Global Pasifika Success Podcast Andrew Fa'avale

Jason Venu is the Founder and MD of Coversure Insurance. South Auckland-raised and of Samoan descent, Jason jumped out of employee-mode and into entrepreneur-mode following an insurance career spanning over 10 years. Coversure is now an award-winning and global operation, all sparked from Jason's insatiable curiosity, courage to reach out for help, and a deep desire to ensure people "live life, covered". Jason spends a large chunk of his time in the Philippines, where amidst his business...

Willie Leota is a Christchurch-based mortgage broker who is passionate about helping people achieve home ownership and wealth creation. Willie's pathway to his dream career has seen him work at various financial institutions in and amongst pursuing a rugby career in NZ and abroad. Interestingly, Willie and his wife also sold all of their belongings and headed to Samoa to volunteer with Samoa Victim Support Group and other ministries. LinkedIn: Willie Leota | LinkedInInstagram: instagram.com/w...

Fiso John Fiso (ONZM) is the Director of Fiso Investment Group based in Wellington NZ – a private Pacific fund that focuses on property development, health, education, hospitality, wellness and imports/exports. The son of migrant parents from Samoa, John was raised in Wellington and attended the almighty Rongotai College before moving to Dunedin to study phys-ed and economics at Otago University. After teaching for a few years, John spotted a barrier to Pasifika education that he be...

Lana Carter is the Founder and Principal Lawyer of Lavenia Law - a law firm that is focused on wills and legacy planning. Lana was born and raised in Porirua Wellington and is of Samoan and Maori heritage. She now resides in Brisbane with her husband and two kids. Following the death of her mother at just 44 years of age and her experience at her mother's funeral, Lana has focused her professional life on ensuring people's wishes and legacy are clearly articulated, protected, execu...

Tovia Va'aelua is husband to Linda and a father of four. He is a technology expert with over 20 years of experience across the globe. Falling into tech after graduating from university with an education degree, Tovia climbed the ranks in NZ across companies such as Datacom and Microsoft before relocating to the Philippines to take up a leadership position at Microsoft. Having achieved his professional and family goals there, he returned to NZ and pivoted within tech and is now the VP of...

Kale is of Maori heritage and was born in Brisbane Australia. From his own account, he had a pretty rough upbringing in Australia and it sounds like his saving grace was his mother’s decision to relocate to Clyde in Central Otago NZ to get away start afresh. Kale seemed to have thrived in Clyde at school and through uni and then went onto become a PT.Kale’s had crazy success since with a really popular story being that he started a gym with his cousins with $200 to raising $220K in just 14 da...