I te taha o tōku Pāpa

Ko Takitimu te waka

Ko te Moananui a kiwa te moana

Ko Ngāti Hāmoa te iwi

Ko Salamumu te hapū

I te taha o tōku Māma

Ko Takitimu te waka

Ko Kahuranaki te maunga

Ko Ngaruroro te awa

Ko Korongata, Omahu ngā marae

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, Ngāti Hinemanu, Te Upokoiri ngā hapū

Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi

Ko Asovale Tuimaseve raua ko Huia Tunua oku mātua

Ko Traci Tuimaseve ahau

 

Whānau

My siblings are Alieta Uelese, Ruth Wong, and Logan Tuimaseve. When my grandparents passed away, my parents were able to whangai my older cousins Steven and Rewa Tipu.

 

I was born in Auckland, spent my earlier years in Royshill and Samoa, my teen years in Raureka and most of my adult life in Flaxmere, with a short six-year stint in Auckland somewhere along the line.

 

Passion

I love to sing, laugh, play, travel and eat with my family. We play hard, fight hard, but also love hard. I love seeing the kids excel at things they’re passionate about. I love to play basketball and volleyball and will one day get back to those things. I love to travel when funds allow and would still like to see more of the world if border restriction ever improves here and abroad. A warmer climate, soft sand beach and good food are my travel priorities. I love art and anything that’s creative [design, set design, form design, painting, computer graphics, videography, multi-media, performance….]. I especially get a kick out of creating an awesome audience experience, whatever the genre.

 

Church

I am an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and strive to live a life that reflects those values and beliefs. I serve in the Wellington/South Island regional church communication team, as the Flaxmere Stake executive secretary and music director, and as ward pianist and primary worker in Flaxmere Second Ward. I acknowledge my many human imperfections and have not always made the best choices, but hope that I’m improving as I get older.

 

Work

I have had a varied professional background working at Dawn Meat & Richmonds to save for my church mission, as a tourism consultant at Auckland Airport for six years, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga in health, quality assurance, human resource, and projects for seven years. I left Taiwhenua in 2007 to pursue my passion for events and graphic design and set up Trailmedia in the process [T-Traci, R - Ruth, A - Alieta, I - evolved from &, L-Logan]. I have been blessed to work in many community, local, regional, and national events. In 2011, I set up Innov8 Group Ltd with a business partner where we strive to challenge agency funded contracts to provide better whanau-centered and community-based services.

 

Community

I currently chair the HDC Flaxmere Planning Committee, the HBDHB Pacific Health Leadership Group, working on an initiative to set up the HB Pacifica Community-Intersectoral Hub, and now this incredible new role as a trustee with our marae. Not an easy juggle with such different and uniquely diverse target audiences.

 

Summary

As you can see, my priorities in life are family, church, passion, work, and community. I believe that my family and church are my rock and anchor. I can’t do anything without them. I find balance by integrating my passions into my work. I can only assist in my community if I have the resources, capacity, and capability to be able to do that mahi. In taking on the challenge of becoming a trustee at Korongata, I’ve had to assess how this role fits with those priorities, the time and energy I can devote to this kaupapa, and what skills and experience I can contribute to help progress, improve, and benefit the whānau of Korongata.

 

Specific Values

• Whanau - Tuimaseve, Uelese, Wong, Tipu, Dewes, Teariki - to name immediates - We are steadfast in unity, creative, musical, rich and varied cultural heritage, we act as a family unit, and connected in all sectors of our community, and a neutral perspective.

• Passion - I bring a creative approach to marae challenges, whānau based outcomes, creating a positive growing experience for all our whānau.

• Church - Gospel values will be vital in helping us move forward together.  I bring skills in communication, administration, organisation, project planning, and decent facilitation.

• Work - Project management and event experience, design skills, reliable connection with local and regional stakeholders, challenge the status quo, whanau-centered outcomes, community development planning

• Community - Strategic thinking, working with a diverse and strong-minded audience, working with local government and agencies, facilitating consensus within groups with conflicting agendas, advocating on behalf of and support community initiatives, developing community plans.