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National Manager Kanorau/Principal Advisor – Pasifika
Te Pou Manase is a Matāpule (Talking Chief or Herald) for his village of Vaini in the Kingdom of Tonga and a Pacific Community Leader here in Aotearoa. He was officially installed with the title Pakilau ‘o Aotearoa by Lord Ma’afu of the Kingdom of Tonga in 2017, after completing his full body traditional tattoo or ta tatau (lagi malofie) the year before. He is married to Folola and they have four amazing children, and lives in Flatbush near South Auckland. Manase oversees and manages Te Pou’s Diversity and Inclusion programme called Kanorau and the Disability Workforce Development programme. He is also Te Pou’s principal advisor on Pasifika issues. Manase wears many hats in his Pasifika community including Chairman of the Auckland Museum Pacific Advisory Group and COVID19 Pacific Response Coordination Team of the Pacific Leadership Forum. He also sits on a number of other community and NGO boards. Manase started his career at the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in 1996, where he worked for five years. He then left the public service to work for a couple of years as a consultant and then for a small Pacific disability provider. He then returned to the public service where he worked in the Disability Services Directorate of the Ministry of Health in 2003 before joining Le Va (when it was part of Te Pou) in March 2008. After five amazing and fulfilling years at Le Va, Manase decided to stay at Te Pou to take up a management and executive leadership role since April 2013. |