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Vice-Chancellor's Update | Tuesday 12 September 2023

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Mon Sep 11 2023 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)

Kia ora koutou

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā mātāwaka. Tēnā koutou katoa i runga i te kaupapa whakahirahira o Te Wiki o te reo Māori. Welcome to Māori Language Week 2023.

We are celebrating this year’s theme, Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori: Making the Language Stronger, with a series of events and activities across the Universityhttps://www.staff.auckland.ac.nz/en/news-events-and-notices/news/news-2023/09/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-2023.html. We have also unveiled a stunning new pou, He Taumata Rau, to honour past, present and future rangatira. You can read more about the new pou on our News pages herehttps://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/09/13/he-taumata-rau.html.

New role for Professor Pene Mathew

I am pleased to announce that Professor Pene Mathew, Dean of Law, has been appointed as Human Rights Commissioner and President of the ACT Human Rights Commission in the Australian Capital Territory. In this important and exciting role, Pene will be working with human rights in a practical, impactful way for the benefit of residents of the Territory, the first Australian jurisdiction to adopt a Human Rights Act.

Pene will start in her new position in late October 2023, at which time Professor Warren Swain will take on the role of Acting Dean of Law. I would like to acknowledge and thank Pene for her outstanding leadership of the Law Faculty over her tenure.

Policy and Statute consultations

Consultation on a new Student Voice Policyhttps://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/policy-hub/policy-development-review/documents-for-consultation/draft---student-voice-policy.html and accompanying Guidelineshttps://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/staff/education-office/learning-teaching-policies/learning-and-teaching-policy-development/proposed-student-voice-policy-and-guidelines/proposed-student-voice-guidelines.html is open until 5pm on Wednesday 4 October. You can submit your comments and feedback by using this formhttps://www.forms.auckland.ac.nz/en/student/campus-life/student-voice-consultation-form.html.

We are also consulting on the draft Student Conduct Statute, which is available for review on the Policy Hub herehttps://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/about-the-university/policy-hub/policy-development-review/documents-for-consultation/draft---student-conduct-statute.html. You can submit your feedback before 5pm on Wednesday 4 October by email at SCStatute@auckland.ac.nz

Ngā mihi nui

Dawn

Professor Dawn Freshwater

Vice-Chancellor