Victoria University in Wellington is to confer an honorary doctorate on the distinguished Samoan, Tuiloma Neroni Slade.
Mr Slade, who graduated from the university with a law degree in 1968, later became a diplomat in Samoa and headed the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat.
Victoria University Chancellor Sir Neville Jordan said Mr Slade is a person of great dignity and distinction, admired and respected throughout the world for his pioneering work in new fields of law and his outstanding service in the Pacific.
Tuiloma Neroni Slade once headed the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Photo: wikicommons
