Tauti Jeremiah Tauti

Born and raised in Wellington, Jeremiah is a son of tautua strong orators and educators from the villages of Iva and Mulifanua in Samoa.

Jeremiah is a dedicated engagement specialist with strong experience in facilitation, education training, youth mentoring, community engagement and organisational development.

Driven by a passion for social justice he has followed a career path aligned with contributing towards disrupting the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage for Pacific and Māori in social, education and health contexts.

Currently, Jeremiah is the Managing Director of Mana Connections, an education support services organisation that offers a unique brand of PLD in effective Cultural Safety/Responsiveness training for schools and organisations, youth leadership in 9 high schools, Cultural supervision and organisation and community development. Previously, to this he served for 4 years as a Senior Advisor Pasifika at the Ministry of Education.