Friday, April 25, 2025
1:00–2:00 pm HST
Saunders 704

Students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa were invited to a career talk story with Sione Tekiteki on Friday, April 25, 2025 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm HST. His career talk story focused on how to launch a career in regional diplomacy and governance.

Sione Tekiteki is a lawyer and Pacific issues expert with over 20 years’ practice experience in the Pacific. He most recently served as the Director Governance and Engagement with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat for 9 years, where he was responsible for security, governance, strategic engagement, international law and nuclear related matters. He had direct oversight of the PIF Leaders’ annual meeting and was instrumental in driving the Blue Pacific global agenda during a period of unprecedented attention, including Leaders’ summit with the US, India, Korea, Japan, France, China, and with the UN Secretary General. Tekiteki is currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Auckland University of Technology, where he lectures in the field of public international law, Pacific governance and regionalism, and multilateralism. His research interests include Pacific international law making in a changing world order, the politics of climate change from a small island states perspective, and political (in)stability.

This event was hosted by the Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.