As climate change and rising seas threaten her homeland, Tuvaluan student champions education, language and identity
Bachelor of Social Practice ākonga Souzhay Segaawekana Eluti has seen firsthand the effects of climate change on Tuvalu’s nine islands – from coastal erosion and stronger storms...
“Educate to Liberate”: Polynesian Panthers bring the struggle for equity to the lecture room for Social Practice students.
For our ākonga preparing to become social workers and practitioners, learning about social inequality is one thing. Hearing directly from people who fought for it – and who...
Celebrating half a century of backing Pacific career potential
Two Pacific ākonga ‘students’ studying at Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec have been recognised for their commitment to education, whānau and community, having...
Lecturers contribute treasures from their homeland to landmark Pacific exhibition
Two of our Pacific kaimahi ‘staff’ are sharing stories of their ancestral homelands with audience through artifacts which they have contributed to a landmark exhibition...
Fulbright Scholar to build global research connections for MIT and Unitec
The Samoan academic from Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre was one of only six recipients nationwide. Dion will spend five months in Hawai’i researching...
Bringing Tongan culture and language into our workplace and classrooms
Tongan Language Week (Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga) is bringing together kaimahi ‘staff’ and ākonga ‘learners’ to celebrate language, culture and identity...
Cook Islands Week celebration reveals unexpected family connection
Three of our kaimahi discovered they were related while coming together to organise activities for Cook Islands Language Week at the Mt Albert Campus on Wednesday. When the call went...
Faith, community, family at the core of Samoa Language Week celebrations on our campuses
Celebrations took place at both the Mt Albert (Tuesday, 2 June) and Waitākere (Wednesday, 3 June) campuses. We shared language, culture and traditions through engaging...
Top Pacific Nursing award shared by two outstanding graduates
Grace McCormick and Michael Kapisi, who both graduated Unitec in April, were jointly awarded the prestigious honour in recognition of achieving the highest...
Mexico scholarship experience broadens student’s horizons
The students returned from Mexico in February after completing a study programme at partner institution Tecnológico de Monterrey through the Prime Minister’s Scholarship for...
Proud alumnus thanks alma mater for celebrating Ni-Vanuatu culture on campus
Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is being celebrated across Aotearoa New Zealand as part of the annual Pacific Language Weeks programme from 26 July – 1 August 2026. It is observed...
“I want to help make a difference for others, in the same way the scholarship helped me.”
Tongan-born Tevita Angitau has completed a Bachelor of Construction with the aid of a Manaaki scholarship.
