Reports & Articles

Articles

• Tauranga vet Mariska Chalmers aids Tonga animals with SPAW charity (August 2025, Bay of Plenty Times)
• More than 200 animals get free vet service (April 2025, Samoa Observer)
• Island animals given special care (June 2024, Local Matters)
• Rolleston veterinarian provides lifeline to animals in Tonga (May 2024, Rolleston News)
• Welcome return of Unitec veterinary team to Tonga (December 2023, Unitec)
• Inside Story: Furry Friends In Tonga (September 2023, Unitec)
• End animal cruelty: Advocates push for more clinics, shelters (July 2023, USP)
• Veterinarians revisit a shaken Tonga (December 2022, VIN)
• SPAW ticks off hundreds to pet surgeries and consultations (Dec 2019, Matangi Tonga Online)
• Pop up vet clinic heads to Tonga (Aug 2019, Stuff.co.nz)
• South Pacific Animal Welfare (Sept 2018, NZVNJ)
• A vet in paradise (May 2016, VetScript)
• Veterinary nursing students support charity vet clinic in Tonga (March 2014, NZVNJ)

Reports/Updates:

• Annual Report 2024
• Annual Report 2023
• South Pacific Animal Welfare Strategic Plan 2025-2027
• South Pacific Animal Welfare Strategic Plan Summary 2025-2027
• 2019 Dogs of Kolovai Scientific Dog Population Survey

Impact Reports – 2025

• Impact Report Samoa – September 2025
• Impact Report Tonga – August 2025
• Impact Report Tongatapu – May 2025
• Impact Report Samoa – March 2025

Impact Reports – 2024

• Impact Reports Tonga – October – December 2024
• Impact Report Tongatapu – August 2024
• Impact Report Tonga – May 2024
• Impact Report Samoa – May 2024