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Sereana Naepi

@sereananaepi.bsky.social
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Higher education researcher interested in how we can change our education and research systems to better serve everybody.

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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"We now face a research and social landscape where the boundaries between rigorous academic work and mere opinion are increasingly blurred" Why this matters: when expertise gets flattened into just another opinion, we all lose. Climate science = random blog post. Medical research = Facebook meme.
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The right to speak: exploring academic freedom in turbulent times - Higher Education
The concept of academic freedom remains contested globally, with increasing threats to academic expression appearing across different national contexts. New Zealand offers a unique case study as one o...
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
“The challenge to tangata Tiriti is what we’ll do to support a fightback led by tangata whenua. Will Pākehā, in particular, be prepared to march in solidarity with tangata whenua and all people directly affected by the neo-racist political programme?” — Catherine Delahunty.
e-tangata.co.nz
The great leap backwards | E-Tangata
“The challenge to tangata Tiriti is what we’ll do to support a fightback led by tangata whenua. Will Pākehā, in particular, be prepared to march in solidarity with tangata whenua and all people ...
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
“Why must Tuvalu exchange some of its sovereign powers over its own security for a migration pathway? This is not climate justice.” — Taukiei Kitara.
e-tangata.co.nz
Tuvaluans need action, not pity | E-Tangata
“Why must Tuvalu exchange some of its sovereign powers over its own security for a migration pathway? This is not climate justice.” — Taukiei Kitara.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
“An excessive number of items on the coalition’s list buy a culture war that Pākehā New Zealand isn’t ready for. Believe me when I say that te ao Māori is prepared.” — Deb Te Kawa.
e-tangata.co.nz
A culture war? Te ao Māori is ready | E-Tangata
“An excessive number of items on the coalition’s list buy a culture war that Pākehā New Zealand isn’t ready for. Believe me when I say that te ao Māori is prepared.” — Deb Te Kawa.
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Rewriting book chapter on Pacific peoples higher education and racism and now screaming into the void that one of our unis have had Pacific completion rates in the 30% range since 2016 and just quietly continued being funded.
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Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Dawn Freshwater, Auckland VC says the critic+conscience function is institutional and "doesn't require individual academics to do anything" (TV1 News). The UoA website says "The role of a University *and its academics* is to be the c+c of society" and has @siouxsiew.bsky.social all over it!
Image of Siouxsie Wiles on the University of Auckland website. She says: “Academic freedom is a privilege that comes with responsibilities”
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Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
See 32m11s: www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/one-ne...) and www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021...).
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Critic and conscience: where did the idea even come from? - The University of AucklandFacebookTwitte...
The role of a University and its academics is to be the critic and conscience of society. But what does that mean in the 21st century?
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
The metaphor below helped me to get it: H&S legislation HAS to be equity based & vice versa. Otherwise you don’t hire parents of young children in forestry because they don’t get enough sleep & that’s a risk factor; you don’t hire women as scientists because they can’t do #scicomm without backlash
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Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
It’s going to be an interesting few days at the Wiles v U of Auckland employment court hearing. Our universities are supposed to be open to public scrutiny but it is rare that this is actually the case. Over the next week we will get a glimpse into the inner workings of our largest university.
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Auckland city is incredibly expensive. Resident Assistant work is incredibly stressful and an important part of peer support within accommodation services.
thespinoff.co.nz
As University of Auckland halls raise rents, RAs are set to lose their discount
New changes to residential adviser contracts have students up in arms.
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
"Petousis-Harris said [UoA]'s communications team regularly approached her and Wiles for interviews with the media. "When the pandemic arrived I was asked by the media communications people at [UoA] to become involved in public communications on the subject of Covid-19" www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
rnz.co.nz
Siouxsie Wiles case: Vaccinologist 'mortified' by university's response to harassment
Colleagues of microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles say the University of Auckland did not respond to her concerns about harassment fairly.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
I'm cautious about having hope but hope is all we've got...
rnz.co.nz
Rabuka and Marape to 'engage further' with Indonesia on West Papua as special envoys
Pacific Churches welcome Melanesian Spearhead Group decision to appoint Fiji and Papua New Guinea PMs as special envoys to Indonesia to "address West Papua issue".
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
This is an incredibly important case for our jobs as academics. We are called by law to be the critic and conscience. This means that we must be public facing and that risks need to be managed by our employer in order to protect academic freedom.
rnz.co.nz
Siouxsie Wiles says Auckland University treatment was worse than Covid-19 harassment
Microbiologist says lack of support affected her wellbeing; feared university wanted to get rid of her.
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Amongst the treasures found in my parents move out are my old school reports. My husband asked what job I could do with a talent in "writing, public speaking and drama"?
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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
AUT's Eke Tangaroa programme is constantly highlighted as an amazing cluster hire programme for Māori and Pacific Early Career Researchers and this paper gives some powerful insights into what it is like to be a part of it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
“You can’t simply learn about mātauranga or whakapapa, just like I couldn’t learn about my whānau. It’s meaningless without the connection and lived experience. It takes community.” — Kim Mcbreen.
e-tangata.co.nz
The slow path to mātauranga | E-Tangata
“You can’t simply learn about mātauranga or whakapapa, just like I couldn’t learn about my whānau. It’s meaningless without the connection and lived experience. It takes community.” — Ki...
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
“And universities and the Crown have a debt to be honoured. They have thrived on stolen whenua, knowledge and authority. Where is the humility? The accountability? The putting right?” e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...
e-tangata.co.nz
The slow path to mātauranga | E-Tangata
“You can’t simply learn about mātauranga or whakapapa, just like I couldn’t learn about my whānau. It’s meaningless without the connection and lived experience. It takes community.” — Ki...
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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Huge year for women for the last year of the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships before the new scheme starts. Not enough to balance out the gender bias in earlier years though. Congratulations to the 2023 recipients!
royalsociety.org.nz
Statistics on the 2023 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship round
Summary information on the 2023 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship selection round
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
"For Māori this is a really important day, because these stories that we have carried with us are incredibly important - we live with the consequences of those wars now." @joannakidman.bsky.social on the significance of Te Pūtake o te Riri being commemorated on 28 Oct. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...
rnz.co.nz
'They don't know the history' - NZers know more about foreign wars than our own
Experts say commemorations of the New Zealand Wars are at risk of passing by unnoticed outside of Māori circles.
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Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Currently the gender pay gap sits at 8.6%, but for Pasifika women they have an 18% pay gap in comparison to Pākeha men - that's 82c earned by a Pasifika woman for ever $1 earned by a Pākeha man. #MindTheGap In 2016 the gender pay gap for Pasifika women was the lowest for women, at only 67%. #nzpol
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
"We ask, what financially responsible multi-million-dollar entity does not have accurate information about where its income comes from and what it spends for each of the components of its operation and then proposes staffing cuts” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/massey-sc...
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Massey scientists push back on ‘biased’ numbers behind restructure - NZ Herald
Massey scientists call for independent audit of workings behind controversial restructure.
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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Them: Did you finish that project? Me: No, but can I introduce you to six others I've started?
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Been thinking about an interaction at the awards where a retired prof asked if I had my PhD, was I employed, where was I from, no actually from. It wasn't until my husband asked what that was about that I realised how much I had normalised academic microagressions and having to defend my presence.
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Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Would you like to translate social science research into actionable outcomes through effective collaboration? DOC are currently hiring for a Social Advisor Social Research → careers.doc.govt.nz/jobs/DOC-175...
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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
"The kōhanga reo generation, backed by an inexorable demographic change, and strong in their reo, whakapapa and identity, are ready to step up to the plate — defined by a uniting faith in Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a source of rectification and unity." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz
The kōhanga reo generation is here | E-Tangata
“The kōhanga reo generation, backed by an inexorable demographic change, and strong in their reo, whakapapa and identity, are ready to step up to the plate — defined by a uniting faith in Te Tiri...
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · 21/10/2023
One unexpected thing in my qualitative study w natural scientists (one-hour interviews) is how deeply, deeply sad the climate scientists are. They say things like "you have enough information from us, why won't anyone act?" -- the psychological distress these people are enduring is very great.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs
Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance. Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life...
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
"that while the proposal could mean a reduction in academic staff, there would be no qualification closures." THEN WHO IS DOING THE TEACHING?
newshub.co.nz
Students, staff at Massey University call for Vice-Chancellor to resign ahead of more cuts | Newshub
"We can't just treat international students as cash cows".
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
There were a lot of highlights tonight at UoA research excellence awards like getting to see old friends, meet new ones and see the amazing research people are doing. But nothing captures being an academic mum like this
screen shot of message: I think we are going to miss your award, somebody needs to go poo
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Its not enough for us to not say racism as it might upset people, now unconscious bias is off the table too. Also we "are typically a humble bunch" so need to return to white social expectaions of us and stop calling it.
i.stuff.co.nz
'Unconscious bias': The two words Fiji must cut out to win the next Rugby World Cup
OPINION: The notion that there are subconscious thoughts among some referees to rule one team differently to another is, frankly, absurd.
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johnny connolly @jcons.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
In America, 6% of people who earn a PhD eventually get a faculty position. I thought that was bad, but in the UK it's a staggering 0.45%
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
I wrote several posts on this at Sciblogs at the time, starting from a similar NZ survey. One I titled something like, Academic careers are the exception not the rule. University science students mostly end up *not* in academia. That’s not saying they’re not "in science", just not in academia.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 12/10/2023
"The college of sciences’ pro vice-chancellor Ray Geor said consultation was under way and students were told all information about the proposed changes was online." 🤣 🇳🇿 te-ara-paerangi.community/page/view-po...
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News Article: Student opposition mounts to proposed Massey University cuts
“We fear the damage to our careers, our families and our community will be significant if we’re unable to pick up our studies where we left off.”They were also worried about the upheaval of havi...
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
“This election is not just a battle of policies. On one level, this is our own Voice referendum. It is our own opportunity as a nation to reject the politics of anti-Māori hate.” — Tina Ngata.
e-tangata.co.nz
Tina Ngata: Our chance to reject hate | E-Tangata
“This election is not just a battle of policies. On one level, this is our own Voice referendum. It is our own opportunity as a nation to reject the politics of anti-Māori hate.” — Tina Ngata.
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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
It's not okay to offer funding where the recipient uses their own money first and is reimbursed later. This barrier puts serious pressure on those in less privileged positions. Many struggle (silently) or lose out completely. Reduce inequity by offering resources up front.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
“Seventeen Māori leaders spoke up a week ago ‘calling for an end to race-baiting and racist comments in our countries’ election campaigns’. They pointed at New Zealand First, Act and National — but, in my opinion, Act is by far the worst.” — Nicky Hager.
e-tangata.co.nz
Nicky Hager: Beware the smooth talker with a forked tongue | E-Tangata
“Seventeen Māori leaders spoke up a week ago ‘calling for an end to race-baiting and racist comments in our countries’ election campaigns’. They pointed at New Zealand First, Act and National...
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 06/10/2023
A roundup of the week's news about Jan Thomas' cuts at Massey University. 🇳🇿 te-ara-paerangi.community/page/view-po...
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Massey News Roundup
Been a difficult week for everyone with connections to Massey University. Rather than a bunch of bad news posts, consolidating into just one. The cover image was taken in Palmerston North yesterday ac...
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
THIS
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
This, this, 100% this Race relations commissioner on allegations of race baiting in election www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Vicki in Aotearoa @vcnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
A shout out to Toby Morris and the power of his work. I have an online course that talks about inequity and today a participant spoke about how this comic changed their viewpoint entirely. How they had thought we all start at the same place. www.rnz.co.nz/news/the-wir...
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Coming out of "I'm sick leave me alone" to say I'll be in Pōneke next week sharing inital Rutherford research findings with my amazing MA student Kate.
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Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Shame on politicians who give permission to intimidate a wahine Māori for having the courage to stand for what she believes in and wants an equitable future for Māori. This is what your vitriol leads to. With your silence you are complicit. #nzpol
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Ron Amosa @uncommonengineer.com · 04/10/2023
👋🏽 Taeao manuia bluesky, Looking to keep adding Pasifika & Maaori newcomers who are interested, to the Tagata Moana Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... If you are Pasifika 🌊 &/OR Maaori and want to be added please like this skeet OR re-skeet for awareness fa'amolemole lava fa'afetai!
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Sereana Naepi @sereananaepi.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
This is a great example of how research institutions can be 'committed' to sustainability but unwilling to actually practice it.
i.stuff.co.nz
Climate researcher set to lose his job because he refused to get on a long-haul plane
Gianluca's bosses allowed his journey predominantly on ships, trains and buses to study in Papau New Guinea. But returning home the same way could cost him.
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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
This is appalling. Sending love to Hana-Rawhiti and her whānau. 💔https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300980315/te-pti-mori-candidates-home-invaded-threatening-letter-left
stuff.co.nz
Te Pāti Māori candidate's home invaded, threatening letter left
A person broke in and vandalised the home of Hauraki-Waikato candidate Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clark, before leaving behind a letter in a 'politically motivated' attack, the party says.
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