Setaita Veikune, of Auckland, Honorary MNZM for services to the Pacific community
Reverend Setaita Veikune, of Auckland, for services to the Pacific community
Setaita Veikune is President Elect of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, the first Pacific woman to hold the position. She was the first Pacific minister to superintend an English-speaking multicultural synod, the Manukau Synod, of the Methodist Church of New Zealand; the first female Parish Superintendent Minister for the Auckland Manukau Tongan Parish; and the first woman elected to be Synod Superintendent Minister for Vahefonua Tonga O Aotearoa National Synod. Reverend Veikune is Director of Mission Resourcing, Pasifika Ministries of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, and has been President of the Tonga District Methodist Women’s Fellowship and the Auckland Manukau Parish Women’s Fellowship.