Cr Marie Laufiso

Te Mana Whenua o tēnei rohe, Tēnā koutou Katoa,

Tēnā Koutou Katoa

Ko Sāmoa me Tonga ngā wāhi o ōku Tupuna.

Ko Fa’amoe, Lū, Tua’i, Faualō, Ivala, Laufiso kā whānau

Ko Agnes (Eti) Ivala tōku Māma, Ko Mikaele Laufiso tōku Papa. Kua mate a Eti i te tau rua mano mā iwa.

Ko Phillippa, Cesilia rātou Filomena ōku teina.

Ko Michael rāua ko Mafutaga ōku tungāne. Kua mate a Michael i te tau rua mano tekau mā ono.

Ko Rosalie rāua ko Nāomi ōku teina Ivala.

Ko Marie Laufiso ahau.

I whānau mai mātou i te Ōtepōti a, ko nuinga o mātou e noho ana ei konei.

Mo mātou katoa ko Brockville te kainga.

Mauriora, Greetings, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Kia orāna, Tāloha ni, Tālofa, Halolageta, Noa’ia, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Nī sā bula vinaka, la orāna, Ni hao, Namaste, Hola, Konnichi wa, Mabuhay, As Salaam Alaikum, Fa'atālofa atu.

A Dunedin-born Sāmoan with Tongan ancestry, I’m very proud to be a third-term Councillor and live and volunteer in our nu’u, Brockville.

I’ve been privileged to serve as a Councillor since 2016 and to have voiced Pāsifika and other perspectives at Council meetings – as well as our Grants Sub-Committee, and Community Services Committees both of which I chair.

At these meetings, as well as the Dunedin Former Refugee Steering Group and the Social Wellbeing Advisory Group, I aim to convey concerns of Dunedin's powerless whānau / families and communities.

My mission is to continue the mahi of ensuring Ōtepoti's vast wealth, resources and opportunities are accessible to all whānau, regardless of socio-economic status or ethnic background/s.