Asians more educated but earning less in New Zealand
Statistics show that Asian men and women miss out on as much as $422,000 over the course of their careers compared to their Pākeha peers.
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Statistics show that Asian men and women miss out on as much as $422,000 over the course of their careers compared to their Pākeha peers.
When award-winning author Gina Cole embarked on her PhD in Creative Writing at Massey University, she faced a hard decision. What was more important - her 27 year-long career in law, or her fiction writing?
Associate Professor Krushil Watene. When Associate Professor Krushil Watene, Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua o Orākei, Tonga, got the news that she had been accepted into the year-long international leadership programme, Homeward Bound, she admits she was both “thrilled and terrified”. Dr Watene, a philosopher in the School of Humanities Media and Creative Communication, was one of a hundred women chosen from a pool of 376 applicants. Dr Watene originally heard about the programme from colleague Dr Priscilla Wehi (Cilla) who attended the programme in 2017. “To be honest I didn...