Moana Pasifika
| Union | New Zealand Rugby | |
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| Founded | 2020 | |
| Ground(s) | North Harbour Stadium (Capacity: 14,000) | |
| Coach(es) | Tana Umaga | |
| Captain(s) | Ardie Savea | |
| League(s) | Super Rugby Pacific | |
| 2025 | 7th of 11 | |
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| Official website | ||
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Moana Pasifika is a professional rugby union team based in New Zealand and made up of players from various Pacific Island nations as well as New Zealand or Australian born players of Pasifika heritage, including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands who play in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. Many of its players represent Tonga and Samoa at the international level, while it also includes current and former All Blacks such as brothers Ardie and Julian Savea.
The team was originally created for a one-off match against the Māori All Blacks in December 2020, with the future intention of trying to join the Super Rugby competition.
Moana Pasifika were granted a conditional licence and subsequently an unconditional licence in April and July 2021 respectively, to join the Super Rugby competition.
The team played its inaugural Super Rugby match on 4 March 2022.