Sereana Naepi & Tara McAllister

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Dr Sereana Naepi is a Pasifika academic teaching sociology at the University of Auckland. Tara McAllister (Te Aitanga a Māhaki) is a research fellow at Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland.

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As universities restructure, Māori and Pacific researchers are being put at risk

Māori and Pacific early career academics are already severely underrepresented at universities. Now they're in jeopardy of being the first ones to get cut.

By Sereana Naepi & Tara McAllister | 21st May, 2020