Meleane Lolohea Pau'uvale ONZM (born 1948 or 1949) is a Tongan educator, language activist, and community leader in New Zealand.

After arriving in New Zealand from Tonga in the 1990s, Pau'uvale identified a lack of resources for Tongan cultural and linguistic education among the community there.

[1][4] In 1999, Pau'uvale founded the Akoteu Kato Kakala Early Childhood Education Centre in her garage in Māngere, outside Auckland, New Zealand.

[5] She helped publish three Tongan-language books of poetry and short stores, and the centre has also produced digital tools for Tongan cultural education.

[1][5] In the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours, Pau'uvale was appointed an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the Tongan community and education.