Areti Metuamate

Royal palace, Nuku'alofa, Tonga (Antoine Hubert/Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0)

Tonga’s King uses final ‘check and balance’ dissolving parliament

by Areti Metuamate

September 26, 2017

Areti Metuamate

Areti Metuamate BA (Hons I), MStud, MACEL is an Indigenous researcher currently completing a PhD in Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. He is also an Adjunct Principal Research Fellow in The Cairns Institute at James Cook University, a Kairangahau (Researcher) for his tribe in New Zealand, and a Fellow of the ANU’s Fenner Hall. Areti’s professional background has been in management roles in university colleges (Deputy Head of Residence at ANU’s Toad Hall, Vice Master of Wesley College at the University of Sydney, Senior Residential Advisor at Weir House, Victoria University of Wellington), and policy and management roles in the public service in both Australia (ACT Education Department, and the Teacher Quality Institute) and New Zealand (Ministry of Justice, NZ Parliament, and Department of Internal Affairs). Areti is also a member of the Asia NZ Leadership Network.