Reverend Ola Tofilau, of Papakura, QSM, for services to the Pacific community
Reverend Ola Tofilau is Parish Minister for the Newtown Pacific Island Peoples Church and lead Minister for Tu Tangata Wellington Poly Fest. He is a member of the Wellington Pacific Leaders Forum, the Board of Trustees for Va’aomanu Pasifika’s Board of Studies, and the Board of Samoa Capital. He has chaired Wellington Region Pasefika Services, the Wellington Region Ministers Fraternal, Wellington Pasifika Patrollers, and conferences on Samoan language. Reverend Tofilau has facilitated youth access to social and community programmes, such as the Ministry of Education’s Power Up, and has established and run homework programmes for students.