Miss Melenaite Tohi is a Doctoral Candidate at the Liggins Institute at Waipapa Taumata Rau. She sought to undertake a PhD in an area that focuses on improving the health of Pacific peoples that could enable her to “make a difference”. Melenaite is currently working on a research project that focuses on adolescents living in New Zealand’s understanding of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease concept and lifelong health…Continue Reading Melenaite Tohi
Dr. Billie Lythberg is a Senior Lecturer in Management and International Business at Waipapa Taumata Rau, where she contributes to the Organisation Studies disciplinary area. Her interdisciplinary research spans business studies, anthropology, and history, with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa and the Pacific, guided by Indigenist research paradigms. Additionally, she serves as the Director of faculty research centre Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism, furthering her commitment to educational leadership and community engagement…Continue Reading Dr Billie Lythberg
Dr ‘Ilaisaane Fifita is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Business School at Waipapa Taumata Rau. Her fields of research include understanding consumer behaviour and social marketing…Continue Reading Dr ‘Ilaisaane Fifita
Mr Sione Taufa is a Professional Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance for the Business School at Waipapa Taumata Rau. He is also the Associate Dean Pacific for the Faculty of Business and Economics. His work surrounds a number of small businesses, church and community groups while maintaining significant networks amongst the Pacific community in Aotearoa and around the Pacific region…Continue Reading Sione Taufa
Dr Sisikula Sisifa is a lecturer in Management and International Business at Waipapa Taumata Rau Business School. Her research focuses broadly on development practice in the Pacific and investigating value chains of business practice. Her research also includes elements of Pacific research to highlight the connections of Pacific perspectives in business…Continue Reading Dr Sisikula Sisifa
Dr Guy Fiti Sinclair is an Associate Professor and serves as the Associate Dean (Pacific) at Auckland Law School. Additionally, he holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the New Zealand Centre for Public Law (NZCPL). His academic expertise spans across several fields including public international law, international organizations, international economic law, law and development, law and global governance, international law and governance specific to the Pacific/Oceania region, as well as the history and theory of international law and its intersection with social theory…Continue Reading Dr Guy Fiti Sinclair
Dr. Suliana Mone previously served as a lecturer and Pacific Convenor at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. Suliana currently holds a position as a lecturer and Assistant Associate Dean Moana Oceania at Auckland Law School, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Her research focuses on international law, human rights, women’s rights, and legal issues within the broader Pacific region…Continue Reading Dr Suliana Mone
Mr Fuimaono Dylan Asafo is a Senior Lecturer for the Faculty of Law. He joined the Faculty of Law following the completion of his Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Harvard University, where he was honored as a Fulbright General Graduate Award recipient. Dylan’s main academic interests encompass race and legal frameworks, climate justice in the Pacific region, constitutional and human rights law within Pacific contexts, and criminal justice and abolition…Continue Reading Dylan Asafo
Miss Barbara-Luhia Graham is a Professional Teaching Fellow in Law at the Faculty of Law at Waipapa Taumata Rau. She is also overseeing the Moana-Oceania Academic Initiative (MAI) programme at the Auckland Law School…Continue Reading Barbara-Luhia Graham
Dame Teuila Percival, DNZM, QSO is a Consultant Pediatrician and honorary academic for the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Child and Youth Health, for the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Dame Percival’s field of research include infant and child health as well as Pacific Peoples health and wellbeing…Continue Reading Dame Teuila Percival, DNZM, QSO