From Matangi Tonga Magazine, Vol. 16, no. 2, September 2001.

Seini Taumoepeau Furneaux a student at the Auckland University was in Tonga during July, conducting research on the Control of Genetic Resources in Tonga.

Seini said she was working toward two degrees, a Master in Social Anthropology and a Law degree.

Seini expressed concern over a piece of legislation that she said was currently being drafted by a Samoan lawyer on the genetic resources of the Pacific islands. “The Tongan  views should be taken into consideration,”  she said.