Contact details
We have Pasifika specialists with diverse interests. Find out more about our Pasifika community librarians, collections specialists and leadership, where they are based and how they can support you.
Ngā mātanga Pasifika Pasifika specialists
Annie Fruean
Senior Library and Council Service Assistant Pasifika
Location: Māngere – Ōtāhuhu Local Board
Languages spoken: Samoan - Fluent, Tokelauan - Beginner
Leauva’a & Salelologa, Samoa
Senior Librarian Pasifika
Location: Henderson- Massey
Languages spoken: Tongan - fluent, Samoan - beginner
Tongan: “Halahala ‘a ma’ala keli.” – Gaps in a well cultivated garden.
Samoan: "O le tele o sulu e maua ai figota, e mama se avega pe a ta amo fa’atasi" / My strength does not come from me alone but from many.
Houma Tongatapu, Vailoa Aleipata
Librarian Pasifika
Location: Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board
Languages spoken: Tongan – Fluent, Samoan - Fluent
Samoan proverb – "O le ala i le pule o le tautua" – The way to authority is through service.
Tongan proverb – "Oua lau e kafo kae lau e lava" - Stay positive and count your blessings.
Togafuafua, Safotu, Leauvaa
Senior Library and Council Service Assistant Pasifika
Location: Manurewa Local Board
Languages spoken: Samoan – Fluent
"O fanau a manu e fafaga I fugalaau, ae o fanau a tagata e fafaga I upu." – The offspring of birds are fed with flower nectar, but the children of men are nurtured with words.
Heritage, Research, and Pacific collections
Vasu, Ovalau Levuka; Susu i Samabula North, Suva, Fiji
Pacific Heritage Advisor
Location: Waitematā Local Board
Languages spoken: Fijian - Bauan Dialect, Basic Pacific Languages
“Na nodrau i vakavuvuli nai tubutubu ena vakaraitaki ga ena nodra bula kei na nodrai tovo na luvedra.” – Children's behaviour and discipline will always reflect the teachings of parents at home; The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Salelesi & Satapuala, Upolu Samoa
Senior Librarian Pasifika Research
Location: Research South
Languages spoken: Samoan - Fluent
“O le tele o sulu e maua ai figota.” – Through collaboration we will overcome the most difficult challenges - My strength does not come from me alone but from many.
Pasifika Success Unit
Fasito’otai and Vailu’utai, Samoa
Manager Pasifika Success
Location: Regionwide
Languages spoken: Sāmoan - Advanced
“O le ala i le pule o le tautua.” – The pathway to leadership is through service.
Neiafu, Savai’i and Aele, Upolu
Senior Pasifika Specialist
Location: Regionwide
Languages spoken: Samoan - Intermediate
“Ia o gatasi le futia ma le umele” – “Let the futia (the sinnet ring) and the umele (the stand for the bamboo fishing rod) go together”. Let your actions agree with your words.