Semisi Ma'ia'i
Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i, of Wellington, received the Insignia of a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Samoan community. Dr Ma’ia’i was a General Practitioner in the Auckland area for more than 40 years and in 2010 published a modern and comprehensive Samoan dictionary, Tusi’upu Sāmoa, with the aim of ensuring the Samoan language remained alive and vibrant.