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Our next guest says that it's hard to find Pasifika students at Honours level with STEM backgrounds.
Pasifika are under represented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The Government has recognised it, and say they're pushing hard for Pasifika achievement in STEM.
Dr Taniela Lolohea is a lecturer in Chemistry at AUT and Associate Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute, and it's been weighing on his mind. He talks to Jesse.
Given the chance to immerse themselves in science, educators say children can be distracted from their devices. Photo: