Our Team | Mana Pacific Consultants

Taupo Tani

Taupo is the founder and co-director of Mana Pacific, and leads the procurement services. His background in engineering and facilities management roles, but also youth work roles, in different countries means he is both practical and relational, and can get the job done.

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Dr Tracie Mafile'o

Co-Director

Dr Mafile'o is a social researcher who has led interdisciplinary, international, and community-engaged research and consultancy teams across Oceania. As co-director, Tracie has visionary and strategic oversight of Mana Pacific's research, evaluation, coaching and facilitation consultancy work.

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Polu Samuelu

Research, Evaluation & Learning Lead

Fa’aeafale'upolu, better known as Polu, steps into our lead researcher and learning development consultant role. Polu brings a strong combination of social work and education, a meaningful contribution to bringing about transformational change in the communities she works in.

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Lois Aburi Kusilifu

Research and Evaluation Assistant

Aburi (also know as Lois) is a research and evaluation assistant with Mana Pacific Consultants. She is experienced working cross-culturally, and has in-depth knowledge of Pacific cultural, social, and economic issues, especially in Melanesia.

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Daniel Taylor

Research and Evaluation Assistant

Dan joins our team as a research and evaluation assistant. His varied experience includes social policy research, particularly about labour history. He also has a background in yoga teaching, massage therapy and landscaping.

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Melissa Etuale

Administration Assistant

Melissa brings over a decade of experience in administration support and operation coordination. With a passion for service excellence, she offers a calm, solutions-focused presence that strengthens team logistics and internal communication.

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