Dr Michael Hutchinson

Qualifications: MPhys (Hons), BMBS, MRNZCGP

Michael was born in Nottingham, England and trained at the University of Nottingham Medical School before graduating in 2016. After two years working in the NHS in the UK, he moved to New Zealand with his partner in 2018 and worked as a house officer at Auckland and Waitemata DHBs, before completing 6 months as an adult rehabilitation/older people’s health registrar at Middlemore Hospital. He then started his GP training and has worked in Panmure, Three Kings and Mt. Eden, before moving to Southseas in September 2022. His interests in medicine include diabetes and child health, although he also loves the variety of general practice. His passions outside work include cooking, cycling, and spending time at the beach.

Dr Rodania Levi

Rodania was born in Samoa and moved to New Zealand in 2004. She graduated from The University of Otago with a bachelor’s in science in 2007 and then The University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2015. She has experience working as a junior doctor in various specialties within the Auckland region. She is passionate working in Pacific and Woman’s health and has completed postgraduate study in Women’s Health from The University of Otago. Rodania enjoys the diversity of General Practice and is currently completing her first year of GP training.

Pene Pati

Languages: English, Samoan

Pene Pati is an ARi Diabetes Registered Nurse Coordinator at South Seas Healthcare. Pene provides diabetes self –management education on insulin tablets, insulin initiation, diet and leading a healthy lifestyle. Pene qualified as a General and Obstetric Registered Nurse in Samoa and has worked in all fields including the outpatient department, operation theatre, medical and surgical wards, paediatric wards, maternity: antenatal, delivery and postnatal, family planning, ENT, ophthalmology and the chest clinic.

Malaefono (Fono) Seve

Languages: English, Tuvaluan, Tokelaun, Samoan

Malaefono Seve is the Health Coach and Health and Safety Officer at South Seas Healthcare and is of Tokelauan and Tuvaluan heritage. He is a qualified Phlebotomist (blood taker) and is responsible for completing blood tests to determine diabetes risk and Cardivascular Disease. Malaefono manages recalls for our diabetes patients and is a diabetes / pre-diabetes Educator, responsible for setting up referrals to the dietician, podiatrist and retinal specialist. He also provides smoking cessation support for some patients. Malaefono started working for South Seas Healthcare in 2007, and believes in walking alongside our patients on their journey to healthier lifestyles. 

Jennifer Vatuvei

Jen is of Samoan descent, born and raise in the heart of south Auckland Otara. Jen’s core values are her faith, family and culture which works at the foundation of her work. She is currently working as a navigator at the wellbeing hub. Jen is passionate about her role, believes she can help bridge the gap between families and services such as MSD, work, and income etc. Working in this field allows her to support families in building long-term goals that work towards a better change to their situation and lifestyle.

Sharon Sinia Anae

Sharon Sinia-Anae is a Registered Nurse of six years. She is one of two Registered Nurses that is co-leading the Mobile Nursing Services (Home-visiting team) under Southseas Healthcare.

She is of Samoan descent, born-raised and still residing in Mangere South Auckland. She comes from a family of six and is the second eldest of four children.

Four and a half of those years I had worked as a school nurse providing health care to school kids from the ages of 5-18 years. As much as I enjoyed working with youth, I also wanted to challenge myself by gaining more clinical experience and knowledge in other fields therefore had joined Southseas Healthcare in April 2021 working as a COVID-19 vaccinator at the former Otara Pacific-Locality Vaccination and then became clinical lead in December 2021 until September 2022. Although she comes from a family line of Registered Nurses and other health professional. Nursing was not a passion to begin for Sharon but over the years of studying to become a Registered Nurse, she found a passion in serving for our community in South Auckland. Nursing opened her eyes to many effects of health especially for our Pacific people giving her the opportunity to contribute to our community through providing quality health care and minimizing health disparities in the community. Her greatest joy yet is developing the rapport with our people at their homes, being introduced into their lives allowing them to teach her the language and more about our Pacific Island culture. By developing positive relationships with our families, we are more likely to work more collaboratively with the community to achieve better health outcomes for our people, so they can live more abundantly.

Darian Lesa

Darian has worked in the healthcare industry for 7 years. She gained her qualifications in Care-giving Level 2, to Health and Wellbeing with Advanced Support Level 4. In the past 7 years she has worked as a caregiver in rest homes, caregiver for in-home support for the elderly, and as a community support worker for people living with disabilities. She is now the Healthcare Assistant for South Seas Clinic and feels greatly privileged to give back to this community, as well as be part of an organisation that is deeply connected in providing excellent health and well-being for Pacific people and all communities.

Torranice Campel

Torranice Campel was born and raised in Mangere. She is of Māori, Samoan (paternal) and Niuean (mother) decent.

She has 10 years’ experience working in the social services field; specialising in family violence, sexual violence, child protection, youth development, community development and LGBTQI+/MVPFAFF Diversity. She has also Co-led and led several boards, presented at national and international conferences, and created sexual violence and LGBTQI+/MVPFAFF resources.

She is committed to uphold the articles of Te Titiri o Waitangi and driven to serve by understanding how social sciences underpins social work and how colonisation has had an impact on indigenous (Tangata Whenua) peoples of Aotearoa and Pacific Islands peoples. She believes people deserve quality care and support

Sarah D’souza

Sarah started off her nursing career in the neonatal intensive care unit at Middlemore Hospital , along with her NICU background, she did a rotation at Kidz First Surgical. Her time working with neonates and paediatrics was incredibly rewarding however she opted for change and started working at the Otara community testing station in 2021 during the peak of the COVID 19. Once the demanding for testing had reduced , she was offered a job at the clinic. The Southseas clinic has been a change coming from Middlemore, she finds herself working more closely with patients within the community across all ages.

Natalia Ng

Natalia has been a registered nurse for two years now. Growing up she knew she wanted to do something that helped the community, she wanted to be faced with new challenges and a job where no two days were the same.

Natalia started off in the wards at the Middlemore Neonatal unit and it really showed her how tough shift work can be. She then decided she wanted a change and with the Covid 19 pandemic coming to its peak she knew she wanted to do something to help. Starting her role out in CBAC has really put her at the forefront of the community and has shown her that this is where she thrives most. The community here in South Auckland has been nothing but kind and patient during this difficult time and she is so proud of all the accomplishments that everyone has made together. She has been redeployed to work in the South Seas clinic in May 2022 and she is Committed to help the community as she dreamt of.

Mutu’I Temukisa Alao-Snyder

Qualifications: Registered Nurse, DipComNur, PGCerHCS, PGCertPH

Mutu’i Temukisa’s background as a registered nurse has included roles as developing the role of the Nurse Educator for Kari Centre Child & Mental Health, Tupu Ora Eating disorder, Tu Maia Youth Forensic Services, Hapai Ora Early intervention Team and Aronui ora Maternal Mental health team for ADHB Child and Adolescent Mental Health services, worked in Adult inpatient unit at Te Whetu Tawera, in addition extensive experience working in the community as a Well child Nurse, Plunket nurse and Plunketline Tele Nursing.

She has also been a Senior nurse Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology in the Programmes of Bachelor of Nursing Pacific and across the Bachelor of Mental health Focus Paper in both programmes marking assessments and visiting undergraduate student nurses onsite at their Clinical Placements.

Mutu’i Temukisa has worked in Auckland as a Registered Nurse for over 26 years and include working for the Samoan Health Mission in 2010 Tsunami Samoa and also as a NZ PACMAT Measles in Samoa outbreak – Pacific Medical Association during Dec 2019 and returning in January 2020. Where she was deployed for 2 weeks at each mission.

Very recently being redeployed to work at the Auckland Regional Public health team via as a contract tracing Pacific nurse when the COVID 19 outbreak began earlier on and during the last surge working and covering at Fraser McDonald unit and at the Child & Family Unit (CFU) in the mothers and baby’s unit and in the open ward at (CFU). Mutu’i Temukisa tautua (service) to her people and community she is married to Kalolo Snyder and have four children named Leilani, Li’iLi’i-Lei, Christian Silila and April-Lei the passion behind it is to see Pacific children and their families & community thrive for better health outcomes and a fundamental ethical value is to ”Do unto others as you would like them to do to you”.

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.

Halamehi ‘Akau’ola (Mehi)

Halamehi ‘Akau’ola joined the Medical Receptionists at the South Seas Clinic in December 2020. She has a background in Customer Services as well as having completed her Bachelor of Theology at Laidlaw College in 2018, Halamehi wishes to continue seeking ways to help others as well as learning and growing along the way. Mehi speaks both English and Tongan.