Grace Fiavaai is a New Zealand-based Pacific journalist and documentary storyteller. Fluent in Samoan, her reporting centres on Samoan politics, Pacific regional issues and stories grounded in lived Pacific experience. She has broken major political stories about Samoa and has participated in two Pacific Island missions, gaining first-hand insight into governance, leadership and community life across the region.
Grace has paternal links to Niue, Tonga and China, and spent part of her childhood in Jamaica, where her parents were missionaries with the EFKS Church. These experiences continue to shape her global outlook and storytelling lens. Prior to journalism, she worked as a flight attendant and continues to serve as a youth leader, strengthening her ability to connect across cultures and generations. In 2024, she became the first Pacific journalist to be named a finalist at the New Zealand Science Media Awards.
Widely known as Mama G, she is passionate about breaking stigma for Pacific women in media and telling stories that are honest, culturally grounded and accessible. Outside the newsroom, she is a full-time working mother of two, a self-confessed foodie and sports lover, known for her humour, warmth and down-to-earth approach.
