Post-playing
Since the end of his rugby career, he has acted as advisor for his cousin David Tua, a professional heavyweight boxer, and currently runs a funeral director company, "Tuigamala and Sons of Glendene" for which the most notable client to date was the late King of Tonga, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV .
In 2008, Tuigamala was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby and the community in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
In October 2009 he travelled to Samoa with David Tua to see how they could assist in the aftermath of the Samoa tsunami.
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