![]() NEW Zealand’s University of Auckland (UoA) has expressed a wish to establish a long term partnership with the University of Papua New Guinea(UPNG) through the opportunity of debate competition. UoA pro vice-chancellor Prof Jemaima Tiatia-Siau said this during a recent visit to Auckland by students from the UPNG. The winning team of the 2023 UPNG SRC Luther Wenge Debate Competition travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, last week. The trip was hosted by the UoA, and the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), for a week-long activity such as panel discussions, campus tours, and cultural activities. The engagement was supported by the office of the pro vice-chancellor Pacific, for both UoA and AUT, which resulted in both universities showing interest in seeing this programme grow in the future. This was the same feedback from the Pacific advancement office in AUT who were keen on seeing more PNG Students in Auckland.
The AUT assistant pro vice-chancellor, Rennie Atfield-Douglas also said that AUT is looking forward to building this engagement. One of the major prizes of the 2023 UPNG SRC debate competition was to see the winning team travel to New Zealand, as part of a promising partnership between the 2023 UPNG student representative council, and the commonwealth students’ association (CSA). As a former UPNG SRC president, Bradley Yombon-Copio expressed appreciation for all the support he had received to drive this initiative. “This engagement opened the door to opportunities such as international exposure and learning experience for students from UPNG, as the students not only represented UPNG but the country, and I hope to see the support from the administration, given the potential this engagement has shown,” he said. TheNational /PNGEducationnews Also read Comments are closed.
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