Pacific practice is grounded in "vanua" and "fonua," Fijian and Tongan terms encapsulating notions of land, culture and people. "Fono at the Fale" and "Veiqaraqaravi Vakavanua" are expressions of "vanua" and "fonua" cultural practice and are facilitated by, and through, the use of kava. Kava, a culturally significant drink made from the roots of the "piper methysticum" plant, is used in many areas of the Pacific (or "Moana"), grounding cultural practice in tradition, values and beliefs--with knowledge and meaning-making imparted and shared with those involved (Aporosa, 2019b). That meaning-making includes "talanoa," an explanatory and conversational process fundamental to the ways in which Fijian and Tongan people make sense of their "veiyaloni" and "va" inter-connections and interactions with the physical, spiritual, sacred and ancestral "vanua" and "fonua"--through land, sky, "moana" and people, including deity (Fa'avae et al., 2021). In this paper the authors explain and reflect on the use of "Fono at the Fale" and "Veiqaraqaravi Vakavanua," inclusive of kava and "talanoa" at the University of Waikato (UoW) as culturally-embedded practices associated with Pacific student and staff learning and interactions, through "vanua" and "fonua" expressions of iMua linked to UoW strategic vision and goals.