Mrs Nonu Alatini, QSM, of Auckland, for services to the Tongan community and education
Nonu Alatini was Head Sunday School Teacher at Otara Tongan Methodist Church and East Tamaki Tongan Methodist Church and helped develop the National Sunday School curriculum for the Tongan Methodist Church of New Zealand.
She is part of the Tongan Methodist Women’s Fellowship and was Assistant Secretary to the Church and an Accredited Lay Preacher.
She taught at Dawson Primary School in Flatbush and was an Education Advisor to Tongan Early Childhood Centres.
She is President of the Queen Salote College Alumni.
Mrs Alatini helped establish The Niua Society and Toakase Women’s Cultural Group, of which she is Chair.