The Samoa Business Network will honour the contributions of New Zealand-Samoan business people in an awards ceremony in September.
The aim is to encourage more sustainable Pacific-owned businesses in the country as well as support Pasifika economic development.
"You know, we do have a Pacific community but half of the Pacific population are Samoan. I think Samoans have a standing in actually acknowledging that,” Laura Keil-Hall said.
“But in saying that, there's nothing wrong to also do similar initiatives for other Pacific nations.”
Miss Keil-Hall said she helped start the organisation in the hope of connecting and empowering Pacific entrepreneurs.
"It's always daunting for me as a Pacific person walking in to a room full of (people), I don't want to say it, but palagi people, and then you kind of stand there and you look around the room and you try to find someone that you can actually connect with.”
“I just knew that there was a gap in that space," added Miss Keil-Hall.
Nora Swann, Samoan contributor of SBN, who is a Director of the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show and founder of a social enterprise called 'Dressed in Confidence' says working with the network in two years had made a huge difference to her work.
"You know, entrepreneurship is kind of foreign for Pasifika people. But when you're an entrepreneur and you're chasing the dream.”
“It's really important that you connect with like-minded Pasifika people who are on the same journey because then, they get it,” said Nora Swann.