PaCIVICa has launched with a bold 20-year vision: to create the conditions for Aotearoa’s first Pacific Prime Minister. In this episode, we share how it began, why leadership pathways matter, and how Purpose Empowered People incubates movements from seed to reality. This is just the start.

Pati Umaga ’s life has moved through several distinct phases — community worker, professional musician, spinal injury survivor, and now disability arts advocate. What connects them isn’t a single career path, but a consistent focus on people and relationships. Early Life: Community and Culture Born in Wellington to Samoan parents, Pati grew up surrounded by church life, family responsibility, and cultural expectations. From a young age he gravitated toward helping others. That interest led...

He never planned to lead — but when no one else stepped up, Lee Timutimu did. In this powerful kōrero, Lee shares how a quiet call to action became a trailblazing journey through Māori tech, data sovereignty, and kaupapa-driven leadership. Read the full story of reluctant leadership turned purposeful impact.