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Toli Sagaga - Director

Toli (Lepā, Matāfagatele Moataa) was appointed Director of the Pacific Justice Sector Programme in April 2023. Toli brings a combination of strong legal, public and private sector, and community engagement experience.

She joined PJSP following her role as a senior litigation solicitor at Hīkina Whakatutuki Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. Toli has used her legal skills and Pasifika knowledge in various roles involving Pasifika engagement including private secretary for Minister for Pacific Peoples, secretariat for the Advisory Group for the Minister for Pacific Peoples, member of the Senior Pacific Advisors Group for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, member of the Government Legal Network’s Increasing Māori and Pāsifika Lawyers in Government project, and member of the Komiti Poto for the Fofola na ibe – Improving Pasifika Legal Education in Aotearoa Project.

Of Samoan descent, Toli holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.

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Naomi Kyriacopoulos - Deputy Director

Naomi brings extensive international experience to PJSP, with a background as a diplomat for the United Kingdom and New Zealand. After moving to Fiji 20 years ago, Naomi has built a career focused on Pacific engagement. She has lived in Fiji and in the Solomon Islands and has worked and travelled extensively across Polynesia and Melanesia. Her last diplomatic role was as New Zealand's non-resident High Commissioner to Tuvalu.

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Renee holds a BA (English) and LLM with First Class Honours from the University of Waikato, and previously worked at the Office of the Ombudsman and Te Arawhiti in international development and Treaty settlements roles. 
Outside of work, Renee is an accomplished netballer, having played at a range of competitive levels, including representing Brisbane and Tonga.

Vaimoana joined the PJSP team in November 2023.  Fluent in both the Fiji and Tonga languages, Vaimoana has extensive teaching experience in Fiji, Tonga and Aotearoa New Zealand as a High School Principal, Deputy Principal, Dean and teacher.

She has a background in educational psychology, curriculum, Assessment and Training and learning differentiation and is passionate about Pasifika, Pacific cultures and supporting fair and just systems.

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Delwyn comes from a background as a trainer and facilitator with a solid career of more than 30 years with the Ministry of Justice, providing guided support and learning to enable staff to succeed in their roles. She gained her knowledge and experience from working within the Ministry across the multiple jurisdictions at an operational level before becoming a trainer.

Holly brings rich experience developing and delivering projects through a variety of modes and sectors including community, local and central government and across the arts. By building relationships from the flax roots up to the decision-makers she enjoys connecting diverse people to create meaningful change.

She encourages creative ways of learning and a flexible, responsive project management style -- stemming from a colourful career as a professional musician, music teacher, community advocate and mother. She lives in the small seaside village of Paekākāriki where she has enjoyed a long history of involvement in community initiatives.

Janine started her career in legal publishing at Butterworths of New Zealand (now LexisNexis New Zealand) going on to edit the Tonga Law Reports for a number of years. She also has extensive experience in the public service in New Zealand through her work for the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Education.

Sylvia is PJSP's Senior Advisor, Projects, coordinating and supporting the implementation of PJSP events and activities. Sylvia has an extensive background in administrative and project support and has spent the last 15 years working in the science industry.

Carolyn is responsible for adapting and integrating norms of International human rights law with local customary values and practices to assist PJSP partner courts in formulating local approaches to human rights. In addition to this, Carolyn works to develop and build the capacity of Bar Associations and Legal Aid providers within PJSP partner countries. She is a barrister and solicitor with more than 20 years' experience, specialising in human rights, refugee law, justice reform, community and customary legal empowerment, and gender justice. She has worked with a range of United Nations organisations and a number of international NGOs, and on developing legal aid models and the capacity of Bar Associations in under resourced environments. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Melbourne.

Tony is responsible for the development and strengthening of Information and Communications Technology-related systems and processes in the management of courts and their caseloads. Tony is a court systems and court performance specialist with over 23 years' experience with courts in Australia, the Pacific, South East Asia, Africa and central Asia. His experience includes implementation and ongoing use and management of technologies, and he is well-versed in the challenges of introducing technologies and systems into court environment

Qualified in law (Lincoln’s Inn, London), social work (Queensland University) and legislative drafting (USP) Mere has over 25 years experience working on legal, gender, human rights and environment issues in the Pacific region. She has held a number of key positions in the Fiji Government as Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development; at the University of the South Pacific, as Director of the Institute of Justice and Applied Legal Studies, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Laucala) and Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor.  As a former High Court Judge of Fiji, she played a key role in establishing the Family Court of Fiji. From 2011 to 2017, she has been engaged as a Senior Expert, Legal and Human Rights Consultant for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team and has worked on a range of issues in the Pacific including violence against women, drafting family violence legislation, Judicial Code of Conduct, undertaking Judicial training and legal training at the tertiary, legal and community levels.

Enoka Fereti Puni is Samoan and presently resides in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a former judge and in the past 20 years has been a judicial training consultant to many Pacific regional judicial training and development programmes and initiatives. He has been particularly passionate and committed to lay judges’ professional development and the incremental enhancement of their judicial knowledge, skills and values to enable them to provide proper and quality justice within the scope of their jurisdictions.

Tere is Solomon Island-Kiwi (from the Makira and Malaita provinces) and has strong cross-government knowledge as well as a background in Cultural Anthropology and Religious Studies. As a Pasifika woman, Tere always aspires to work in fields that empower other Pacific Islanders, ensuring that their communities are strong and independent.

Matauaina works as the Support Services and Programme Coordinator for the PJSP team, where she provides administrative support and oversees the coordination of upcoming initiatives. A graduate of Victoria University in Criminology and Pacific Studies with many years of public sector experience, Matauaina is committed to supporting the successful implementation of the programme. Proud of her Sāmoan heritage (Faleāsi'u, Fasito'o'uta) and a mother of two, she is dedicated to empowering Pasifika judiciaries and strengthening the ties between Pasifika communities and Aotearoa.

Katrina has extensive experience in the public service and brings her wealth of passion for the Pacific to the team.

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