Susana Tetane Lemisio MNZM (née Perez, born 16 November 1945) is a community organiser and educator from Tokelau.
Through this early work she began to organise with several other women at the school to develop and formalise the teaching of the Tokelauan language and culture.
[1] In 1987 she had gained support from teachers and community leaders to establish the first Tokelau Language Nest for Tokelauan children in Petone.
[1] Lemisio encouraged other mothers to engage with the language nest, leading to an increase in the number of Tokelauan women qualifying as Early Childhood Education teachers.
[4] In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lemisio was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of services to the Tokelau community and early childhood education.