Penina O le Moana

🌺 Penina o le Moana 2026 – Key Dates 🌺

Save the dates and get ready for another year of culture, connection, growth, and fun.

Whether you’re returning or joining us for the first time, we can’t wait to welcome our tama’ita’i Samoa and their families for another special season.

As we prepare for another season of Penina o le Moana, we’ll be sharing important information over the coming weeks to help both new and returning Peninas and their families get ready for 2026 ✨

Below are this season’s registration fees. Keep an eye out for registrations and key dates coming very soon 👀

We know the anticipation is real… and we’ve been hearing the question everywhere:
“When is Penina starting again?”

The wait is almost over.

Penina o le Moana Season 2026 is coming soon 🌺

Get ready for another season of culture, connection, and celebrating our girls.

Stay tuned for the official announcement and registration details.

More from our BLACK PEARL Gala Dinner in November 2025. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our event. We are forever grateful for our families and communities who have supported Penina o le Moana in it's first five years.

Fa'afetai tele Pio Manoa of 'Visuals by Pio' for capturing beautiful moments of this evening.

More from our BLACK PEARL Gala Dinner held November 2025 in celebration of five years of Penina o le Moana 🌺

Last month we held our 2025 Showcase, our fifth season.

At the start of our siva block we shared the story and history of 'Le Mau a P**e' which then led to 'The Mau Movement'. Our penina were able to connect the purpose behind Samoa's mau movement to their identity as teine and tama'ita'i Samoa growing up in the diaspora. Learning about the Mau emphasised to all our girls the importance of holding fast to their fa'asinomaga here in Dunedin. The immense pride they have about who they are as teine and tama'ita'i Samoa has been so poignant that they are writing about this story in school to celebrate being Samoan.

Our elders in the audience became emotional watching and hearing girls as young as 2yrs proudly singing "P**e p**e p**e ae! P**e āiga i le tai, lau tupe na paū i le vai ailoga a toe maua mai!"

Fa'afetai lava to our families and community who came along to our showcase. A big fa'amalo to our Penina o le Moana parents, tutors and the komiti for your support in bringing our 2025 Showcase to life.

O la outou p**e lea.

Talai Mapusua Nabalagi

📸 Rosie Roaché from Flâneur photographer

Penina o le Moana brought the sparkle to the Dunedin Santa Parade last Sunday! 🎄✨ Our girls showed up with joy, pride, and Christmas spirit in full swing.

Thank you to Corey, Owen and the team at Kara Transport for providing our float for us each year. 🥰

✨ Still glowing from our five-year Black Pearl Gala celebration last Friday.

What a privilege to mark this milestone surrounded by our guest of honours and the community who have carried Penina o le Moana from the very beginning.

A special mention to our cake extraordinaire Sweet Revelations NZ for the yummiest keke to celebrate our five years! 🍰

The Gala fun is still living rent-free in our heads. 🥹
The lights, the glam, the outfits, you all turned up and shined.

Thank you for giving us a night we’ll miss for a long time, and a sparkle we’ll be holding onto until the next one. 🤍✨💫

We would also like to give a big fa'afetai tele lava to our two sponsors Scenic Hotel Group & Gravity Events we can't wait to work with you both again soon! 🥰