Tafafuna'i Fa'atasi Lauese, of Auckland, QSM for services to the Pacific community
As a member of the Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board, Tafafuna'i Lauese has advocated for maintaining and protecting local parks, reserves and sports fields, and for arts and culture projects. He is Chairman of the Pacific Peoples Advisory Council for Auckland Remand Prison, Treasurer and an Elder of the Mangere PIC Church, and an Executive Board member of the Mangere Cosmopolitan Club. He is an Executive Board member and Club Captain of the Aviation Golf Club and Secretary of the Samoan New Zealand Golf Association. Mr Lauese is a Justice of the Peace and has volunteered with the Mangere Citizen’s Advice Bureau.