LEMALU, Ali'itasi Pepe (Tasi) MNZM  - born March 4, 1937, passed away peacefully, with her husband by her side, on Sunday May 25, 2025: aged 88 years.   A loving life-partner to Lemalu Nanai Foalima, devoted mother to Selena, Jonathan and daughter-in-law Sandra, beloved grandmother to Arabella and Joshua.  Emigrating from Falelatai, Western Samoa, she moved to Dunedin in 1960, beginning a family and a lifetime of service and fierce advocacy for her community and Pasifika people.  A Pacific Island Liaison Officer at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin Family Court Advocate, Justice of the Peace, and Rotarian. Tasi was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2006 for services to the Pacific Islands Community.

-- A service to celebrate Tasi's life will be held in Hope & Sons chapel, 523 Andersons Bay Road, Dunedin at 10.30am on Friday May 30, the funeral then leaving for Dunedin Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Alzheimer's Otago would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Messages are welcome below where you will also find a link to livestream the service.
Faamolemole taofi le Malo - Faafetai Lava.