Our team
Chief Executive Officer
Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow
(Sāmoa)
Jacinta has extensive leadership and management experience in health …
Director
Dr Teuila Percival
(Sāmoa)
Dr Teuila Percival is one of the Directors for Moana Research. Previously, she was …
General Manager
Mary Roberts
(Sāmoa)
Mary’s background as a registered nurse has enabled her to hold roles as the Pacific …
Innovations lead
Amio Ikihele
(Niue | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui)
Amio is the Innovations Lead for Moana Research. Before working for Moana …
research lead
Dr Seini Taufa
(Tonga)
Dr Seini Taufa is the Research and Evaluation Lead for Moana Research. Dr Taufa was …
senior biostatistician / researcher
Dudley Gentles
(Sāmoa)
Dudley is the Senior Biostatistician for Moana Research. Dudley has worked at the …
OPERATIONS LEAD
Russia Vagavoa
(Sāmoa)
research assistant
Dantzel Tiakia
(Niue | Ngātiwai)
Dantzel is a Research Assistant with the Moana Research team. She is a recent …
research assistant
Faletoese Asafo
(Sāmoa)
Faletoese Asafo is a research assistant with the Moana Research team. He is a recent graduate …
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Hereine Roberts
(Sāmoa)
Hereine is the Executive Assistant to the CEO and a Research Assistant for Moana Research. Her attention to detail has allowed …
(Sāmoa)
Russia was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand in the wonderful suburb …
PROJECT & ADMINISTRATION/RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Kheilani Haimau-Ikihele
(Niue)
Kheilani is the Project and Administration Assistant with the …
SENIOR RESEARCHER
Nalei Taufa
(Tonga)
Nalei Taufa is a senior researcher for Moana Research…
research assistant
Kalesita Pole
(Tonga)
Kalesita joined the Moana Research team as an intern…
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Lois Chu Ling
(Sāmoa)
Lois Chu Ling is also a graduate from The University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Pacific Studies and Sociology. …
communication coordinator/research assistant
Cherelle Fuamatu
(Sāmoa)
Cherelle is a graduate from the Auckland University of Technology with a Bachelor’s of Business…