Moana Impact Studio is a Pacific-led social enterprise bringing cultural intelligence, research expertise and relational leadership to the organisations and communities we serve. We don’t consult from the outside — we co-design from within.
What we do
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We work alongside organisations, institutions, and communities to create meaningful change. Our expertise spans strategy development, research and evaluation, cultural competence training, and facilitation grounded in Indigenous values. Whether you need support designing an education program, embedding equity frameworks, or engaging with diverse communities, we bring experience, evidence, and cultural integrity to every project.
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We reinvest directly into Pacific communities through scholarships, microgrants, and initiatives that create opportunity and remove barriers. Our events and fundraising efforts fuel the Ako Moana Foundation, ensuring that Pacific students and families can thrive in education and beyond. Every dollar raised goes back into the community, building futures and sustaining cultural strength.
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Moana Impact Studio designs and delivers transformative leadership programs that prepare Pacific leaders for today and tomorrow. From student leadership and career pathways to executive-level programs, our approach blends Pacific knowledge systems with contemporary leadership practice. Participants gain confidence, networks, and the tools to lead with vision, integrity, and impact.
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The Moana Speaker Bureau connects audiences with Pacific and Indigenous thought leaders who inspire cultural intelligence, equity and systems change.
The Bureau is a curated directory connecting audiences with Pacific and Indigenous experts and thought leaders.
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At Moana Impact Studio, we design programs that are grounded in Pacific values and powered by culture. Each initiative is a vaka - a canoe - carrying our communities forward across education, leadership, and collective impact.
Moana Futures: Youth Programs
Vaka Pasifika: Professional Development
Moana Conversations: Though-leadership events and discussions.
Blue Vaka Experiences: Curated group travel to the Pacific.
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Moana Collective is Australia’s first structured, Pacific-led integrated consultancy collective. It brings together independent practitioners across law, policy, research, governance, leadership and community practice to deliver coordinated, systems-level work at institutional scale. We build solutions. We ignite possibility. We navigate together.
Whether you need strategy, programs, leadership development or community engagement, we bring cultural intelligence and professional rigour to every engagement.
“Ua tuhituhi mai kae omai ke gahua auloa.”
When we work collectively was a team, we can achieve great things.
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