A Pasifika biomedical scientist and researcher has become the first Tongan to be appointed Associate Dean at a New Zealand university.
Doctor Dianne Sika-Paotonu will be the new Associate Dean Pacific for the University of Otago in Wellington.
Dr Sika-Paotonu will be looking after the Pacific students enrolled into programmes such as medicine and radiation therapy.
Photo Twitter. Caption: Doctor Dianne Sika-Paotonu
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RNZI