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(Redirected from Fisa Pihigia) Niuean politician and diplomat
Fisa Igilisi Pihigia
Fisa Igilisi Pihigia in April 2017
High Commissioner of Niue to New Zealand
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 March 2017
Preceded byO'Love Jacobsen

Fisa Igilisi Pihigia is a Niuean politician and diplomat. Since 2017 he has been High Commissioner of Niue to New Zealand.

Pihigia worked as a public servant and was appointed Collector of Customs before entering politics. He was a long-serving member of the Niue Assembly for Tuapa, being elected continuously from 1990 to 2014. He served in the Cabinet of Frank Lui between 1993 and 1999, and that of Young Vivian from 2002 to 2008, filling a variety of portfolios including broadcasting, police, finance and health. In March 2017 he was appointed Niue's High Commissioner to New Zealand, replacing O'Love Jacobsen.

He stood on the common roll in the 2023 Niuean general election, but was unsuccessful.

References

  1. ^ "Press Release" (PDF). Government of Niue. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Pihigia gets nod as Niue's man in Wellington". RNZ. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "Son of former Niue Premier among six newcomers to Parliament". RNZ. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.


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