Aaron Holloway
Executive Director
About Aaron
Aaron Holloway is a senior New Zealand Police leader with more than 23 years of service as a sworn officer, bringing extensive experience in transnational organised crime, gangs, illicit drugs. Throughout his career, he has held a range of leadership positions in complex multi-agency environments, working both domestically and internationally, with a particular focus on the Pacific region.
For seven years, Aaron served as Manager of the New Zealand Transnational Crime Unit, where he established and led Operation Kotahi, a world-leading initiative designed to target and disrupt the travel and criminal activities of New Zealand-based gang members operating throughout the Pacific. The operation strengthened regional law enforcement cooperation and contributed significantly to the ability of Pacific nations to protect their communities from the impacts of organised crime.
Between 2014 and 2017, Aaron was the New Zealand Senior Intelligence Advisor at the Pacific Transnational Crime Coordination Centre (PTCCC) based in Samoa. In this role, he worked alongside Pacific law enforcement partners to strengthen intelligence capabilities and support regional efforts to counter transnational organised crime, particularly activities linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs and organised criminal networks operating across borders.
Earlier in his policing career, Aaron held a variety of positions at regional and national level serving on the frontline in a range of operational roles, including general duties policing, traffic alcohol enforcement, intelligence, and as a crisis negotiator at both regional and national levels.
Aaron is deeply passionate about supporting Pacific law enforcement agencies and strengthening regional partnerships that help create safer and more resilient communities across the Pacific. His connection to the region extends beyond his professional life. He and his family developed strong ties to the Pacific during their time living in Samoa, and his partner of more than 30 years spent her childhood growing up in the Solomon Islands. Together, they have raised four children who share a strong appreciation for Pacific cultures and communities.
Julian Bianco
Executive Coordinator
About Julian
Julian is seconded to the PACPOL Secretariat from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) where he has spent the past 25 years in a range of operational policing roles domestically and internationally. He has a strong background managing strategic partnerships with International, Commonwealth and State law enforcement partners. Between 2019 to 2021 Julian was the AFP’s Senior Officer at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This role saw Julian partnering with Pacific law enforcement partners and the Pacific Transnational Crime Network to combat TSOC in the Pacific. For his service in PNG, Julian was awarded the Commissioner's Medal for Conspicuous Conduct in recognition of his sustained professionalism, commitment, and excellence in the pursuit of the AFP’s offshore efforts in combatting transnational, serious and organised crime. Julian has also served in the Solomon Islands, East Timor and Indonesia. Julian holds a Master’s Degree in International Development and his interests include hiking, mountain biking and travelling to experience other cultures.
Erin Sykes-Hurley
Executive Coordinator
About Erin
Erin Sykes brings 30 years of policing experience to the PACPOL Secretariat, with a career spanning frontline operations, organisational leadership, training and development, and iwi and community engagement in both Auckland and Wellington.Across her career, Erin has developed a strong reputation for values‑led leadership and system‑level change. She has held senior roles in workplace resolutions and organisational development, with a particular focus on embedding restorative practice and strengthening workplace culture. Over the past four and a half years, Erin has led significant work to prevent and respond to bullying, discrimination, and harassment, driving approaches grounded in fairness, accountability, support and wellbeing.Erin also brings international operational experience, having deployed to the Solomon Islands in 2007, as part of New Zealand’s contribution to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), supporting stability, capability building, and community trust.Erin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Strategic Management and lives with her husband and son in Wellington.
Salote Talagi
Performance, Planning
and Policy Advisor
About Salote
Salote is a proud Niuean who joins us from NZ Police. During her time in NZ Police she worked as an advisor in the Ministerial and International Service Groups (ISG), where she gained an extensive knowledge of NZ Police’s activities in the Pacific region. Most recently, she developed the design of NZ Police’s first bilateral policing programmes with Tonga Police and the Vanuatu Police Force. In 2015 she received an MA in Political Science, and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies, International Relations and Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington. Her interests include the security, development and politics of the Pacific Region.
Mary Donohue
Executive Support
About Mary
Mary joined NZ Police in 2009, and has worked for a number of groups including the PoliceNational Dive Squad, Response and Operations and the National PreventionCentre. She has also assisted with the Police logistical response to major operations including the Christchurch Mosque shootings and the Whakaari / WhiteIsland disaster. Mary holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration degree from Victoria University and in her spare time is a keen runner and sports fan.
Enoka Feterika
Cyber Security Specialist
About Enoka
Enoka is an experienced Cyber Security Specialist and qualified IT Systems Infrastructure Engineer with extensive expertise in cyber security, digital forensics, and enterprise technology environments. Based within the PACPOL Secretariat, he serves with the New Zealand Police, providing specialist technical support to the Cyber Safety Pasifika (CSP) Programme, an initiative led by the Australian Federal Police that strengthens cyber resilience and online safety across the Pacific region.
A proud New Zealander of Samoan and Chinese heritage, Enoka is fluent in the Samoan language and brings a strong cultural understanding to his work throughout the Pacific. He has spent several years within the High Tech Crime Group of New Zealand Police, working as a Digital Forensics Analyst in the Digital Forensic Unit, where he specialised in the forensic examination of digital devices, cybercrime investigations, incident response, and the preservation and analysis of digital evidence.
Enoka holds the internationally recognised Computer Forensics Certified Examiner (CFCE) credential, awarded by the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS). His professional background combines advanced cyber security capabilities with extensive experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, network technologies, and digital investigations, enabling him to support complex technical and operational environments across law enforcement and regional cyber security initiatives.
During the transition period, the current Hub arrangements will continue to support regional policing coordination and delivery of PACPOL activities and initiatives. Information about the future PACPOL Hub arrangements will be shared once available.
The PACPOL Hub helps coordinate and support policing work across the Pacific. It supports regional policing activities, training and professional development, capability development, operational support, partner engagement, Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs), and the readiness of the Pacific Police Support Group (PPSG). Its responsibilities include:
Deputy Commissioner Mesake Waqa Tikomainiusiladi
Executive Director PACPOL Hub
About Mesake
Deputy Commissioner Mesake Waqa Tikomainiusiladi is a senior Pacific policing leader with more than three decades of experience across operational policing, criminal investigations, intelligence, serious and organised crime, strategic planning and international policing cooperation.
Throughout his career with the Fiji Police Force, Mesake has held a range of senior command and executive appointments. Prior to his appointment as Executive Director PACPOL Hub, he held responsibility for Crime, Intelligence, Serious Organised Crime, Forensics and Prosecution, providing strategic leadership across some of Fiji's most complex policing and security portfolios.
Mesake has extensive experience in organisational strategy and development, having previously served as Director of Strategic Planning, Research and Development and Director of the Criminal Investigation Department. These roles provided significant experience in strategic planning, policy development, organisational performance, major investigations and responses to serious and transnational crime.
His international policing experience includes deployments with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where he undertook leadership, advisory and policing capability development roles within multinational environments. He has also represented Fiji policing through a range of regional and international law enforcement forums focused on transnational crime, organised crime, intelligence and regional security.
Mesake holds a Master of Criminology from Macquarie University and has undertaken extensive executive leadership, management and serious crime training throughout his career.
As Executive Director PACPOL Hub, Mesake brings extensive operational credibility, executive leadership experience and a strong Pacific perspective to the role. Working alongside Commander PACPOL Hub, he will support the continued development of a Pacific-led regional policing capability, strengthen relationships across Pacific police organisations, and help integrate regional capability development, the Regional Centres of Excellence and other PACPOL initiatives.
His focus will be on strengthening collaboration across the Pacific and ensuring PACPOL continues to develop as an enduring, coordinated and sustainable capability that responds to the needs and priorities of Pacific police organisations and the communities they serve.
Acting Commander
Josh Kinghorn
Commander PACPOL Hub
About Josh
Acting Commander Josh Kinghorn is a senior officer in the Australian Federal Police (AFP), currently serving as Acting Commander, PACPOL Hub. In this role, he is responsible for delivering operational outcomes and capability under PACPOL, working closely with regional partners to strengthen policing capability, enhance interoperability, and support collective security outcomes across the Pacific.
Josh recently led the Protection Operations portfolio in Northern Command, where he oversaw the protection of Australia’s high office holders, managed threat, risk, and vulnerability, and provided executive oversight of the National Security Operations Centre within Queensland. During this time, he also led significant reform and transformational change to modernise capability and strengthen operational delivery in a complex and evolving security environment.
Throughout his career, Josh has held key leadership roles including Superintendent at the Gold Coast Airport and Superintendent positions in Cairns and Darwin. Prior to his senior appointments, he spent 12 years in the Tactical Response Team, where he led specialist teams and deployed internationally to the Solomon Islands, Ukraine, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu in support of high-risk AFP and multinational operations. These experiences shaped his leadership in high-pressure environments and strengthened his expertise in international and cross-cultural policing.
Josh began his policing career with the Northern Territory Police before transferring to the Queensland Police Service, where he served in general duties, the Criminal Investigation Branch, and the Dive Squad. These early roles established his practical, people-focused leadership style and grounded his approach in frontline policing. Respected for his integrity, composure, and strategic vision, Josh is committed to building capability, strengthening partnerships, and delivering adaptive, forward-looking policing to meet the complex demands of national security and regional cooperation.
