| Emeline Afeaki-Mafile'o | |
| Birth Date: | c.1976 |
| Birth Place: | Tonga |
| Education: | Massey University |
| Nationality: | New Zealand |
Emeline Afeaki-Mafile'o (c.1976 -) OM is a New Zealand activist for Pasifika people in Auckland.
Afeaki-Mafile'o was born in Tonga to Pat and Edith Afeaki. She said that she never read a book until she was nineteen however she later attended Massey University where she graduated and then took a master's degree in philosophy.
In 2001 at the age of 25[1] she was running her own mentoring service.[2] The service went on to employ 100 people to deliver support to 5,000 Pasifika young people in Auckland.[2]
She runs a community café in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu. She and her family own a coffee factory in Tonga and the coffee is sent to New Zealand to support her work.
In 2006 she was given a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Award.
In 2013 she won the Community Service and Social Enterprise category of the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.[3]
In 2016 she was awarded an Order of Merit for her work with the Pacific communities as part of the New Year Honours.[4]