Reverend Nove Vailaau, of Porirua, ONZM, for services to the Samoan community
Reverend Nove Vailaau is CEO of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (EFKS) New Zealand Trust, which he established to liaise with government to address issues impacting New Zealand Samoans.He has been Church Minister of the Porirua EFKS for 22 years. He helped to create the Atamu Porirua EFKS Incorporated and The Aoga Amata Porirua, community-driven organisations that help young Samoans. He has been a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council for the Minister for Pacific Peoples, the Ministry of Education’s Pasefika Talanoa Group, and the Ministry of Health’s Pacific Advisory Group. He was Chair of the Porirua Pacific Church Ministers Group and is a member of the Wellington Samoan Faifeau (Church Ministers) Group. Reverend Vailaau has been involved with Taula I Fanua Trust and the Central Pacific Collective.