To sink or swim : leadership begins with a splash! / Cherie Maria Chu -- On courage and hope / Billy Fito'o -- To you, my most precious gift / Pine Southon -- Leadership as 'Tautua' : service to the Church / Fuapepe Rimoni -- From reluctance to advocacy : are there more like me out there? / Dunn Vunariri -- Rediscovering leadership / Ivy Samala -- Creating opportunities : the village at the university / Maciu Raivoka -- Navigating the Pacific : the journey of the Onu / Amber Walters -- Reflections of paradise / Janice Ikiua -- My leadership journey in Vanuatu : a Japanese observing leadership in Vanuatu / Yoko Asano -- My husband as a leader / Jessie Sialis Mwaraksurmes, for Amton -- Threads of thought on leadership / Tepora Afamasaga-Wright -- Ana Taeka Tamau Taua Ma Nanom: holding on to dad's advice in my heart and soul / Juliette Toma -- Tofavaha : to break the deep ocean / 'Isikeli Ngalu Oko -- Ways of belonging / Laura van Peer -- Leadership in a crisis situation / Alice Aruhe'eta Pollard -- The leader inside of me / Adrianna Fuli -- To my children: a journey of learning in the school of life / Anna Joskin -- The success of the failures / Patrick Daudau -- Living dreams of inspiration / Siitia Lauvi-Anae -- Tovolea, tovolea, ko na qai rawata: try and try and you will achieve / Donasiano Ruru -- A white chick's journey in the tropics / Gayna Vetter -- Leading the way : even small things matter / Diana Felaga'i -- Dear papa : a letter of your leadership influence on a daughter / Leima Tuatonga -- My leadership journey / Kerese Manueli -- You are here to serve / Esther Cowley-Malcolm -- Catching myself in my default mode : personal leadership at home / Kabini Sanga.

Written primarily for Pacific audiences, the authors in this collection are young, ordinary students sharing their own leadership stories as children, parents, employees, mentees and mentors. As New Generation leaders, these individuals are recognising, seeking and initiating opportunities to demonstrate leadership in everyday life.