Vaiopuaa (Vai) Harris QSM
Vaiopuaa (Vai) Harris, of Auckland, received the Queen’s Service Medal for services to the community. Mrs Harris has run Vaiola Pacific Island Budgeting Service in Māngere since 1997. She deals with hundreds of clients, advocating for them and accompanying them to WINZ, court cases, tribunals, mortgage companies and banks. She specialises in assisting families with houses subject to mortgagee sales, and those who have been served eviction notices. She is a trustee of the Fonua Ola Pasifika Providers Network, a group of Auckland social services committed to supporting the Pacific community. She has appeared on radio and on television, helping to solve people's financial dilemmas.