2026 News & Updates

Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley was proud to deliver our second Empowering Digital Care: A Design Masterclass in Pacific Health Innovation - and our first in Aotearoa, following the inaugural session held in Singapore in 2025. 🙌🏽 Jointly hosted with Te Puna Hauora - School of Health, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, the masterclass brought together healthcare leaders, practitioners, and designers from Aotearoa and Singapore. The session created a collaborative space for innovative change makers to share real-world insights on how digital health tools are being applied across hospitals, clinics, and community settings - with a strong focus on Pacific health innovation and equity. 💎Through distinguished speakers and fireside discussions, we explored how design-led approaches can enable more accessible, inclusive, scalable, and truly people-centred care. Key focus areas included integrating remote care, rethinking workforce roles, and applying behavioural insights to better support patients, families, and staff - moving beyond simply digitising services towards reimagining value-based models of care. We also heard how Tofa Mamao as a Pacific cultural framework can anchor digital transformation.

We go to where our people already are - workplaces, churches, and community spaces bringing vaccinations and full “Health Warrant of Fitness” checks right to them, just like we’ve been doing with our friends at NZ Tube Mills for the past three years. What makes this work is connection. Our team speaks in languages our communities understand and feel safe with. We take time to talanoa, build trust, and make sure they truly understand their health so they can make informed choices. 👍 Our mobile outreach brings the full picture of health directly onsite, removing barriers like time off work, transport, and cost so our people can stay on top of their wellbeing. We provide comprehensive checks including: ✅Physical health screening: height, weight, BMI, blood pressure, oxygen levels, temperature, lung function, blood sugar, cholesterol, and Hepatitis C screening ✅Wellbeing and risk checks: mental wellbeing (PHQ-9), sleep and fatigue assessments, and occupational health screening to identify risks early and support long-term wellbeing ✅Prevention and protection: vaccinations (flu, COVID-19, MMR), vision checks, and tailored risk assessments for heart, lung, and sleep health It’s about early support, prevention, and making healthcare easier and more accessible for our people where they already are. With our Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioner onsite, our people receive more than just a check they get clear clinical advice, prescriptions where needed, and practical, personalised support to help them stay well. 🙏🏼

What began 11 years ago as a sport and health movement by Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley continues to grow into a vibrant annual celebration of wellbeing, culture and connection for Pasifika families across the Wellington region. 🏉 Built on utilizing the vehicle of sport for health development, by promoting healthy lifestyles, connecting people to health and social services closer to home, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone from our pēpē to our mātua can move and push play together 👏🏽. Fa’afetai lava, Malo ‘aupito, Vinaka vakalevu, Meitaki Maata, Fakaaue Lahi, Fakafetai and Ko Rabwa to Total Touch Wellington for always holding it down behind the scenes and keeping our tournament running smooth every year.

Our Brothaz were out at Shandon Golf Club this weekend supporting a community led tournament focused on Suicide Prevention and Men's Mental Health Awareness. It was an opportunity to create space for meaningful connection, talanoa, and checking in on one another. 🏌🏽‍♂️🙏🏽 The Pacific Health Services Hutt Valley Social Services in particular the Toloa Mental Health team provides expert support to our families through various forms for those experiencing mild to moderate mental health challenges, creating safe spaces for talanoa and early intervention. Through initiatives like Toloa Mental Health, Whanau Ora and our Brothaz Hutt Valley online campaign, we provide a space where men of all ages can come together to connect, speak openly, and support one another through life’s ups and downs. If even one person feels heard, supported, or encouraged to reach out for help through these conversations, it’s a positive step forward for our fanau and the wider community

Give your child the best start for school⭐ As part of the ongoing development of our Well Child Thriving Cores checks, we are now delivering Well Child B4 School Checks to support their readiness and development. Clinics run fortnightly, with additional after-hours weekend appointments available by booking to make access easier for our families This is the 12th core check in the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme, focused on identifying and addressing any health, behavioural, social, and developmental needs before children start school. The B4 School Check includes: ⭐ Nurse-led check of growth, dental health, and overall wellbeing ⭐ Vision and hearing screening, with follow-up if needed ⭐ Behavioural and developmental screening, including the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ⭐ Immunisation review to ensure children are up to date ⭐ Referrals and support to access services like speech therapy or optometry if needed Alongside this, we have our very own vision and hearing technician

As frontline workers, bus drivers have daily face to face contact with the public, increasing their exposure to illness, so it's vital we support and protect their health. 🤌 Our mobile outreach services deliver comprehensive assessments directly to your workplace or community setting for ease and accessibility. We provide clinical assessments for cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, lung function, Mental wellbeing, and Vaccinations including COVID-19 and National Scheduled Immunisations. With our Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioner onsite, staff receive expert clinical advice, prescriptions where appropriate, and tailored support to achieve their health and wellbeing goals.