SPRINGER NATURE Moanaloloto Series: Volume 1 – Untangling Notions of Pacific Wellbeing Across the Trans-Tasman Diaspora

Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Talofa, Kia ora, Malo te ma’uli and warm Pacific greetings to you all.

It is a pleasure to welcome you and to introduce the Springer Nature book series, Moanaloloto: Deep Understandings of Pacific Wellbeing and Holistic Health Praxes, beginning with Volume 1, Untangling Notions of Pacific Wellbeing Across the Trans-Tasman Diaspora, which will be officially launched this October. Join us in person or online - see our socials for more information.

Moanaloloto speaks to depth, to careful, intentional engagement beneath the surface. As a book series, it brings together Pacific and Indigenous scholars whose work draws from ancestral knowledge, lived experience, cultural values, and collective responsibility. The series responds to the ongoing need to re-centre Pacific epistemologies in conversations about wellbeing and health, recognising that knowledge is relational, embodied, place-based, and deeply connected to community.

Volume 1 explores how Pacific wellbeing is understood, practised, and negotiated across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. The collection engages with themes of diaspora, mobility, identity, belonging, and continuity, while moving beyond deficit narratives to highlight Pacific strengths, resilience, innovation, and future-focused wellbeing practices.

This volume is edited by Dr Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei, Dr Ruth Faleolo, Associate Professor Sam Manuela, and Associate Professor Dion Enari.