Dr Tule Fanakava Misa is a Public Health Dentist in the Canterbury District Health Board Community Dental Services. She gained her BDS in 1998 from the University of the South Pacific, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry from the University of Otago. She is also the President of the New Zealand Society of Hospital and Community Dentistry. She has previously worked in the Niu’ui Hospital in Tonga.