono Karl PulotuEndemann in the 1980s. In the fonofale, the fale or home represents the foundation of the family and protection of culture connected through physical ties, spiritualities, mindsets and other realms integrated into wider contexts of time and environments. Pacific peoples recognise that life is complex and interconnected. Since the 1980s, the proportion of the community born in Aotearoa New Zealand and born to New Zealand-born parents have increased. At the 2018 FONOFALE vi En men ron t Time Env ir o nm en t ent nm iro Other Mental Spiritual t Physical C on t Including: Sexuality Gender Age Socio-economic status v En ext xt nte Co Ti m e Context Time En vir o n m en Figure 1 – Fonofale model of Pacific cultural worldviews 5