Dr Moeata Keil was born and raised in Samoa in the villages of Vaimea, Moamoa and Afiamalu. She moved to Aotearoa New Zealand to pursue a tertiary education and was awarded her PhD from the University of Auckland/Waipapa Taumata Rau in 2020. 

Moeata has since been working as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Auckland/ Waipapa Taumata Rau. More recently, she was awarded an MBIE Science Whitinga research fellowship.

This morning Dr Moeata Keil joins us to talk about her research about  the role family members play in being part of the village that raises a child when parents separate or live apart.