Pacific at AUT

This is your place to thrive. Support built with Pacific communities. Research tackling what matters to our people. Vā Pasifika spaces where you belong, Pacific leadership programmes that lift you up. Your community's behind you – and your future's ahead of you.

Office of Pacific Advancement

Support at AUT

The Office of Pacific Advancement champions Pacific success - whether you're a student, staff member, or part of our wider Pacific community. We're here to support you at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau - Auckland University of Technology.

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The team who offers support at AUT

We have a team of Tauarua dedicated to supporting Pacific students across all three campuses. From academic and financial support to pastoral care and kai, our Vā Pasifika spaces are here to help every Pacific student throughout their university journey.

It’s Tokelau Language Week

An AUT alumna shares her hope for the future as part of Tokelau Language Week 2025.

Annual Talanoa event brings together influential Māori and Pacific thought leaders

Voices of Change

Business

Annual Talanoa event brings together influential Māori and Pacific thought leaders to discuss doing business in 2025 and beyond.

It’s Niue Language Week

This week Niue Language Week is being celebrated across Aotearoa as part of the Pacific language week series for 2025.

Emotional landscape of language revival

Communication studies

Receptive bilingualism was at the heart of Te Ipukarea researchers Dr Nogiata Tukimata & Dr Toiroa Williams presentation at PULiiMA 2025.

Meet some of our Pacific students

Levili Leilua

He is looking forward to contributing to the success of the New Zealand Warriors Women’s team, says Levili Leilua who recently became the team’s head trainer.

Marie Loraine Esekielu

She had always wanted to gain a uni qualification to repay her parents for their hard work, says Marie Loraine Esekielu who came to AUT as an adult student.

Monique Oyagawa

There have been many pinch-me moments since she joined Remix Magazine in 2021 as part of her AUT business workplace experience, says Monique Oyagawa.

Solomone (Mone) Kaloni Timani

Podiatry student Solomone (Mone) Kaloni Timani came to AUT with a powerful mission: to ease the burden diabetes places on Tongan families.

Amelia Rose Lingbu

Being able to work with people is one of the things she loves most about being an interpreter, says Amelia Rose Lingbu who studied a Graduate Certificate in Arts.

Rulon Brown

Deciding to study sport and recreation was easy, says Rulon Brown who came to AUT to complete a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation.

Hannah Cartman

Hannah Cartman may have only finished her sport management degree a few years ago, but she has already had the chance to work with two very different national sporting bodies.

Jeremiah Rogo

He loves his career as a lighting designer for Beca, says art and design alumnus Jeremiah Rogo who came to AUT to study a Bachelor of Design in Spatial Design.

Zak Tulua

He would love to see more culturally diverse events in his home community of Ōtara in South Auckland, says Zak Tulua who is studying event management.

Tanvi Narayan

She loves her role in the brand team of NZ Wine, says Tanvi Narayan who studied both event management and finance, and graduated from AUT in 2023.

Anna Taufao

She wakes up every day happy to be in the job she is in, says Anna Taufao who studied mathematical sciences and is now a financial crime investigator at Westpac NZ.

William Lotawa

He is proud to support the communities he lives in, says William Lotawa who is now a rotational occupational therapist for Te Whatu Ora – Waitemata.

Manshikha Chand

Computers have always fascinated her, says Manshikha Chand, an international student from Fiji who is now studying networks and cybersecurity, and accounting.

Scott Woodford

He loves being able to support the sport he loves through his work, says Scott Woodford who is based in the FIFA Regional Development Office in Auckland.

Ivy Lyden-Hancy

She would like to see more Māori in the academic field, especially as lecturers, says Ivy Lyden-Hancy who is studying a Bachelor of Arts in History and Māori Media.

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Eke Tangaroa

Eke Tangaroa is a unique programme designed to increase the number of Māori and Pacific academics at AUT by appointing early career academics and supporting them to establish research-active academic careers.