Breadcrumbs List.
Pacific
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First in family to go to university, now a doctor from Aitutaki
11 January 2023
Dr Jordan Teaukura is a new graduate from the Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme (MAPAS) in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. He is the first in his family to graduate and the first doctor.
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Rising sea levels lead to a new nursing graduate
10 January 2023
The threat of climate change in the Pacific led one whānau to move to Aotearoa and join the Pacific health workforce. Now their daughter has graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing.
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Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga whānau day
5 January 2023
Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga campus celebrated the first public whānau day in December. It was a well attended event with community connection growing.
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Newly qualified nurse aims to improve kaumātua life expectancy
22 December 2022
The Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme (MAPAS) 2022 event celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand’s future change-makers in the health workforce.
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Eight million boost to improve heart health equity
15 December 2022
Community-engaged research programmes have received significant funding to impact healthcare. Led by University of Auckland researchers, they will combat cardiovascular disease among Māori and Pacific communities.
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Graduates shine at MAPAS ceremony
14 December 2022
On 12 December, 66 Māori and Pacific students were presented with MAPAS completion certificates for their degrees.
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Heart Foundation’s inaugural Pacific Research Fellow focused on equity
9 December 2022
Inaugural Pacific Research Fellow aims to enhance equity in discharge planning.
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Pacific Health Research Symposium 2022
7 December 2022
The Associate Dean Pacific of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Sir Collin Tukuitonga hosted the Pacific Health Research Symposium 2022 at the Te Tai Tonga campus on Wednesday 30 November.
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How researchers work and learn alongside Indigenous worlds
23 November 2022
Expert panel to describe their research journeys to Indigenous worlds at the University's Fale Pasifika.
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Waipapa Taumata Rau to host its first Mātauranga Māori Symposium
21 November 2022
Ruia ngā kākano i Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. Wherahia ki Te Moana Rongonui, herea ngā waka maha ki a Tāne-Nui-a-Rangi, te manawa whenua o Waipapa Taumata Rau. Whakapiri mai ki Waipapa Marae ki tēnei hui nui whakaharahara, ko te whakanui i ngā Mātauranga Māori.
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South Auckland doctoral student wins Emerging Practitioner award
16 November 2022
Chastity [Chas] Mamea (Matautu Lefaga, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) has been recognised as an emerging practitioner with a $10,000 scholarship to advance her creative abilities at the University of Auckland.
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Pacific-focused research awarded $800k
27 October 2022
International law and organisations expert Dr Guy Fiti Sinclair is one of just 12 recipients to be awarded an $800,000 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi this year.