Unaisi Narawa

Committed and engaging academic with exceptional skills and expertise in legislative drafting, policy reform, and research. Adept at engaging and guiding students, leveraging 15 years of experience in postsecondary education. Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate complex legislative processes and drive impactful policy changes. Passionate about fostering inclusive learning environments and empowering students to reach their full potential.

• Pacific Strategic Committee, University of Waikato
• Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA-NZ), Executive Member (New Zealand Chapter)

• The Cross Cultural-Application of Customary Laws, Legalising Pluralities Symposium, Centre for Law and Society (University of Otago), Dunedin, 8-9 August 2024
• The Lonely Learner: Teaching Law in the Pacific, Australasian Law Academics Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 7-9 July 2022
• An Identity Claimed?: The case of Tamavua-i-Wai, Law and Culture Conference, Auckland University, New Zealand, 29th – 31st August 2013
• A traditional approach to dispute resolution in Fiji's Family Courts, Law and Culture Conference, University of the South Pacific, Vanuatu, 29th – 31st August 2011
• The Family Law Act of Fiji and Parental Maintenance, Law and Culture Conference, University of the South Pacific, Vanuatu, 30th August – 1st September 2010

• Book Chapter, Surrogacy in the Pacific, Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law, EE Publishing, 2024, 492
• Book Chapter, Fiji, Legal Systems of the Pacific, Jennifer Corrin and Tony Angelo, Intersentia, 2021, 41
• Book Chapter, Adoption in Nauru, The Plural Practice of Adoption in Pacific Island States, The World of Small States 5, Jennifer Corrin and Sue Farran, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95077-8_3
• Journal Article, Australasian Conference Association Ltd v Mere Sela & Ors [2007] FLR 12: A Case Analysis, CLJP/JDCP, 26, 45, 2021
• Journal Article, An Identity Claimed? The Case of Tamavua-i-wai, Journal of South Pacific Law, 2, 2012
• Other, The 2023 International Review of Constitutional Reform - Fiji, Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism
• Other, Customary Marine Management, Case Studies from the Pacific: Hearing Women’s Voices in securing access to marine resources, Serua Village, Fiji, 2023, https://www.customarylawmarinegov.co.uk/fiji

• Hon. Lionel Aingimea M.P, Minister Assisting the President, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade - Nauru, lionel.aingimea@gmail.com
• Professor Leilani Tuala-Warren, Dean of Law, Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, leilani.tuala-warren@waikato.ac.nz
• Professor Emerita Jennifer Corrin, The University of Queensland, j.corrin@law.uq.edu.au