Lay summary
The Government's health and wellbeing budget has a clear target to improve the holistic wellbeing of Pacific communities in Aotearoa. The proposed research aims to explore Niuean elder and youth conceptualisations of happiness through a culturally centred research approach. Specifically, Niuean conceptualisations of happiness are used to co-design and implement wellbeing interventions to improve cultural connectedness and mental health for Niuean people. The interventions also seek to improve inter-generational knowledge transfer. Qualitative and quantitative measures will be used to glean insights relevant to the broader Niuean community in Aotearoa.