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Head of School
Deputy Head of School
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
School Manager
School Administrators
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Chris Park
Administrator
School of Languages and Cultures
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Mitchell Wood
School Administrator
School of Languages and Cultures
Postgraduate Coordinator
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages and Cultures
Honours Coordinators
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages and Cultures
Contact for Students with Disabilities
Senior Lecturer in German
School of Languages and Cultures
Contact for Māori and Pasifika Students
Rainbow Representative
Asian Languages and Cultures
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages and Cultures
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages and Cultures
Classics
Professor of Classics
School of Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor
School of Languages and Cultures
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
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James Parrot
Lecturer in Greek
School of Languages and Cultures
European and Latin American Languages and Cultures
Associate Dean, Academic Programmes
Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor
School of Languages and Cultures
Lecturer in French
School of Languages and Cultures
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Jana Loorparg
Teaching Fellow
Tutor
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Mariel Lettier
Examinations Invigilator
Academic Office
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Marcella Zanetti
Teaching Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
Va'aomanū Pasifika
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
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Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures · Va'aomanū Pasifika
Diploma in University Studies (Pasifika Pathways)
Adjuncts/Visiting Scholars
Dr Jean Anderson
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Languages and Cultures
Dr Richard Millington
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
Dr Claudia Bernardi
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
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Dr Andrea Hepworth
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
Dr Dennitza Gabrakova
Honorary Research Associate
School of Languages and Cultures
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Dr James Kierstead
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
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Dr Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati
Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Languages and Cultures
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Dr Emalani Case
Honorary Research Associate
School of Languages and Cultures
Emeritus Professors
Prof Yiyan Wang
Emeritus Professor
School of Languages and Cultures