An award-winning health and social services organisation serving the Hutt Valley
21/11/2025
A Warm Pacific Welcome to our 2025 PHSHV Summer Interns. ☀️
We’re proud to support the next generation of Pacific health professionals as they gain valuable work experience alongside their studies. The future of health have arrived - vibrant, inspiring, and full of potential.
At PHSHV, we’re committed to growing a strong, confident Pacific health workforce and more importantly nurturing the future leaders our NZ health system needs.✨
Meet 3 of our 5 amazing interns:
👨⚕️ Ieti Ah Young – currently in his 3rd year of Medical School
💊 Tafaoganiu Kuiniselani Elisara – 2nd year Pharmacy student
🦷 Francis Arnold – studying a Bachelor of Oral Health
You’ll spot these inspiring young leaders alongside our team at community outreaches, home visits, and onsite clinics, in some of our local community pharmacies and practices over summer. If you see them out and about, don’t forget to give them a big smile and a wave! 👋😄
19/11/2025
It’s World Children’s Day! 🌺
Celebrate with us tomorrow at Moana Babies, a beautiful space where our Pepe, parents, and wider fanau come together to sing, play, and grow in connection with our cultural heritage. 🌊
Come and meet new people, build lasting friendships, and strengthen the precious bonds between pepe and their aiga. Together, we create a supportive village that nurtures the first 2,000 days of your pepe’s journey.
O le vā fealoa‘i e lelei ai le soifua - Relationships make life beautiful. Friendship and togetherness keep our hearts happy 🙏🏼
If you’d like to connect with our full health and social services, you can reach our team - we’re here for you and your family.
📞 (04) 577 0394 or 0800747213
📧info@phshutt.co.nz
🌐https://www.pacifichealthhutt.co.nz/referral
18/11/2025
Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley has partnered with Valley Church of the Nazarene to bring our FREE Health and Social Services directly to Wainuiomata this Saturday, 22nd November, from 12pm–4pm.
📍21 Fitzherbert Road, Wainuiomata
We know that accessing health support isn’t always easy - busy schedules, transport costs, and family commitments can make it hard to get the help you need. That’s why we’re coming to you! This community outreach event is open to everyone and provides a safe, welcoming space to access:
✅Free On-the-Spot Health Checks & Testing by our Clinical experts
✅Social, Physical & Family Wellbeing Support
✅Immunisations for the Whole Aiga
Bringing services into the heart of
Wainuiomata means no barriers, no cost, no appointments, just real support for you and your aiga. Come through, get checked, and stay proactive about your wellbeing. 🙌
13/11/2025
As part of Diabetes Action Month, we want to encourage everyone to take small, positive steps toward better health, starting at home 🏠
Our Healthy at Home Recipe Book is designed especially for our Pasifika communities and people living with Type 2 Diabetes. It’s filled with simple, affordable, and flavoursome recipes that make healthy eating easy for the whole family.
Every dish is quick to prepare, family friendly, and a great way to get the kids involved in the kitchen. Whether you’re managing diabetes or simply wanting to make healthier choices, this recipe book is a great place to start.
This week, we’re joined by Safekids Aotearoa, sharing practical tips to help keep our tamaiti safe from serious injuries - from falls and drowning to road safety. Their guidance supports families with children from birth to 14 years old.
Come along, learn, and empower your aiga with knowledge that keeps our kids safe and thriving.🌺
Find out more here👉 https://www.starship.org.nz/safekids
Moana Babies is for you and your village 🌊
Join our weekly sessions, a nurturing space to learn, connect, and embrace our Pacific cultures during the precious first 2,000 days of your child’s journey.
Together we’re building stronger and healthier futures by connecting families to free health and social services, and creating opportunities for parents to learn alongside their beautiful pepe.
O le vā fealoa‘i e lelei ai le soifua - Relationships make life beautiful. Friendship and togetherness keep our hearts happy 🙏🏼
11/11/2025
Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley is proud to continue our long-standing partnership with the Samoan Ministers Fellowship Wellington (Mafutaga Faifeau So'o Fa'atasi).
We were honoured to host their caucus meeting in our Tofa Mamao room, providing a space for meaningful dialogue and collaboration. 🙌
Our CEO shared key updates and stood alongside the Fellowship in support of issues that matter to our Pacific communities — including the Pacific Justice Petition (Visa-Free) championed by Arthur Anae, who joined the meeting online.
We remain committed to working alongside our key community leaders to ensure that issues relevant to our people — and the overall wellbeing of our communities — are at the forefront of every conversation. We are also committed to ensuring our leaders are up to date with their health checks — because healthy leaders build strong communities. 🙏
08/11/2025
It's Game Day Brothaz! 🏉🔥
Our Brothaz Derek, Tonu'u, and Antonio came together for a talanoa on what wellbeing means during the Pacific Rugby League Championships, reminding us that through sport, we can learn from each other, celebrate our different cultures, and stand united as one people of the Moana." 🌊
Brothaz Hutt Valley is a brotherhood built on honesty, connection, and cultural strength. Together, we’re breaking cycles, creating safe spaces to talanoa, reflect, and grow stronger. 💪
Remember, strength is not measured by silence, but by the courage to speak up and seek help. True leadership begins with looking after yourself, your aiga, and your community. 🙌
We invite you to support this movement by sharing, watching and liking these Pages linked below. Together, we can help change lives, break down stigma, and uplift our Pasifika communities one brother at a time.
Brothaz Hutt Valley (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/groups/brothazhv/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT
Brothaz Hutt Valley (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/brothaz_hv?igsh=MXd2N3RvcjJobGk5MQ==
📱(04) 577 0394 or 0800747213
📩info@phshutt.co.nz
🌐https://www.pacifichealthhutt.co.nz/referral
07/11/2025
We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever international and national webinar - and what a way to begin! 🙌
In partnership with Collaborative Aotearoa, PHSHV are bringing together a powerhouse panel of Nurse Practitioner leaders and experts from Canada and New Zealand.
Last year, our General Manager and Nurse Practitioner travelled to Ontario, Canada, where they were hosted by the inspiring CEO and President of the Ontario Nurse Practitioner Association and connected with incredible NP leaders. Now, we’re excited to bring that global expertise home.
This event will be facilitated by our very own - and Wellington’s only - Pacific Nurse Practitioner, alongside Te Whatu Ora’s National Chief Nursing Officer and Chair of Nurse Practitioner NZ.
🗓 9 December 2025
🕜 Tuesday 09 Dec | 09:00 AM - 10.00 AM (NZT)
🚨Measles is spreading here in New Zealand, and we need to do our part to protect our families🛡️
Measles isn’t just a rash - it’s serious. But the good news is it’s preventable! This highly contagious virus spreads easily through coughing, sneezing, or even being in the same room as someone infected.
Early symptoms feel like a cold, fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes followed by a spreading rash. This can lead to serious complications like pneumonia, ear infections, or brain swelling, and can be life-threatening. ☹️
💡The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps, and rubella - it’s safe, free, and proven to work. Protect your fanau, and your community. Get your two doses today at your GP, local pharmacy or right here at Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley.
📞(04) 577 0394 or 0800747213
✉️info@phshutt.co.nz
🛜https://www.pacifichealthhutt.co.nz/referral
❗Keep an eye on info.health.nz/health-alerts
your go-to place for updates on any health risks, outbreaks, or safety alerts across New Zealand
03/11/2025
Can you believe we’re nearly at the end of 2025? 🌺
Here’s what’s happening this November at Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley.
We remain strong in our journey to empower, uplift, and care for the wellbeing of our Pasifika families, whether out in the community or here at our clinic, we provide FREE, accessible, and culturally grounded care and programmes created by our people, for our people.
Check out the poster to see what’s happening at PHSHV this November.
Share it with your Aiga, neighbours, church families, or simply screenshot and save it for your fanau.
Our team is here here to Support, Educate, and Empower.
🗓️Our services are available in our office by appointment Monday-Friday 9am till 5pm
(04) 577 0394 or 0800747213 info@phshutt.co.nz https://www.pacifichealthhutt.co.nz/referral
02/11/2025
💡Did you know?
Even though our dedicated Vaccination Clinic runs every Tuesday 10am-4pm, we deliver vaccinations every day in homes, at workplaces or onsite. Just give us a call to book a time that suits you and your family.
The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps, and rubella. It’s safe, free, and proven to work.
Protect yourself, your aiga, and our community.
Get your two doses today at your GP, Pharmacy or right here with us at Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Pacific Health Service - Hutt Valley posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Leading the development and maintenance of a healthy Pacific Community in the Hutt Valley
Pacific Health Services Hutt Valley is an independent health service working closely with our Pasefika community of 12,000 people in the Hutt Valley north of Wellington. We provide community engagement, development, support, health services and social services. Our focus is A Vibrant Healthy Pasefika community in the Hutt Valley. We have delivered value to Pasefika people since 1999.
Our Pasefika family-centred approach reinforces family strengths, provides appropriate support and empowers families to live well with greater control over their lives. We are very well connected as a core part of our community and our approach is based on socio-cultural evidence about what works. This includes working through established community networks and a focus on faith-led approaches to service delivery. The nine explicit premises from the Family Centre Report offer a good description of our Pasefika family-centred approach.
Our services are very well regarded and we achieve highly on client satisfaction and quality measures. We have built up a range of health and social services in response to community need. We work with Hutt Valley DHB, Te Awakairangi PHO and other providers.
Our services and projects include:
Family Well-being and Social Service
Community Engagement & Development Project
Healthy Lifestyles Pasefika Programme
Family Against Obesity / Pasefika Choice Project
Mobile Nursing Service
Well-child Service
Breast & Cervical Screening
Rheumatic Fever Campaign
Membership of the Central Pacific Collective
Capacity and Capability Development
We are particularly proud of the following achievements in the last three years:
Pacific Touch tournament to bring people together around the healthy lifestyles messages
Mobile Nurse-led clinics as a better and more accessible way to provide services
Family Against Obesity / Pasefika choice has increased awareness and encouraged our people to take action
Hutt Valley DHB Community Services Award
First to be audited for Quality jointly by our funders
Preferred provider status with the Ministry of Social Development
Positive service evaluation and extension of funder contracts
Our innovative Faith-led Project has shown its value and has resulted in the Ministry of Health changing its funding parameters
Development of Governance through Board professional development with the Institute of Directors (funded by the Ministry of Social Development).
Our funding partners include: Hutt Valley DHB; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Social Development; and the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children. Over the next three years, we will deepen these partnerships and add new partnerships. We will develop our community relationships to attract greater levels of charitable donation and support. Consolidating our service offering will also allow us to develop partnerships with philanthropic organisations with an interest in progressing our vision for our Pasefika community in the Hutt Valley.
Our Board is made up of representatives from the main Pasefika groups in the Hutt Valley, co-opted representatives (e.g. representing Youth) plus independent directors as required to provide the skills and experience the Board requires. We will continue to develop our governance capability to take us forward and deliver on our purpose.
Our staff are passionate about our community and bring the skills and experience needed to deliver quality service. Over the next three years, we will continue to develop our service and leadership skills and invest in technology to assist staff in their work. Our current staffing is 11 (9FTE).
Over the next three years, we will consolidate the range of services we provide for our people. This is about filling current gaps in the services we offer and deepening our quality and evaluation processes. We will work with our partners to maximise the benefit to our people from available funding and ensure that the services we provide also meet this test.
Staff, Board and Funders work together to achieve the value for our community
