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Samoa

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) took place in Samoa from Mon 21 Oct – Sat 26 Oct 2024 and I was thrilled to partake in this historic event for Samoa. As a Samoan raised in Auckland, New Zealand who hails from Saleilua Falealili and Vaipuna Apia, it has always been a goal of […]

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Niue

It was an honour to run capacity building workshops in Niue in Aug and Sept 2024. The capacity building workshops were in partnership with the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Academy for Women Entrepreneurs and the Niue Chamber of Commerce and were customised to suit the fashion community (leadership team, designers and models)

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Kanumea Afine Loto Toa – Pacific Woman in Business Award 2022 – Pacific Business Trust

A friend nominated me for these awards and because my track record has never been successful with awards, I was reluctant to enter and was not really interested. It wasn’t until a fellow woman entrepreneur and friend entered a pageant overseas and as I was following her journey, she inspired me to enter the PBT

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Hawaii

What a complete honour it was to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar in Oahu from 24 July – 6 August this year. I applied for this seminar thinking, ‘I could potentially get accepted’ but I wasn’t holding my breath as I knew a few pacific women in business had

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Nora Swann + Co

I recently launched the Nora Swann + Co squad events for my Personal & Professional styling clients. I wanted to create a community allowing like minded women to connect, switch off from the hustle and bustle of life and ‘just be’. These gorgeous women are from all walks of life who I’ve connected with as

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