Women Chiefs & Traditional Power

From Nafanua, the Samoan goddess of war, to ending a civil war in Bougainville – the power of women is without a doubt embedded in Pacific history. But when you hear the word ‘chief’, do you still think of a man? Let’s blow the stereotype out of the water and meet the women across the Pacific who hold this rank and those who have stood in their traditional power, despite the impacts of colonisation, Christianity and western political systems.