Sāmoan-Niuean PhD student Asetoa Sam Pilisi Photo: Pasifika Medical Association
The first of its kind research is exploring 'the cost of service' on Pacific populations.
University of Auckland doctoral candidate, researcher Asetoa Sam Pilisi says there is a cultural burden to care for family which can come at the cost of our mental health and wellbeing especially within Pacific communities.
RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon has more.