By Gail Brown. For the next blog post in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Lina Chang. Lina Chang has earned the title of “Mamma” after helping more than 500 children throughout Samoa. In 2005, Chang opened the Samoa Victim Support Group (SVSG) which remains Samoa’s only support organization for children who are abused, abandoned, or ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 16 October, 2019 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Gail Brown, Lina Chang, Pacific Women Leaders, PWL, Samoa Victim Support Group, SVSG, UNICEF
By Gail Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series I with Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi, or Ioka as she’s called, uses her hands to create art, and uses her heart to connect with her Pacific ancestry. As the Learning and Outreach Manager for the Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki, everyone on Ioka’s team are all ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 24 April, 2019 | Categories: Art & Culture, Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, Culture, News, Pacific Women, Wahine Toa | Tags: #PacificWomen, Gail Brown, Iokapeta Magele-Suamasi
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Nora Swann, Designer for the
Pacific Fusion Fashion Show . “I’m creative, flamboyant, loud, and fun. That’s me,” Nora Swann declares when asked to define her personal fashion style. She loves to visit op-shops to buy different patterns and textiles ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 24 September, 2018 | Categories: Art & Culture, Business, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Gail Brown, Nancy Elizabeth Thompson, Nora Swann, Pacific Fusion Fashion Show, Pita Nikolas Taufatafua
By Gail Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Verona Parker – Broadcaster, Beauty Queen, Mother. When I sat down to interview Verona Parker she was still the General Manager of TV3 in Samoa. It’s a job she loved. However, change came in July when it was time to leave the television ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 3 August, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Beauty Queen, Broadcaster, Gail Brown, Mother, Pacific Women Leaders, Verona Parker
By Gail Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series I met a fearless young woman, Ema, who has spent her professional career working in the criminal justice system in my new found home of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington. Ema is serious about delivering justice and she has committed her life to advocating for ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 27 October, 2017 | Categories: Art & Culture, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Breakthrough Centre NZ, Ema Piutau, Gail Brown, New Zealand Department of Corrections, Pacific Women Leaders, Samoa
By Gail Brown. Welcome to the second blog post in a
series of stories highlighting Pacific women for their contributions to humanity and the communities they serve. Like the colourful decoration perched above her ear, Papali’i Mele Maualaivao reminds me of an exotic Pacific flower – bright, and bursting with enthusiasm. She channels her energy into empowering women across the Pacific ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 13 October, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women | Tags: #PacificWomen, Cook Islands, Girls Leading Our World, GLOW, Mele Maualaivao, National University of Samoa, Niue, Pacific Women Leaders, Papali’i Mele Maualaivao, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoa, Tokelau, UN Women, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
By Gail Brown. Welcome to the first in a
series of stories highlighting Pacific women for their contributions to humanity and the communities they serve. Earlier, I traveled to Samoa with my husband, U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown, to present his credentials to the new Head of State, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II. After having the pleasure of meeting His Highness, ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 22 September, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News | Tags: #PacificWomen, Fani, Fealofani (Fani) Bruun, Gail Brown, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, Moana movie, Pacific Women Leaders
