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Community‐based participatory research using culturally appropriate talanoa approaches provided the framework to explore diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander (API) women living with type 2 diabetes in South‐East Queensland. Data collection included interviews with key informants (21), in‐depth interviews with API women with diabetes (10), talanoa group discussions (7) and monthly steering committee meetings. Using an interpretive‐constructionist lens and the interpretations of community members, four cultural constructs in diabetes self‐management emerged: self‐identity, spirituality, stigma and denial, and structural factors. Self‐identity connected the women to their Pacific heritage that framed their collective roles as primary caregivers in the community. This gave the women a strong sense of belonging and helped maintain cultural, family and relational connections which were …