Profile

Our Mission
Leadership Pacific is a Movement (network) of Pacific peoples (individuals and communities) who practice, study and teach leadership to enhance leadership capacity in Pacific communities.

Our Values

  • Purposeful privilege: LP advocates for greater purpose as a privilege for service.
  • Ownership. LP assumes ownership of and responsibility for self and community.
  • Appreciation: LP encourages a balanced appreciation of what is here now.
  • Integrity. LP insists on ethical and effective leadership practice and scholarship.
Leadership Pacific strives to:
  • Foster ethical leadership in individuals, organizations and communities in the Pacific.
  • Promote understanding of leadership knowledge and practices, starting with context first.
  • Serves as a network for sharing of ideas, research and practices about Pacific leadership.
  • Strengthen the links and relationships between those who study and those who practice Pacific leadership.
Our Strategic 5 year vision
To grow (nurture and mentor) 1,000 New Generation Pacific leaders by 2015.

Strategies used
  • Leadership cluster groups
  • Mentoring relationships
  • Internship programmes
  • Leadership development workshops/ The Niu Tupu workshops
  • Leadership networks of Interest & National groups
  • Leadership conferences & symposia
  • Research & scholarship on leadership

Brief History
As an initiative, Leadership Pacific grew out of the Rethinking Pacific Education Initiative (RPEIPP), an innovative development strategy which was initiated in 2001 by key Pacific educators (Konai Thaman, ‘Ana Taufe’ulungaki, Tili Afamasaga, John Niroa, Hilda Heine, Kabini Sanga, Priscilla Puamau, Kelly Kalolo, Unaisi Nabobo etc) and supported with an NZAID grant. With this funding and since, a number of leadership development workshops were held for USP students from Solomons, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Tonga and Fiji. Other leadership training have been undertaken for regional educators, community, NGO and public officers and many Pacific students in New Zealand.

Contact & Further Information
Kabini Sanga (Convenor & Mentor of Leadership Pacific)
Kabini.Sanga@vuw.ac.nz

Cherie Chu (Secretary of International Executive Committee)
Cherie.Chu@vuw.ac.nz

Leadership Pacific Advisory Board
Terms of Reference

To feel, think and advise on all matters pertaining to the mission and vision of Leadership Pacific.


Board Members
1. Professor Konai Thaman, (Chair, USP Suva)
2. Dr Kabini Sanga, (D/Chair, Victoria University of Wellington)
3. Dr ‘Ana Taufe’ulungaki (Secretary, Tonga)
4. Dr Hilda Heine (Republic of Marshall Islands)
5. Ms Tili Afamasaga (Samoa)
6. Mr John Niroa (Vanuatu)
7. Dr Unaisi Nabobo-Baba (Fiji)

Leadership Pacific International Executive Committee


Officers
Chair: Maciu Raivoka, Victoria University of Wellington
Secretary: Cherie Chu, Victoria University of Wellington
Research Coodinator: Tepora Afamasaga-Wright, Samoa Qualifications Authority
Mentor: Kabini Sanga, Victoria University of Wellington

Bios for Officers & Members
Maciu Raivoka, from Deuba village, along the Navua delta, in Fiji. Maciu did early
schooling at Deuba District School and later, at Queen Victoria School. He holds a
Diploma in Billingual Education (Wanganui Open Polytechnic) and a BA in
Development Studies and Public Policy (Victoria University). Currently, he is a parttime
student at VUW towards an MA and works for the university as Programme
advisor [Leadership programmes] for the Centre for Continuing Education, Victoria
University.


Cherie Chu is of a mixed heritage. Her mother hails from Faa’a Tahiti and father
from Canton China. Cherie was born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand. She holds
a PhD from VUW and did research on mentoring for leadership. She is a lecturer in
education and teaches in human development, multiethnic and Pacific education
courses. Cherie is an active mentor and is co-convener of the VUW Pacific
Leadership cluster.


Tepora Afamasaga Wright is Samoan and is an Officer at the Samoa Qualifications
Authority. She is a former teacher and holds an MEd from Victoria University of
Wellington. She has previously studied in Australia.


Ellia Sablan-Zebedy is from The Republic of Marshall Islands. She works as the
Chief Administration Officer at the College of the Marshall Islands in Majuro.
Among her interests, she supports the professional development and further training
of Marshallese islanders in higher education.


Brenda Alik Maddison is the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Research
division of the Ministry of Education of Marshall Islands. She has worked her way up
the public service ladder; starting as a school counsellor. Brenda is also the PRIDE
coordinator for RMI and has represented her country in many Pacific regional
meetings in recent years.


Cresantia Koya is a Fiji national of mixed heritage. She is an artist and educator and
lectures at the School of Education of the University of the South Pacific. She holds
an MA in education (USP) and a BA in literature, language and education.


Tarusila Bradburgh is Fijian of mixed heritage. Her mother is a full Fijian woman
and father is of German-Gilbertese-Fijian backgrounds. Tarusila is on secondment
from the Fiji Government (Ministry of Youth & Sports) to coordinate the Pacific
Youth Council desk based at SPC in Narere, Suva. Tarusila holds a Commonwealth
Youth Program Diploma from USP and is studying towards a BA in Social Work as a