Reverend Penesikoto Togiatama, of Auckland, QSM, for services to the Niuean community
Penesikoto Togiatama is founding Minister of Takanini Niue Pacific Islanders’ Presbyterian Church. He was a Niue Language Teacher for Adult Community Courses at Aorere College. He was a founding member of the Niue Advisory Council, Niuean Soccer Council and Niue Cricket Council. He chaired Pacific Islanders’ Ministers’ Fraternal and was Moderator for Niue Council of Ministers. He was a voluntary chaplain for Middlemore Hospital. He is Presiding Minister of the Niue Stage at Polyfest and Minister for Niue Teachers’ Association Toa Matala. He sits on Manukau Institute of Technology’s Pasifika Community Forum and the New Zealand Police Pasifika Community Forum.