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TRansFORmIng
OpportunItIEs by
wORkIng tOgEthER
PROFESSOR DAWN FRESHWATER, VICE CHANCELLOR,
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Starting a position at a world-class university in a new country two days
prior to the nation going into alert level 4 lockdown isn’t for the faint
hearted. This was the reality for Professor Dawn Freshwater when she
arrived in New Zealand in March 2020, appointed as the first female
Vice Chancellor of the University of Auckland.
Her transformational attitude and mindset have helped her to
develop and implement a recovery plan, as well as to understand the
challenges that the education sector, Government and businesses are
facing, asking all the while how we can work together to leverage
New Zealand’s competitive advantage.