This year sees the launch of the first-ever Pacific Law Week at Auckland Law School! There are currently over 400 Moana Oceania tauira pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Law School. The goals of the Pacific Law Week are to: 

• foster an inclusive community at Auckland Law School where Moana Oceania peoples (students, staff and others) feel valued, respected, and empowered; 
• welcome Moana Oceania tauira – especially those in first year – back to the Law School, and help them re-set their intentions and study practices for semester two; 
• recognise and celebrate the success and valuable contributions of Moana Oceania peoples to Auckland Law School and the legal profession; 
• increase dialogue and promote awareness of legal issues facing Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Pacific Island region; and 
• promote collaboration and partnership between/within the FOLAU Team, Moana Oceania Law Student Groups at Auckland Law School, the Faculty of Law, the University of Auckland, and key community stakeholders.  

We are delighted to present a range of events that aim to contribute towards these goals: 

Monday, 15 July 2024
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM  
Stone Lecture Theatre (801-316, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Guest speaker: Judge Faumui Lope Ginnen (Manukau District Court) 

Tuesday, 16 July 2024 
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 
Northey Lecture Theatre (801-204, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Speaker: Dr Suliana Mone 

Tuesday, 16 July 2024 
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM 
Stone Lecture Theatre (801-316, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Guest speakers/panellists: 

• Judge Tania Sharkey (Manukau District Court) 
• Fonoti Seti Talamaivao (Chief Adviser Pacific, Crown Response Unit, Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry) 
• Agnes Meredith-Leiataua (Ministry of Health) 
• Bradley Arona- Waqanivavalagi (MC) 

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 
Stone Lecture Theatre (801-316, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Speaker: Dr Guy Fiti Sinclair 

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM 
University of Auckland C-Space (810-430, Auckland Law School, 1–11 Short Street) 

Organised in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Law Students Association (PILSA) 

Thursday, 18 July 2024  
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 
Stone Lecture Theatre (801-316, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Facilitated by the Moana Oceania Academic Skills Mentor, Ruby Macomber 

Find out more here.

Thursday, 18 July 2024  
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM 
Stone Lecture Theatre (801-316, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent) 

Presenters: Elizabeth Lotoa (Auckland High Court) and Litia Tuiburelev

Friday, 19 July 2024  
5:00 – 8:00 PM 
Fale Pasifika (20-26 Wynyard Street) 
By invitation only 

Guest speaker:
Tugaga Misa Telefoni Retzlaff (former Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, former Attorney General of Samoa, and Auckland Law School alumnus) 

Special guests:
La’auli Sir Michael Jones and Lady Maliena Jones