Articles
- Tauranga vet Mariska Chalmers leads SPAW volunteer team’s animal care mission in Tonga (December 2025, Bay of Plenty Times)
- 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 Tongatapu – November / December 2025
- Impact Report Vava’u – October 2025
- Impact Report Tongatapu – October 2025
- Impact Report Samoa – September 2025
- Impact Report Tonga – August 2025
- Impact Report Tongatapu – May 2025
- Impact Report Samoa – March 2025