Meleane Pau'uvale

Meleane Pau'uvale
ONZM
Meleane Pau'uvale, after her investiture as an honorary ONZM, for services to the Tongan community and education, at Government House, Wellington, on 19 September 2023
Pau'uvale in 2023
Born1948 or 1949 (age 75–76)
Ha'akio Tukulalo Olo'ua, Vava'u, Tonga
OccupationEducator

Meleane Lolohea Pau'uvale ONZM (born 1948 or 1949) is a Tongan educator, language activist, and community leader in New Zealand.

After arriving in New Zealand from Tonga in the 1990s, Pau'uvale identified a lack of resources for Tongan cultural and linguistic education among the community there. Her efforts to bridge this gap were recognised in 2023 when she was named an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.