Dedicated to Pacific research aspirations

The Moanaroa Pacific Research Network is dedicated to realising Pacific research aspirations that centre Indigenous Pacific knowledge systems, research methodologies and practices shaped with and of direct benefit to Pacific communities.

The land flows into the sea and the sea seems to connect to the sky over the horizon,
and the sky, in turn, reconnects with the land.
It is an unbroken relational reality whereby each is an essential part of the other.

– Professor Upolu Luma Va’ai

We sweat and cry salt water, so we know that the ocean is really in our blood.

- Dr Teresia Teaiwa

Our lineages

How we build upon the significant foundation of Pacific research at AUT

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Our people

Our Pacific researchers at AUT and their areas of expertise

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Our purpose

How we support Pacific research and Pacific researchers

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Images by Joseph Ravlich