17 Nov 2021

New AUT head encourages Pasifika students to stay the course

From , 6:00 am on 17 November 2021

The new vice chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika pursuing education amid the pandemic to stay the course.

Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa, who is currently a pro-chancellor at the University of Auckland takes up his new role at AUT in March next year.

He is the first person of Pacific descent to head a university in New Zealand.

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Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa

Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa Photo: The University of Auckland