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Two Pasifika academics in New Zealand are among the 27 researchers and scholars at the top of their fields who have been elected as fellows to the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
The head of the MacMillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at New Zealand s Canterbury University, Steven Ratuva.
Photo: Supplied/Steven Ratuva
Professor Steven Ratuva and Associate Professor Toeolesulsulu Damon Salesa are part of a group elected for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
Ratuva is the Director at Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury while Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa is Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific at the University of Auckland.