Amazing opening speech for @AucklandUni Pacific research platform Fofonga by @_PatrickThomsen laying out the urgency and challenge ahead with hope for the future with Pacific excellence in research.
@youronlyexbf yes, a blessing (prayer) to mark occasion. happens eg when moving, or spirits not at peace, or when you have land issues, need to conserve land or land use changes. another interesting bit of our culture is a funeral b4 one dies :)
When I was consulting, I was once asked by a UN agency to send in a proposal to be a national consultant on a gender related contract. The role, to support the international consultant to develop a policy document on gender in Samoa. The int consultant : white Australian man.
โOur hope is that we have a digital nation that exists alongside our physical territory, but in the event that we lose our physical territory, we will have a digital nation that is functioning wellโ https://t.co/agIV1suKOc
#Breaking โ All Auckland education facilities have been ordered to close until February 7 as Auckland grapples with wild weather and flood damage.
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We assumed the 8am AKL Emergency Management update would have been live-streamed with updates sent to elected members to disseminate.
It was only a media stand up.
I have asked for this to be rectified for the next updates. So we can all hear any updates and important info.
@feltua28 because we want to make sure we are stripping all the flowers and foliage of the garden and put in 60 hours and needlework to guarantee our ticket to heaven and compliments of the universe #ihatedkeugapulelaa