Uesifili is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of New Zealand. He is currently an Ecumenical Chaplain at the North Shore Hospital.
Uesifili has interest in national and international political processes having completed post-graduate studies in U.S foreign policies post World War II and New Zealand political history.
In 2013 he received the U.S State Department’s International Visitor Leadership award for his community advocacy work in New Zealand.