The Mana Moana Experience

The Mana Moana Experience is an integrated programme for Pasifika mid-career leaders, funded under Foundation North's Key Community Partnership programme together with Leadership New Zealand.

It brings together the experience, expertise and networks of Leadership NZ and a research-based indigenous knowledge-derived specialist programme created out of the postdoctoral research by Dr Karlo Mila (Leadership NZ Alumna 2013).

Leadership NZ's The Mana Moana Experience is targeted at mid-career Pasifika leaders. It will run over the course of a year in the form of six live-in retreats lasting 3 days each and involving peer coaching and small group contact in-between sessions. Each of these retreats will mobilise around and target a significant broad issue/theme that is critical and relevant to key issues facing the Pasifika community and New Zealand.

Foundation North's CEO Jennifer Gill said “The Mana Moana programme promises to support the development of Pacific leadership in a highly innovative and unique way. Foundation North is particularly excited to partner with Leadership New Zealand to support this fantastic opportunity for our region’s Pacific leaders in the making.”

Applications are now being invited for the Mana Moana Experience from Pasifika peoples - learn more at www.leadershipnz.co.nz