The word embodies the act of caring or caregiving such as tausiga o matua which means care for the elderly or parents or tausiga o le siosiomaga refers to environmental stewardship. It reflects the deep cultural value placed on responsibility, respect, and communal support in Samoan society. ​

This grant is available to Pacific women, girls and people of gender non-conforming Pacific identities in all their diversity who are part of a registered or unregistered network who on their own or in collaboration with others, want to implement an initiative that would contribute to cultivating of Pacific feminist forms of knowing, doing and being. The interpretation of this would entirely depend on the applicant.

The Tausiga Grant is a grant for core support and for activities that require an implementation period of 1 year.

Maximum Grant of up to NZD 50,000.

Subsequent applications from the same organisation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.