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New book explores Pacific wellbeing across Australia and Aotearoa
A new book exploring Pacific wellbeing across Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Austral...
Joseph Guenzler 16 Oct 2026
New digital repository opens Pacific research to communities
Pacific research at Waipapa Taumata Rau (University of Auckland) is now availabl...
Joseph Guenzler 12 Oct 2026
What the world can learn from the Pacific
Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now be...
From gaming to the stars for first Sāmoan physics PhD graduate
Dr Sean Richards has become the first known Sāmoan to graduate with a PhD in Phy...
Joseph Guenzler 23 Sep 2026
Papua New Guinea Language Week: A journey from Port Moresby to Auckland
Professor Guy Fiti Sinclair's lifelong connection to learning, Pacific cultures...
Giovanni Torre 9 Sep 2026
Sleepless in Sāmoa: Scholar’s vision for Pacific youth mental health

When a world-leading Oxford sleep scientist visited Sāmoa and Aotearoa as part of a prestigious Hood Fellowship, Li'amanaia Dr Roannie Ng Shiu was already thinking beyond sleep.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 8, 2026
Pacific research centre to be officially launched as WHO Collaborating Centre

The University of Auckland's Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health, will be officially launched as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 7, 2026
Māori and Pacific Business students recognised as future leaders

Three outstanding students have been recognised at the University of Auckland's 2026 EY Māori and Pacific Business Students of the Year Awards, celebrating excellence, leadership and a commitment...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 24, 2026
Award-winning Pacific educator recognised for outstanding teaching

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland lecturer Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn has been recognised with the Faculty of Arts and Education Early Career Teaching Award.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 20, 2026
Beyond language: Dr Caleb Marsters on building Pacific futures

As Cook Islands Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa, University of Auckland academic Dr Caleb Marsters says language revitalisation must be part of a broader conversation about strengthening C...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 14, 2026
Pacific-led research puts Indigenous health at centre of precision medicine

Pacific researchers, clinicians and community leaders have gathered in Sāmoa to discuss how precision medicine and genetic research can better serve Indigenous peoples across the region.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 11, 2026
From Parliament to PhD: A global journey to Pacific scholarship

A journey that began in Canada's political corridors led doctoral candidate Rodney Stehr to Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, to explore Pacific research methodologies and the importance of...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2026
'Pacific futures are New Zealand's futures', experts argue in new book

Pacific peoples are not a "special interest" demographic but central to Aotearoa / New Zealand's future prosperity, social cohesion and leadership, according to a new chapter by University of Auckland...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 23, 2026
Scholar centres I-Kiribati knowledge, women and cultural resilience

As Kiribati Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa / New Zealand this week, University of Auckland doctoral candidate Roi Burnett hopes people will look beyond familiar narratives about rising se...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
Aotearoa's biggest council returns traditional Māori names for public parks

Auckland Council has restored the traditional Indigenous names for five of its regional parks. The move forms a part of a new narrative the council, who on its website features the Māori Te Kauni...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 30, 2026
Global evidence shows cervical cancer can be eliminated in the Pacific region

Pacific leaders, clinicians and researchers say cervical cancer elimination is within reach, as global evidence shows the disease can be virtually eradicated within a generation.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2026
Pacific leadership drives health solutions at Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa

A wintry, rain-soaked day in Auckland set the scene for a powerful gathering of Pacific leaders, researchers and communities at the Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa Research Symposium 2026.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2026
Pacific leaders to gather in Auckland for major research symposium

The collective strength of the Pacific will gather at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, as Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health prepares to host its 2026 Research Sym...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 23, 2026
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