A new study shows that Pasifika scientists are severely under-represented in universities - with no changes over 11 years.
Te Pūnaha Matatini researchers obtained data from 14 universities and crown research institutes and found four of them had not hired a single Pacific academic in its science faculty.
It also showed that only three had Pacific representation exceeding one percent.
One of the authors, Sereana Naepi, spoke to Māni Dunlop