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 Te Poutoko in the Media

Past Events

In April 2023, Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa | Centre for Pacific and Global Health invited fellow colleagues, stakeholders, friends, and families to celebrate its official launch as the first University research centre dedicated to Pacific and Global health solutions and leadership. The event informed everyone of its mission to transform and impact health for Pacific people in Aotearoa, in the Pacific region and globally.

Click here to watch the Te Poutoko launch event video

In June 2023, Te Poutoko were proud to present the The Transnational Leadership Panel at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika. The community had a unique chance during the public seminar to interact with leaders from the Pacific region, listening to insights about significant achievements, learnings, and important leadership moments over the past decades. Additionally, the event shared upcoming needs for leadership in the region’s future development. Distinguished panellists were:

• Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Te Poutoko co-director 
• Mr Henry Puna, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
• Mr Leota Kosi Latu, Former Director General of the Secretary of the Pacific Regional Environment program
• Ms Cynthia Houniuhi, Founding Member and current President of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change

The seminar drew on research findings from the Pacific Transnational Leadership Research Project funded by the Developmental Leadership Program, and marked the official launch of the research report ‘Seeing like a regionalist: The dilemmas of inter-governmental co-operation in the Blue Pacific’. The report was launched at the event by Ms Solistice Middleby, Former Australian Diplomat to the Pacific, and explores both the hope and despair of Pacific regionalism, with the hope that regional organisations can overcome the challenges of small island developing states.

Click here to watch the Pacific Transnational Leadership Panel event video