Breadcrumbs List.
Pacific
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Growing Pacific capacity in the Business School
18 October 2022
Sione Taufa and Lisa Filitonga are two Tongan staff members who enjoy flying under the radar, but are both making huge contributions to the Business School and its Pacific and Māori students.
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Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti with Emmaline Pickering-Martin
5 October 2022
Emmaline Pickering-Martin (Nauluvatu, Nakelo, Sawaieke, Gau) is embarking on a PhD journey exploring skin markings across the Pacific, with a core focus on Fijian women.
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Making art from sound, Tongan style
30 September 2022
The practice of Doctor of Fine Arts graduate, Sione Faletau, has shifted and evolved over the years of his studies, and across myriad media, but it has always been grounded in Tongan culture and concepts.
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Power of song and stamina: ten-year vision realised
29 September 2022
Natasha Urale-Baker set herself the ambitious task of completing three degrees in ten years as a mature student. This spring she graduates with her PhD in Social Work, with a focus on Samoan funeral rituals.
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Waipapa Taumata Rau launches Youth Advisory Group
13 September 2022
Waipapa Taumata Rau has teamed up with high schools across Tāmaki Makaurau and Pōneke to learn how to better engage with incoming rangatahi students.
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Assessing mental health needs in Pacific countries
13 September 2022
A new research project by Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland researchers and Pacific partners aims to investigate mental health challenges in Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu as these countries navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis.
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Tula’i Pasifika youth leadership programme developing leaders
6 September 2022
For the past ten years, the Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership programme has been inspiring young Pacific people to become better leaders, with the University of Auckland stepping up this year to provide support.
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Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga
6 September 2022
Tongan language week is a time to embrace the language and culture and be unapologetically Tongan explains University of Auckland’s Te Ūnga Kairuruku, Seini Lātū.
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Māori and Pacific community power could beat NZ rheumatic fever
2 September 2022
Opinion: The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the power of communities in public health, an approach that could and should be used to reduce the high rates of rheumatic fever in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Dr Siobhan Tu’akoi.
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The ‘South Auckland Mathematics Challenge’ showcasing Māori and Pacific student excellence
24 August 2022
A university initiative is helping Māori and Pacific students who are excelling at mathematics to prepare for regional competitions.
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Gridiron Capital: how American football became a Sāmoan game
23 August 2022
Senior lecturer in Pacific Studies, Dr Lisa Uperesa, launched her new book 'Gridiron Capital' with her aiga, friends and colleagues to a full house at the Fale Pasifika.
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Exhibition captures lesser known and entangled histories
18 August 2022
Creation Stories, an exhibition by Dr Karamia Müller and Simon Denny, visualises our lesser known histories and connections between Sāmoa, German speaking Europe, and Aotearoa New Zealand.