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Welcome to Paeaneer, Sully Paea's personal page.
About Sully Paea & "Paeaneer"
Our History, Our Journey, Our Identity
Sully Paea is most known for his, now, almost 5 decades of youth work supporting his community in every way he, his wife Jo-anne and his family could innovate. Through his faith and passion to "break down walls and build bridges", Sully has significantly left an impact on thousands of lives not only in Otara, Auckland but across NZ empowering community leaders and youth workers.Sully was born and raised in the bush on the island of Niue also carrying heritage from Tonga and Samoa. Father of three children and 2 grandchildren, Sully and Jo-anne have dedicated their lives to serving their community and being a catalyst to many entrepreneurs & community leaders.Some of Sully & Jo-anne's work included:
- Establishing one of the first Youth Drop in centres in Otara (1970s)
- Founding Director of Crosspower Ministries Trust (1996 - 2012)
- Pioneer behind one of the first Alternative Education programmes in New Zealand (1990s)
- Founder/Innovator of multiple youth services, social services and social enterprise for employmentHis stories continue with more innovation even at the age of 71, he is enabling his community and working with local kids supporting them and their families.
Thank you to every person who has contributed in past chapters of our Paeaneering journey and have been part of the story. You are woven into this legacy, our past supporters, donors, partners, staff, loving youth and community workers, volunteers. You are celebrated in our story!
Hand Carved by Sully Paea
Pacific Vaka
Sully Paea has spent his life learning to carve and the lockdowns of 2020-2021 gave him plenty of time to further hone his skills in carving the vaka of the many different styles of the pacific.Vaka carved on comission:
Sully doesn't usually sell his art pieces, but he can carve on commission when his schedule allows. All profits go to the community work of Sully PaeaNiuean
Tongan
Samoan
Cook Island
Custom Requests: (Maori, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Hawaiian, have been carved as well)
A Paeaneer Since 1979
Our Community
With his icon moustache, Sully Paea has been serving the community of Otara since 1979 with the opening of a youth drop in centre.
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