LotuMoui Games

The LotuMoui Games

Picture the Summer Olympics on a smaller scale with Pacific churches in Counties Manukau! The LotuMoui Games Initiative is based on a similar concept and brings people from the Pacific community together to participate in inter-church activities consisting of:

Capacity building and training activities for participating churches
An opening ceremony
8-week inter-church build up of preliminary rounds of sports and fun family games
Family Games Day Celebration, acknowledgements, prize giving and closing ceremony

The Games initiative is not intended to be only for competitive sporting athletes as its focus is more on everyone being involved and participating in some type of activity.

For more information on the LotuMoui Games Initiative or the LotuMoui Programme please contact:

Silao Vaisola-Sefo

Telephone: (09) 262-9590
Email: Silao.Vaisola-Sefo "at" middlemore.co.nz
Website: www.cmdhb.org.nz

Definition of LotuMoui

'Lotu' means "church" or "prayer" in most Pacific languages, while "Moui" is a Tongan and Niuean term that generally means good health that encompasses mind, body and soul. The 'mind, body, spirit' approach to health is holistic and inclusive. Importantly, it is consistent with Pacific people’s concepts of health and wellbeing.