Pacifica Inc.

Pacifica Inc., sometimes styled P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A. or PACIFICA is a non-government organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand established in 1977 following a Pacific women's conference held in Auckland in 1976. It consists mainly of Pasifika women, although all women of any background, faith and ethnicity are eligible to join.^[1] The organisation seeks to provide opportunities for Pacific women to contribute effectively to the cultural, social, economic and political development of Aotearoa.^[2]

The Pacifica Inc logo

In 2023, the organisation published A Wellbeing Report: Voices from Pacific Women and Girls in Aotearoa, New Zealand as part of an aim to present a record of Pacific women and girls’ voices.^[3]

Notable members

• Susana Lemisio, co-founded a Fatupaepae branch of Pacifica for Tokelau women
• Emma Kesha
• Caren Rangi, president 2015 to 2017
• Paddy Walker, founding president in 1976
• Eti Laufiso, founding member
• Anahila Kanongata'a, national executive member
• Fanaura Kingstone, founding member in 1976
• Tepaeru Tereora, founding member in 1976
• Johnny Frisbie, founding member
• Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, president 2013
• Elizabeth Kerekere Young Pacifica member

Further reading

• A Wellbeing Report: Voices from Pacific Women and Girls in Aotearoa, New Zealand