Reverend Eveni Lagaluga, QSM, for services to the Niuean community
Reverend Eveni Lagaluga, QSM, for services to the Niuean community
Reverend Eveni Lagaluga was a founding member of the Pacific Islanders Presbyterian Church Aotearoa (PIPC) in Newton and Otara. He developed three other PIPC branches, each with community initiatives for youth and women, as well as three language nests. He initiated the first lay preachers group to include women. He set up Fono Motu, a body of Niuean people in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He held various roles with Presbyterian Support Services at Friendship House in Manukau. Reverend Lagaluga developed a Niuean community radio spot and a worship group for Niuean people in Sydney.