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The Future of Work The Future of Work

great bargain in the very last hour before the nation went into of skills around the globe. I have been able to take on several
lockdown. consultancies at one time and in October last year signed
While our children’s lives had completely changed; with a one-year contract with the World Bank as a Senior Com-
learning from home sometimes challenging, concentrating munications Consultant for its Blue Economy project in the
difficult, and missing their friends - there have been signifi- Caribbean.
cant gains. Our seven kids have experienced personal growth, Whilst I have found myself working more than 40 hours a
increased independence, and a development of hobbies and week, and even more in some instances, the work is spread
interests. There were numerous online training classes, and out in ways that allows me to spend time with my family that
our children took advantage of these sessions, namely, Dr T’s a traditional office job would not. The notion of work-life bal-
Fijian classes and drawing classes offered by (Islands Business ance is an impossible standard to live up to. There are times
contributor) Kanalevu Animation & Illustrations. There was when I focus on work, and there are times I focus on family, I
also their own schoolwork, and we were able to download have learnt to adapt my life according to the season that I’m
worksheets and answer sheets from teachers that posted and in. When working for myself, I dress up for work in my ‘hof-
shared on Facebook, with some even running live streams of fice’ (home office), I set up my schedule daily and I am inten-
some classes. Great online community pages emerged like tional with my work and get better value for the time spent.
the Barter for Better Fiji page. It proved to be a value-added While the crisis has taken its toll on humanity, it was a posi-
online community for me as I was also able to pick up a new tive disruption for my family as it provided an opportunity for
interest; collecting plants and succulents whilst assisting fami- us to think differently, and to value what’s important — that
lies and single mothers to provide for their families’ needs. is, family and our community. It has also, for us, underscored
The advent of remote work and an increasingly virtual family resilience, built by finding flexibility to react to chang-
world has reduced barriers for people to connect and build ing circumstances, leading to cooperation and closer and
networks. Through my communications consultancies, I have deeper bonding.
been able to connect with others outside of my usual domain,
that is, beyond the Pacific region and across the globe. One mtuivuniwai@gmail.com
of the most exciting trends during this pandemic is movement

TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NOTICE IN MICRONESIA AND PALAU

MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, of 1550 Utica Avenue S. Suite 100, Minneapolis, Min-
nesota 55416, United States of America, does hereby provide notice that it claims proprietorship of the trade mark

in relation to:

Financial services, namely, money transfer services, electronic funds transfer services, bill payment services, automated
clearing house services, electronic transfer of government monetary benefits, electronic check re-presentment services,
conversion of negotiable instruments to electronic payment transactions, processing payments to third parties, direct
debit accounting services, electronic credit and debit transactions, official check processing and issuance, electronic
debit card and credit card transaction processing; check and draft processing; financial risk management services; pro-
cessing monetary government benefit payments; processing and disbursement of payments associated with coupons,
rebates, and gift certificates for third parties.

MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. cautions that any use of the trade mark or any confusingly similar trade mark
in relation to any of these services or similar services, would be seen as infringement of their rights and that they will take
such action deemed necessary to protect those rights.

MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. can be contacted care of their address for service:
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AJ Park, Level 22, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, mail@ajpark.com

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