The Office of Pacific Advancement

Pacific success at Auckland University of Technology is a shared effort, and much of it is led from here. Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific Professor Jacoba Matapo leads our work across the student and staff experience, research, advocacy and partnerships with Pacific communities – at AUT and well beyond it.

What does AUT's Office of Pacific Advancement do?

Our work supports Pacific students, staff, researchers and communities across five areas:

• The student and staff experience
• Academic research development
• Impact and engagement
• Advocacy
• Community-based collaborations and partnerships

We honour continuous ancestral connections to this region, the tino rangatiratanga of tangata whenua, and the shared oceanic ties which are unique to Moana peoples’ position as tauiwi.