Teuila Percival

Dame Teuila Mary Percival (née Siatu'u) is a New Zealand paediatrician and health researcher. She was co-founder of South Seas Healthcare in South Auckland in 1999, and has advocated for Pacific children's health in New Zealand and the Pacific region.

Early life, family and education Percival was born in Auckland, the second of four children of Fiola Siatu'u and Patricia Mary Siatu'u (née Higgs). Her father was born in Samoa and her mother's family came from Blackpool in England; they met in Auckland when both were training to become radiographers. She specialised in paediatric medicine and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1993.

Career Percival has been a consultant paediatrician in South Auckland since 1995, working at Middlemore Hospital and Kidz First Children's Hospital. In 1996, she was a foundation member of the Pacific Medical Association, and has served as the organisation's president.

Percival has lectured at the University of Auckland School of Medicine, and has headed the university's Pacific Health Unit.

From 2017 to 2019, Percival was a member of the World Health Organization's Emergency Medical Teams Maternal Newborn Child Health Technical Advisory Group. She was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to health and the Pacific community, in the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours.