Tafua Maluelue Tafua
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Tafua Maluelue Tafua | |
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 Tafua Maluelue Tafua speaking in the New Zealand Parliament, 2013 | |
| Member of the Samoa Parliament for Aleipata Itupa-I-Lalo | |
| In office 4 March 2011 – 9 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Muagututi’ a Siaosi Meredith |
| Succeeded by | Fiugalu Eteuati Eteuati |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Human Rights Protection Party |
Tafua Maluelue Tafua (also known as Michael Tafua) is a Samoan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.
Tafua moved to New Zealand in 1974, where he became an officer in the New Zealand Police.[1] While working as a police officer he participated in the Dawn Raids aimed at deporting Pasifika overstayers.[2] He served as a police officer for 23 years, resigning in 1996 in protest at the low sentence given to the drunk-driver who had killed his son.[3]
In 1992 he was elected to the Birkenhead-Northcote Community Board. In 1998 he was elected to the North Shore City Council.[1] He was re-elected to the council in the 2001 local body elections[4] and again in 2004.[5]