Hana Halalele Photo: Otago Daily Times
New Zealand's South Island has one of the fastest growing Pacific populations in the country.
Communities there were only further strengthened when uniting against the spread of COVID-19 - as a result Pasifika had the fastest vaccination rates out of any other people group,
However, the impacts of the pandemic further exacerbated pre-existing issues like the cost of living, Pacific pay-gap, education and housing issues.
RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon has the story.
