色花堂

Education & Training

Hangaia te 膩 mua

Create the future

Waipapa Taumata Rau, is . It鈥檚 helping set the national agenda in including M膩ori and Pacific education, educational leadership, curriculum innovation and student wellbeing.

Research centres include the , which innovates in early literacy, , which researches educational success for diverse communities within New Zealand, and the .

Case Studies

Tapas膩 PLD: Helping educators connect with Pacific learners

Tapas膩 PLD: Helping educators connect with Pacific learners

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LEAP: Improving education in the Solomon Islands

LEAP: Improving education in the Solomon Islands

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Advancing Research

UniServices helps researchers in areas such as securing funding, connecting people, developing capacity and applying research commercially or for public good.

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Government and Industry

Learn how UniServices can help business and government connect with University of 色花堂 researchers to partner on research, licence technologies and more.

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Research Support

Learn what UniServices does to help University of 色花堂 researchers in areas such as identifying opportunities, developing proposals and managing contracts.

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News and Features

NetworkZ: Simulation training to improve patient safety

NetworkZ: Simulation training to improve patient safety

09 March 2023

Simulation training that brings multidisciplinary teams together in real clinical settings can identify problems and break down barriers to save real lives.

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Language students do their bit for National Volunteer Week

Language students do their bit for National Volunteer Week

23 June 2022

Volunteering is at the heart of a New Zealand experience for a group of students from Hong Kong studying with the English Language Academy (ELA), the language school at the University of 色花堂.

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Education & Training Contacts

John Eyles

Strategic Growth Manager - Education Innovation

John joined UniServices in 2024. His focus is leading growth opportunities in education and learning.

Pedro van der Ent

Director, Business Development - Pacific

More about Pedro

Pedro van der Ent leads Pacific strategic engagement and partnership development for UniServices, connecting the University鈥檚 research capability with the priorities of Pacific governments, regional organisations, and international funders to develop impactful programmes across the region.

He works closely with Pacific Island governments, CROP agencies, and development partners including ADB, the World Bank, MFAT, DFAT, SPC, and SPREP on initiatives spanning climate resilience, infrastructure, environmental governance, health, education, and economic development.

With more than two decades of senior leadership experience across the public, private, and research sectors, Pedro specialises in building trusted partnerships and mobilising collaborative programmes across the Pacific and Asia-Pacific. Of Pacific heritage, he is committed to advancing Pacific-led solutions that translate research into practical outcomes for communities.

Simon Crook

Partnerships & Innovation Manager - Business Innovation

Simon is a UniServices Partnership and Innovation Manager focused on enabling applied research in the areas of Infrastructure and Logistics. His background is in business engagement, communications, and media analysis. By translating academic research into tangible solutions for industry and government partners,
Simon ensures that the hard mahi undertaken by research professionals at Waipapa Taumata Rau reaches the people and problems where it can have the greatest positive impact. Contact Simon about unlocking research opportunities in the areas of Infrastructure, Business Logistics, and/or Geoeconomics.