Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann is a Samoan-born, New Zealand-based academic, nurse and fa'afafine and is called by '' Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' "one of New Zealand's best-known and most honoured fa'afafine". Pulotu-Endemann moved to New Zealand as a child in 1959. After training initially as a psychiatric nurse, Pulotu-Endemann became a health consultant on the Pacific Health issue, and created the Fonofale Model of Pacific Health has been accepted by the Mental Health Commission of New Zealand.Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann – Gender diversity
, ''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand''; accessed 24 June 2014. As an educator, Pulotu-Endemann rose to be associate-head of Manawatu Polytechnic's Nursing and Health Studies (now

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). In 1990, Pulotu-Endemann became one of only two Pacifica

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in New Zealand.Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
; accessed 24 June 2014.

Selected works

* Pulotu-Endemann, Fuimaono Karl, and Sione Tuʼitahi. Fonofale: Model of health. Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, 2009. * Agnew, Francis, Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Gail Robinson, Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, Helen Warren, Amanda Wheeler, Maliaga Erick, Tevita Hingano, and Helen Schmidt-Sopoaga. "Pacific models of mental health service delivery in New Zealand (“PMMHSD”) project." Auckland: Health Research Council of New Zealand (2004). * Crawley, Louisa, Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, and Rosaline Tofilau Utumapu Stanley-Findlay. Strategic directions for the mental health services for Pacific Islands people. Ministry of Health, 1995. * Pulotu-Endemann, Karl, and Paul Spoonley. "Being Samoan: Samoan ethnicity in New Zealand." New Zealand and International Migration: A digest and bibliography 2 (1992). * Pulotu-Endemann, F. Karl, and Carmel L. Peteru. "Beyond the Paradise myth: Sexuality and identity." Tangata o te moana nui: The evolving identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand (2001): 122-136.

Honours

In the

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, Pulotu-Endemann was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to public health. He is also a sitting member of the CreativeNZ Pacific Arts CommitteePacific Arts Committee
, creativenz.govt.nz; accessed 24 June 2014.

References

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