Pasifika youth are overrepresented in the criminal justice sector and, most worryingly, within violent offending statistics. Trends in violent offending behaviour show Pasifika youth have the highest rates across all ethnicities. However, there is a lack of interventions designed for Pasifika youth, with the absence most prominent in community-delivered programmes. This qualitative study facilitates an explorative talanoa with Pasifika probation officers. Thematic analysis of data-generated themes highlights the strength of culturally responsive practice and a desperate need for rehabilitation programmes available within the community. Probation officers’ frontline perspectives reveal that official responding must be vā-driven, prioritising respectful relationships that cultivate engagement and more positive outcomes for youth. In addition to establishing community rehabilitation programmes, a wraparound approach would strongly address systemic stressors that Pasifika youth disproportionately experience. Ultimately, co-navigation of transformative change would encourage empowerment of Pasifika youth, families and communities.