Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop's inaugural professorial address at AUT University:
Pacific people feature prominently as artists and writers and Pacific speed and flair has made our sportspeople household names.
In music also - from church, swing and rap through to opera - Pacific musicians are challenging New Zealand's British-grounded cultural icons. Why then, are we not doing so well in education?
Despite significant interventions, has New Zealand's educational system successfully adapted to the inplications of cultural diversity.
Tagaloatele Professor Fairbairn-Dunlop will reflect on her experience as an educator, researcher and community activist to show how Pacific people are beginning to strategise their place within national education systems.
Tagaloatele Professor Fairbairn-Dunlop is AUT University's professor of Pacific studies and the first person to hold a Pacific chair in New Zealand.
She has been researching and publishing on Pacific development issues for many years, ranging from the place of the customary family based systems, to the sustainable development of Pacific people.
Professor Fairbairn-Dunlop's staff profile
Visit the professorial address event on PMC Facebook
Date: 21 March 2011
Time: 6:00-7pm
Venue: Manukau Campus Conference Centre
MD Building, 640 Great South Rd, Manukau 2025
Free entry. RSVP contact: Sue Chapman
