Mr Nanai Muaau, of Lower Hutt, QSM for services to Pacific health
Nanai Muaau helped establish and is the Executive Director of Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley (PHSHV), providing mobile community health services and social welfare services to more than 12,000 Pacific community members. He has introduced countless initiatives and projects, including Pasifika Choice Project, an obesity prevention programme, which led to the establishment of an annual touch tournament. In partnership with local Pacific Churches, he initiated the wellbeing service Faith Led. Through PHSHV, he established vaccination centres, testing stations and vaccination festivals and has disseminated accurate information on COVID-19. Mr Muaau is Treasurer of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa.