Fonofili Parkinson

Languages: English, Samoan

Fonofili Sa’e-Parkinson is the Child and Maternity Manager for South Seas Healthcare. Before this, she was the Well Child Nurse Team Leader. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience having been nursing for more than 43 years, mainly in community nursing roles. She is a RGON, Midwife, Community Health Nurse, and now an NZ Registered Nurse. Fonofili has been in Well Child Nursing for more than 17 years, and as Team Leader she coordinates Well Child Services and also delivers them. Her role involves educating and supporting parents by providing health information to help improves their knowledge and skills so they can respond to their children’s needs at different stages of development. It also involves providing reassurance for parents that their children are developing normally through growth and developmental assessment, and providing care and support to help parents identify their children’s needs while caring for them. 

Ana Tom

Languages: English, Te Reo Kuki Airani

Ana is a registered nurse. A graduate of Manukau Institute of Technology 2003 with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science Nursing same year she gained a NZ Nursing Registration as a Comprehensive Nurse. She has 18 years’ experience in Well Child Health in the role as Well Child Nurse and Clinical Team Leader in the areas of Outreach immunisations, Family Centre, Well Child services across the Counties Manukau Area.

Fetalai Faifua

Languages: English, Samoan

Fetalai Faifua is the Well Child and SUDI’s Project Coordinator. Before this, she was the Well Child Service’s Coordinator for 6 years. Fetalai Faifua has 21 years of experience working in administrative roles since migrating to New Zealand from Samoa where she was a School Teacher. She holds a Diploma in Business Administration, Certificate in Medical Administration, and a Certificate in Teachers Training from Samoa. Fetalai speaks Samoan and English fluently. One of the things she enjoys about her role is the opportunity to engage with a variety of people, both internally and external to the Clinic and the feeling of satisfaction when she adds value to the life of others, even if it is just a smile. Fetalai loves working at Southseas and enjoys the camaraderie and teamwork between all the services they offer.

Fuifui Aumaivao Tasi-Apoua

Languages: English, Samoan

Fuifui Aumaivao Tasi-Apoua has been a Community Nurse Assistant for Well Child Services at South Seas Healthcare since July 2015. Fuifui’s role is to assist the Well Child Services Nurses team with home visits to register new babies, encouraging and educating mothers concerning breastfeeding and lactation, safe sleep practises, and risk prevention of sudden unexpected deaths of infants. She also works in raising awareness of the risks of exposing of children at home to second-hand smoke, parenting support, how to keep a child safe, what to do in emergencies, identifying and reporting any social needs or dangers that may affect children and families, and submitting referrals to get support as soon as possible.
Fuifui has a variety of skills and experiences gained from her previous employment background as a General Nursing and Obstetric Reregistered Nurse in Samoa since 1977. Her family migrated to New Zealand and obtained residency in September 1987. Since then, Fuifui has been working as an Enroll Nurse in different areas of Health Care. She was employed  fulltime by Acorn Nursing Bureau for over 15 years where she worked with geriatric, dementia and Alzheimer patients, accessing private and public hospitals to work in different areas of Medical, Surgical, Maternity and Paediatric care.
Prior to working for South Seas Healthcare, Fuifui was employed fulltime at the Otara Community for Non-Government Organisation services under the umbrella of New Zealand Federation Family Budgeting Services for 10 years.  Fuifui also studied for a Certificate for Community Health Worker at Manukau Institute of Technology.

Peka Aati

LANGUAGES: Samoan and English

Peka Aati is a social worker for the Well Child of Southseas Health Care. She is a Samoan matai and her title is Taumasinaseufagafaga is from the village of Vaiusu she prefer to be call Peka its easy.

Peka is proud of her Samoan heritage identity and her culture. She migrated to NZ in 1970 and has been in the Nursing Profession for 40 years before studying and gaining her Diploma of Social Worker from Te Wanaga in 2007 and later gaining her Bachelor of Social Worker Degree 2011. She has a passion to help families address health, social and physical needs as she has an extensive knowledge and experiences of working with her own people as well as other cultures within communities. Peka is guided by this Samoan saying ‘O le ala ile pule ole Tautua” which is Service is the pathway to leadership.

Asenati Fetalaiga

Asenati graduated with a Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work at Te Wananga o Aotearoa in 2022. She also received a Certificate of Bicultural Social Services Level 4 in 2017. She previously worked at Manukau Urban Maori Authority (MUMA) organisation in 2021 and is interested in working within the Maori and Pacific people environment. Asenati also achieved a certificate of Health Support Level 4 from Manukau Institute of Technology in 2006. She has worked in Auckland City hospital for over 15 years as a Health Care Assistant, specifically in Older People’s Health (OPH) and in the Rehabilitation Department. Asenati was nominated by her peers for the Rose Foster Assistant award in 2018 at Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) in recognition of being an exemplary Health Care Assistant who goes above and beyond to demonstrate the organisation values. Asenati achieved a Certificate of computing level 2 in 2012 at Te Wananga o Aotearoa. She is of Samoan descent and has four children.

Taele Meleisea

LANGUAGES: English, Samoan

Taele was born and raised in Samoa. Moved to New Zealand in 2019. Prior to working with the Well Child Service, she was with Southseas Healthcare Trust’s Call Centre. She acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and English Literature from the National University of Samoa. She is very passionate about helping people out; hence the reason why she joined Southseas Healthcare Trust in the first place. So, she can help serve the community of South Auckland in the best way possible.