Helping your people lead with courage, look after their wellbeing, and stay grounded in culture.
Empower Pacific runs leadership and wellbeing training, alongside culturally grounded resources, for schools, workplaces and communities — built on Pasifika values, and a whole lot of practical, hands-on learning.
Programmes for schools, workplaces & community groups.
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Workplace Wellbeing Workshops
Practical wellbeing workshops that build resilience, communication and a culture of looking out for one another — designed for teams and workplaces.
Student Leadership Workshops
Hands-on workshops for leaders at any level — building the everyday skills of clear communication, real trust and the confidence to lead well.
Workplace Leadership
Practical leadership training for essential and emerging leaders. We help supervisors, team leaders and future leaders build the confidence and skills to communicate clearly, lead different personalities, strengthen workplace culture and bring out the best in their people.
Pasifika Student Wellbeing Workshops
Workshops that help Pasifika students connect with their culture, build confidence and look after their wellbeing — using the Tama Pasifika Wellbeing Journal.
1:1 Coaching
Personalised coaching for leaders or individuals looking to strengthen their wellbeing — a private, focused space to work through real challenges and goals.
Empower Us — Speaking & Keynotes
Inspiring keynote talks and assemblies for schools, businesses and community groups — drawing on lived experience, storytelling and practical insight.
What our programmes actually look like.
A few moments from recent workshops, mentoring sessions and assemblies across the Wellington region.
Schools we've partnered with include Naenae College, St Patrick's College Wellington & Silverstream, Upper Hutt College, Shirley Boys' High School and Bishop Viard College.
Three pillars, one goal: people who back themselves.
Every workshop, mentoring session, coaching programme and resource we create sits under one of these three areas — often more than one at once.
Leadership
From first-time team leads to senior staff, we build the everyday skills of leading well — clear communication, real trust, and the confidence to make the hard calls.
Wellbeing
Practical wellbeing workshops and 1:1 coaching for schools, workplaces and communities — building resilience, connection, and a culture of looking out for one another.
Resources
Books, journals and tools that carry Pacific language and culture — including the Tama Pasifika Wellbeing Journal and stories from our publishing partner, Mila's Books.
Real stories, real culture — with Mila's Books.
Empower Pacific works alongside Mila's Books, the Pasifika children's publisher founded and run by Mani's wife, Dahlia Malaeulu. Mila's Books is the world's only all-Pasifika publishing team, and has been named NZ's Emerging Publisher of the Year and shortlisted for the Bologna Prize for Best Children's Publisher of the Year.
Through our publishing partnership with Mila’s Books, we connect young people with culturally grounded resources such as the I AM Pasifika Journal and Tama Pasifika Wellbeing Journal—supporting identity, confidence, reflection and wellbeing.
Naenae College students with their own I AM Wellbeing Journals, published with Mila's Books.
Through our publishing partner, Mila’s Books, we connect young people with culturally grounded books and wellbeing resources that support identity, confidence, connection and meaningful conversations beyond the workshop.
Tama Sāmoa
By Mani & Dahlia Malaeulu — A compelling young adult novel about four Samoan high school friends who take part in a letter-writing project that starts an honest talanoa with themselves. Through relatable characters and powerful themes of identity and belonging, it shines a light on the real need to better support Pasifika youth with their cultural and mental wellbeing. Winner of the Storylines Notable Book Award 2022.
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Tama Pasifika Wellbeing Journal
By Mani Malaeulu — Designed to help tama Pasifika connect back to themselves, strengthen their talanoa skills and learn how to heal along their wellbeing journey. A culturally safe space to reflect, explore and strengthen wellbeing through engaging interactive activities and writing tasks.
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Dear Uso
By Mani Malaeulu — A powerful prequel to the award-winning Tama Sāmoa. Beneath the surface, Mika struggles to balance school, work and family responsibilities while coping with his older brother’s absence. As he uncovers family secrets, the story delves into the complexities of family bonds, inherited struggles and the choices we make. Includes practical mental health tools for readers and study questions for educators.
View This Resource →Started by a storyteller. Built for the Pacific community.
Empower Pacific was founded by Mani Malaeulu — an award-winning co-author whose books and wellbeing resources for Pasifika youth grew into something bigger: hands-on leadership and wellbeing training for schools, workplaces and communities across the Wellington region.
Every programme is grounded in Pasifika values, lived experience and a belief that people grow fastest when they're connected to their culture and to each other.
Co-author of Tama Sāmoa & Dear Uso, and creator of The Tama Pasifika Wellbeing Journal
Ready to bring Empower Pacific to your school, team or community?
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