Lotu Fuli is a New Zealand politician who is an

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lor. In 2022, Fuli was elected as one of the two councillors for the Manukau ward.

Early life

Lotu was born in Samoa and came to New Zealand with her family in the 1970s, originally living in Mount Eden. 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''. After spending time teaching secondary schools in Auckland, Japan, and South Korea, she returned to university to achieved a Bachelor of Laws with Honours.

Political career

Fuli was elected to the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board in

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. She was chairperson from 2016 to 2022. On 15 June 2020, the

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published its list for the , with Fuli placed 63rd. 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, a role formerly held by

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, who ran for mayor.

References

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