Inano Taripo-Walter's responsibilities
Inano's role at the Graduate Research School is to support Pacific Island candidates through their postgraduate journeys. She is currently a PhD candidate herself, researching the historical and contemporary narratives of va'ine Māori (Cook Islands women) and their affiliation and importance to succession, inheritance and distribution of ancestral land.
Inano is on the Postgraduate Committee representing Pacific postgraduate students. She is also part of the Pacific Academic Staff Caucus and Le Moana network, and works closely with the divisional Associate Deans (Pacific) and the Director of the Pacific Development Office.
Pacific Voices
For over twenty years, the Pacific Voices Symposium has been a site of growth, empowerment, and connectivity for Pacific postgraduate students at the University of Otago. Pacific Voices was created to provide academic and pastoral support for Pacific postgraduate students. From its inception, it has offered a nurturing environment for students to showcase their research, receive feedback from their communities, and form connections with academics, experts, and peers. Pacific Voices alumni have emerged as distinguished leaders in their respective fields and communities.
Read Otago celebrates 20 years of Pacific Voices
Resources for Pacific Voices
Piri’anga Toto – Postgraduate Writing Sessions
These postgraduate writing sessions provide a quiet designated space for postgraduate students to work on their research writing with other Pacific students.
Workshops are also held during these sessions as needed and cover a range of skills including abstract writing and research presentation practice sessions.
Piri’anga Toto translates to ‘blood connection’ in Cook Islands Māori, signalling the shared postgraduate journey and the everlasting relationships formed along the way.
Where: Graduate Research School, Graduate Research, University of Otago, New Zealand
When: Third Thursday and Friday of every month.
Bring your laptops and enjoy a day of writing with fellow Pacific postgraduate students. Lunch is provided.
Contact details
Email inano.walter@otago.ac.nz
Mob +27 845 8609