Meet our people

Dr Jean M Uasike Allen
Lecturer
Email: jean.allen@auckland.ac.nz
Tonga/Europe

Tim Baice
Lecturer
Email: t.baice@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa

Inano Bailey
Kaiwhakaruruhau
Email: inano.bailey@auckland.ac.nz
Cook Islands

Megan Clune
Professional Teaching Fellow
Email: m.clune@auckland.ac.nz
Cook Islands Māori/Irish

Neti Collins
Faculty and Admin Assistant
Email: neti.collins@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa

Dr Maria Cooper
Assoc Dean Pacific, Senior Lecturer
Email: m.cooper@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa/Slovakia

Dr David Taufui Mikato Fa`avae
Associate Professor
Email: d.faavae@auckland.ac.nz
Tonga/Samoa/Niue 

Pelimani Fisi’iahi
Pasifika Success Coordinator
Email: p.fisi'iahi@auckland.ac.nz 
Tonga 

Fetaui Iosefo
Professional Teaching Fellow
Te Tai Tonga
Email: f.iosefo@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa/Niue

Samantha Lafaiali’i
Research Services Manager
Email: s.lafaialii@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa

Betty Lealaiauloto
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Email: betty.lealaiauloto@auckland.ac.nz 
Samoa/Fiji 

Dr Sarah McRobie 
Lecturer
Email: s.mcrobie@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Dr Selena Meiklejohn-Whiu
Research Fellow
Email: s.meiklejohn-whiu@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa/Raukawa/Palagi 

Rāhera Meinders
Lecturer
Email: rahera.meinders@auckland.ac.nz
Cook Islands/ Māori 

Corey Mesina
Programme Adviser
Student and Academic Services
Email: c.masina@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Fay Nanai
Pacific Academic Engagement Advisor
Email: fay.nanai@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa

Dr Tofilau Niulevaea Siliva Gaugatao
Professional Learning Development Facilitator – Facilitator Pasifika
Email: s.gaugatao@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Dr Jacinta Oldehaver 
Assoc Dean Pacific, Lecturer
Email: j.oldehaver@auckland.ac.nz
Tonga/Samoa 

Meleana Puloka
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Email: meleana.puloka@auckland.ac.nz
Tonga 

Dr Tanya Wendt Samu
Senior Lecturer
Email: t.samu@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Va’ai Saito Sililoto
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Email: va'ai.saito.sililoto@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Dr Alexis Siteine
Senior Lecturer
Email: a.siteine@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa/Palagi 

Sheena Taiamoni
Professional Teaching Fellow
Email: s.taiamoni@auckland.ac.nz
Niue 

Mamere Takoa-Bare 
Academic Services Manager Student and Academic Services
Email: m.takoa-bare@auckland.ac.nz 
Kiribati, Banaba, Tuvalu and China

Tessa Tupai
Professional Teaching Fellow
Te Tai Tonga
Email: t.tupai@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Willem Va Der Ent 
Pacific BusinessDevelopment Director
Email: pedro.vanderent@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa

Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia 
Research Fellow
Email: a.veukiso-ulugia@auckland.ac.nz
Samoa 

Dr ‘Ema Atiliva Wolfgramm-Foliaki 
Lecturer
Email: ea.wolfgramm@auckland.ac.nz
Tonga