Tipalelupe Lālāosalafai To’atasi Tu’ua
Lecturer
Staff profile
Tipalelupe Lālāosalafai To’atasi Tu’ua
Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Māori and Pasefika Culture and Languages, Postgraduate Diploma of Teaching Secondary School.
Position
Lecturer
Teaching areas
Pasifika languages
Biography
Tipalelupe Lalaosalafai To`atasi Tu`ua has worked at MIT since 2020 teaching Gagana Samoa in our Pasefika Community Centre. He has been teaching for more than 20 years in all areas of education from high school, private training education and tertiary institutes. He is currently working as a secondary school teacher at Mangere College. Tipalelupe believes that teaching in adult education is all about caring, passion and awareness
Why I love MIT
I love working at MIT because it is a multicultural environment focusing on connecting with our whanau. I love that I am in a role where I am helping and support students/whanau to learn about our Language and culture.