Lotu Fuli
New Zealand politician
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Lotu Fuli is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In 2022, Fuli was elected as one of the two councillors for the Manukau ward.
Lotu Fuli | |
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| Manukau ward Councillor | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Efeso Collins |
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| Party | Labour |
| Scientific career | |
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Early life
Lotu was born in Samoa and came to New Zealand with her family in the 1970s, originally living in Mount Eden.[1] They moved to Ōtara in 1976 and she has lived there since. She graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Letters (M.Litt.) in 2007, with a thesis titled Definiteness vs. specificity: an investigation into the terms used to describe articles in Gagana Samoa.[2] After spending time teaching secondary schools in Auckland, Japan, and South Korea, she returned to university to achieve a Bachelor of Laws with Honours.[3]
Political career
| Years | Ward | Affiliation | |
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| 2022–present | Manukau | Labour | |
Fuli was elected to the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board in 2013 Auckland local board elections.[3] She was chairperson from 2016 to 2022.[4][5]
On 15 June 2020, the New Zealand Labour Party published its list for the 2020 election, with Fuli placed 63rd.[6] She was bumped up to 61st following the withdrawal of Raymond Huo and Iain Lees-Galloway. Her list placement was not high enough to elect Fuli.
In the 2022 local body elections, Fuli was elected as a councillor for the Manukau ward,[7] a role formerly held by Efeso Collins, who ran for mayor.
Fuli is running for re-election as a councillor in the 2025 elections.[8]