Luisa Pulu

Luisa was born and raised in Tonga, studied and started my career in Tonga as a Tongan Registered Nurse from 1989 to 2002 in General Obstetric. New Zealand Registered Nurse in General and Obstetric 1998-current. Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care Speciality Nursing 2010-current.

She has a knowledge and experiences in Nursing for 33 years now .

She had experiences working with Families and whanau in the communities as a Well Child Nurse started with Plunket for 13 years.

She is the Well Child Team Leader for South seas Health service. She loves her job knowing that she is able to work with families and whanau in order to achieve their goals in physically, mentally , socially and spiritually and especially for children to have a good growth and development, healthy and happy and safe.

She enjoys challenges and has a good attitude to setting goals and striving for success. With an enthusiasm and willingness to learn, up skill and coupled with the ability to work as part of the team, She is competent and respects those whom she encounters with.

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.

Rosalina Sio

LANGUAGES: Samoan and English

Rosalina Sio is a social worker at Southseas Healthcare. She was born and raised in Samoa and came to New Zealand at the age of 5 years old. Rosalina was educated here in New Zealand and has strong community networks as she attended Newton Pacific Islander’s Church. She has a Diploma in social work from the Auckland School of Social Work. She has worked at CYFS now known as OT for over 20 years.

Rosalina has a passion and commitment to her Samoan identity and heritage as well as to Tagata Whenua and our other Pacific nations. Rosalina speaks Samoan and English and loves working with people in our communities.

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.

Ana Kivalu

Ana is an Otara raised, New Zealand born Tongan. Ana joined the South Seas Healthcare team in 2021 and currently leads the Youth Services at South Seas Healthcare which include the Bubblegum Mentoring Programme, My Story Programme, By the Brothers Barbers, Bubblegum School Holiday programmes and Talanoa Ako. Ana aims to provide a safe space where young people can equip themselves with tools to achieve their goals, enhance their health and wellbeing and upskill.

Alexander An

Languages: English, Chinese

Alexander started working for South Seas as a contractor since 2018, for supplying contents and communication works with his expertise. He then formally joined the South Seas Family in 2020 as the Media Coordinator to support the organisation’s media and promotional works during the pandemic. Before this, he worked as a freelance filmmaker in various sectors of the film industry. Coming from a background of media and film, Alex’s main role is to collect and to create visualised stories about the complex operations of South Seas, also to look after media strategies and digital media platforms. He often goes across different services and levels within the organisation to gather ideas and to fulfil various requirements.

Alex holds a master’s degree in Film and Media of Auckland University, after his Bachelor’s in Literature Studies. His passion is around narratives – to analyse effective ones and to create successful ones in digital media. He is interested in hidden stories about the marginalised and vulnerable communities in New Zealand – especially about migrants, ethnic minorities, and low-income families. His works at South Seas reflect a large part of these topics.

Apart from his work, Alex also loves cooking, hiking and cats. In the South Seas Family, he is famous for frequently showing off photos about his homecooked food, two cats and risky hikes.

Yolandi Faalavaau

Yolandi is of Samoan descent alongside other navigators truly believes in communication when dealing with the community. Advocacy and creating an easier line of communication is one of Yolandi’s main strengths in bridging families and government agencies, especially for our families who speak English as a second language. Yolandi believes her role as a navigator plays a crucial part in creating beneficial change in the community, she knows she is in the right place and can motivate families to make better lifestyle choices both big and small. Yolandi has found a great passion for serving others by helping them to identify and prioritize their welfare needs. Yolandi looks forward to being a part of the Southseas Healthcare family and plans to continue making a positive difference in the community moving forward.

Deborah Tuinauvai

Deborah is a Wellbeing Navigator working to assist families within the community by connecting them to the correct services and organisations. This could be through Work and Income and/or the internal services that South Seas Healthcare provides. Deborah believes that as a navigator she can pay it forward by helping the community better their lifestyle choices and become more self-reliant. Deborah is of Tongan decent and uses her skill to communicate to help more in the Tongan community. Her passion is to serve and navigate her community to access the organisations and services needed.

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.