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PIANGO Board

The PIANGO Board is elected at each Council meeting to implement Council policy between the regional gatherings. The Board meets three times a year, and was originally the Co-ordinating Committee.

Current Board

The 6th PIANGO Council was held from the 10th to 11th of August 2008 at the Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland. The new Board members bring with them diverse interests and management skills to steer PIANGO in its strategic direction.

Chairperson

Drew Havea is the Chair for Civil Society Forum of Tonga (CSFT), also the Chair for the Board of Tonga National Youth Congress and the Tonga Youth Volunteer Service. Drew worked for Peace Corps in Tonga for 25 years.

Members

  • Moale Vagi is the Chair for MNCL - Papua New Guinea and is the Vice Chair for PIANGO.
  • George Salas is a board member from Guam.
  • Lorine Tevi is one of the Vice Presidents of the Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS), Chairperson of FCOSS/Microfinance Board, Vice Chairperson of the National People's Charter Advisory Council, and Director of the Veiqaravi Vocational Centre.
  • Ahohiva Levi, a Board member of NIANGO, is a retired civil servant now engaged in the Organic Farmers’ Association in Niue.
  • Gabriel Tetiarahi of Tahiti is a Board member and one of the founders of PIANGO.


Previous Boards

Board elected at the PIANGO Council 2005 (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)

Position Name Country
Chair Adimaimalaga Tafunai Samoa
Vice-Chair Drew Havea Tonga
Treasurer Sitiveni Turaganibure Fiji
  Ahohiva Levi Niue
  Douglas Ngwele Vanuatu
  Claire Baiteke Kiribati
  Madeleine Ayawa Kanaky

 

Board elected at the PIANGO Council 2002 (Vatua Lailai, Fiji)

Position Name Country
Chair Tina Takashy Federated States of Micronesia
Vice-Chair Charles Kelly Solomon Islands
Treasurer Adimaimalaga Tafuna'i Samoa
Secretary Sereana Saukalou Fiji
  GabrielTetiarahi Tahiti
  Iro Rangi Cook Islands
  Madeleine Ayawa Kanaky


Co-ordinating Committee elected at the PIANGO Council 1999 (Mele, Vanuatu)

Name Country
Hana Tukukino Chair, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Roland Oldham Tahiti
Joseph Ogaie Papua New Guinea
Meme Tong Kiribati
Paula Sotutu Fiji
Joy Balazo Australia
Tina Takashy Federated States of Micronesia


Co-ordinating Committee elected at the PIANGO Council 1995 (Moorea, French Polynesia)

Name Country
Gabriel Tetiarahi Chairperson, Tahiti
Hana Tukukino Aotearoa/New Zealand
Leiataua Birdsall Alailima Amerika Samoa
Kenae Ka'au Papua New Guinea
Abraham Baeanisia Solomon Islands
Bill Armstrong Australia
Maggie Jacob Nauru


Co-ordinating Committee elected at the PIANGO Council 1991 (Pago Pago, Amerika Samoa)

Name Country
Abraham Baeanisia Chairperson, Solomon Islands
Leiataua Birdsall Alailima Amerika Samoa
Bill Armstrong Australia
Bernie Keldermans Belau
Vereara Maeva Cook Islands
Mary Soondrawu Papua New Guinea
Gabriel Tetiarahi Tahiti

 

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