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Don't forget to enter the Three Minute Thesis (3MT), where you can grow your research communication skills in a safe space, get your research noticed, and connect with the wider doctoral community. 

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The closing date for entries is Thursday 30 April, and training takes place in May ahead of the heats in June. Learn more about 3MT.

Doctoral candidate Amanda SullivanLee, who grew up in the USA, is
mapping the history and contemporary implications of indigenous Tongan
adoption (pusiaki), which has traditionally sustained openness, movement and
continued ties between birth and adoptive families.

Her research is grounded in Pacific storywork, talanoa and oral history. "Talking about adoption is intellectually challenging – and it’s also emotionally challenging,” says Amanda. “As an adopted Pacific person raised outside the Pacific, returning to indigenous frameworks has been both rigorous and healing."

Read more about Amanda's story in Research sheds new
light on pusiaki - Tongan adoption.

If you are on a scholarship that is administered by the University of Auckland,
you are required to notify the Scholarships Office once you submit your thesis,
so that they can stop your scholarship stipend. Failure to do so may result in an overpayment, which would need to be repaid.

You can direct any queries to scholarships@auckland.ac.nz.