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Pacific Liaison Librarians Fuimaono Taala Tiresa Ierome Phone: +6433692356 tiresa.ierome@canterbury.ac.nz Mon & Tues 9:30am - 5:30pm  Te Puna Rakahau o Macmillan Brown | Macmillan Brown Library Wed, Thurs & Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm                                           Te Puna Pūkaha me te Pūtaiao l Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPS) Caroline Syddall Phone: +6433693883 caroline.syddall@canterbury.ac.nz Mon–Fri, 8.30am–4.30pm Te Puna Rakahau o Macmillan Brown | Macmillan Brown Library

• Coco Learning from The Coconet.tv
• Pacific Level Up. A video series for Pasifika students from AU.
• Tau Gagana Tokelau Information on Tokelau and learning the Tokelau language
• New Zealand in Samoa From NZ History online.
• Nuclear Testing in the Pacific From NZ History online.
• Teaching Oceania Series from the Center for Pacific Islands Studies of the University of Hawai'i

University of the South Pacific

Fiji National University

National University of Samoa

Solomon Islands National University

• UNESCO Education for All Reviews and Assessments. Includes 16 Pacific countries.
• UNESCO data for the sustainable development goals. Browse by country.
• USP Institute of Education 
• USP School of Education 
• PADDLE A database of digital resources developed as part of the PRIDE Project (Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education). The PRIDE Project seeks to enhance student learning in fifteen Pacific countries by strengthening the capacity of each Ministry of Education to plan and deliver quality basic education.

Fletcher, J., Parkhill, F., Fa’afoi, A., & Morton, M. (2006)."Poto He Anga: Collaboration and Consultation in Pasifika Research", Qualitative Research Journal, 6(1): 36-50

Sanga, K., & Reynolds, M. (2019). A review of the emerging indigenous Pacific research. Annual Review of Comparative and International Education.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S1479-367920200000039022/full/html

Tuafuti, P. (2011). Multiple Challenges in Research within the Fa'asamoa Context. Pacific-Asian Education. 23(2), 33-42

MODELS

Aua’i i le Galuega
Nakhid, C., Fa’alofo, J. P., Faiva, M., Halafihi, D., Pilisi, S., Senio, J., Taylor, S., &  Thomas, L. “Aua’i i Le Galuega: A Pasifika Research Design Ensuring Ownership and Autonomy.” Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 32 (2007): 106-125

Kakala Framework

Thaman, K. H. (1992). Looking towards the source: A Consideration of (Cultural) Context in Teacher Education. Address given at the IOE/SOH Teacher Education Forward Planning Meeting, The University of the South Pacific, June 8-12, 1992.

Johansson-Fua, S. (2014). Kakala Research Framework: A Garland in Celebration of a Decade of Rethinking Education. In Of waves, winds and wonderful things: A decade of rethinking Pacific education.

Johansson-Fua, S. (2023). Kakala Research Framework. In: Okoko, J.M., Tunison, S., Walker, K.D. (Eds) Varieties of Qualitative Research Methods: Selected Conextual Perspectives. (pp. 275-280). Springer, Cham.

Paepae
Tanielu, L. (2013). Paepae Research Model. In O pelega o fanau: Treasuring children

Popo
Amituana'i-Tola, M. (2013). The Popo model and framework: The cross sectional divide in research methodology. In O pelega o fanau: Treasuring children.

Pou Tu
Luafutu-Simpson, Pauline. Developing an Authentic Samoan Lens. Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa, 2011.

Talaloto
Naufahu M. A. (2018). A Pasifika research methodology: Talaloto. Waikato Journal of Education, 23(1),15-24. https://doi.org/10.15663/wje.v23i1.635

Tautai 
Tagoilelagi-Leota, S F. F. (2013). Tautai- a research design.  In O pelega o fanau: Treasuring children.

Teu le va

Anae, M. (2010). Research for better Pacific schooling in New Zealand: Teu le va - a Samoan perspective. MAI Review, 1 

Anae, M. (2016). Teu Le Va: Samoan relational ethics. Knowledge Cultures, 4(3), 117.

Airini, Melani Anae, Mila-Schaaf, Karlo, Coxon, Eve, Mara, Diane, Sanga, Kabini. Teu le Va: Relationships Across Research and Policy in Pasifika Education.  Ministry of Education, 2010

Tofā’a’anolasi 

Galuvao, A. S. (2018). In search of Samoan research approaches to education: Tofā’a’anolasi and the Foucauldian tool box. Educational Philosophy & Theory, 50(8), 747–757. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2016.1232645

Ula

Sauni, Seiuli Luama. (2011). Samoan Research Methodology: The Ula: A New Paradigm. Pacific-Asian Education. 23,2, 53-64

Ministry of Education

Anae, Melani, Coxon, Eve, Mara, Diane, Wendt-Samu, Tanya and Christine Finau. Pasifika Education Research Guidelines. Wellington: Ministry of Education, 2001.

Pacific Languages Strategy 2022-2032

Ministry of Education Resources

• Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030
• An analysis of recent Pasifika education research literature to inform improved outcomes for Pasifika learners.(2013)
• Best practice for teaching Pacific learners: Pacific Evidence Brief 2019
• Pasifika Education Plan: Monitoring Reports (2006-2015)
• Pacific Education on Education Counts
• Pasifika Education Community on TKI
• Pacific Education Foundation Scholarships (PEF) - Tertiary
• Talanoa Ako. An action plan for Pacific parents, families, and communities
• Tapasā: Cultural Competencies Framework for Teachers of Pacific Learners.
   

check out more resources on Education Counts 

Statistics New Zealand

• Education and Pacific Peoples in New Zealand (2010)

• He Vaka Moana- navigating Māori student and Pasifika student success in the tertiary sector. (2020) Special issue of MAI Journal, 9(1)
• Talanoa Vā: Honouring Pacific research and online engagement. Special issue of the Waikato Journal of Education (2021)
• Success for Pasifika in tertiary education: Highlights from Ako Aotearoa-supported research. (2014)
• Change strategies to enhance Pasifika student success at Canterbury tertiary institutions. (2015)
• Tertiary Education Commission. Research about Pasifika learners. (website)
• University of Canterbury. UC Pasifika Strategy 2019-2023

• Tupou-Vaitohi, M. & Gucake, W. (2022). Fofola na ibe – Improving Pasifika Legal Education in Aotearoa: Report on Talanoa Research Findings and Recommendations. Victoria University of Wellington.

Asafo, D., & Tuiburelevu, L. (2021). Finding our way to the island: Critical reflections from two emerging Pacific legal academics in Aotearoa. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 33, 55-69. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL79835272

Baice, T., Naepi, S., Thomsen, P., Muller, K., Leenen-Young, M., Manuela, S., & Sisifa, S. (2021). Developing our voices: Pacific early career academics' journeys in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 33, 10-24. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL79835269

Baice, T., Lealaiauloto, B., Meiklejohn-Whiu, S., Fonua, S. M., Allen, J. M., Matapo, J., Iosefo, F. & Fa’avae,D. (2021). Responding to the call: Talanoa, va-vā, early career network and enabling academic pathways at a universtiy in New Zealand. Higher Education Research and Development, 40(1), 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1852187

Kidman, J. & Chu, C. (2019). We’re not the hottest ethnicity: Pacific scholars and the cultural politics of New Zealand universities. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17(4), 489-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2018.1561247

Leenen-Young, M. (2021). "Guardians" of signatures?: Future directions in Pacific history from a Pacific early career academic in Aotearoa. Journal of New Zealand Studies, (33), 36-54. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL79835271

Leenen-Young, M., Naepi, S., Thomsen, P. S., Fa'avae, D. T. M., Keil, M., & Matapo, J. (2021). 'Pillars of the colonial institution are like a knowledge prison': The significance of decolonizing knowledge and pedagogical practice for Pacific early career academics in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(7-8), 986-1001. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.1928062

McAllister, T. G. , Kokaua, J., Naepi, S., Kidman, J., & Theodore, R. (2020). Glass ceilings in New Zealand universities: Inequities in Māori and Pacific promotions and earnings. Mai Journal, 9(3), 272-285. https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.8

McAllister, T. G., Naepi, S., Wilson, E., Hikuroa, D., & Walker, L. A. (2022). Under-represented and overlooked: Māori and Pasifika scientists in Aotearoa New Zealand’s universities and crown-research institutes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2020.1796103

Naepi, S. (2021) Pacific women’s experiences working in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(1), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1856792

Naepi, S. (2019). The pakaru ‘pipeline’: Māori and Pasifika pathways within the academy. New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 24, 142-159. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL52321791

Naepi, S. (2021).  Shifting tides: The potential and lmitations of critical mass to change discipline research habits. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 33, 25-35. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL79835270

Naepi, S. (2019). Why isn't my professor Pasifika? A snapshot of the academic workforce in New Zealand universities. MAI Journal, 8 (2), 219-234. http://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/sites/default/files/MAIJrnl_8_2_Naepi_FINAL_0.pdf

Sisifa, S., & Fifita, I. (2021). Burdened in business: Pacific early career academic experiences with promoting Pacific research methodologies in the business academy. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 33, 70-82. https://doi.org/10.26686/JNZS.INS33.7383   https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.268104155870558

Smith, H. & Wolfgramm-Foliaki, E'. (2021). 'We don't talk enough': Voices from a Māori and Pasifika lead research fellowship in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 40(1), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1856791

Stewart, G. T., MacDonald, L., Matapo, J., Fa’avae, D. T. M., Watson, B. K., Akiu, R. K., Martin, B., Mika, C., & Sturm, S. (2021). Surviving academic whiteness: Perspectives from the Pacific. Educational Philosophy and Theory, , 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2021.2010542

Theodore, R., Kidman, J, Naepi, S,, Kokaua, J., & McAllister, T. (2021). Tackling systemic racism in academic promotion processes : Situation report. MAI Journal (Online), 10(2), 202-206. http://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/sites/default/files/Theodore.pdf

Thomsen, P., Leenen-Young, M., Naepi, S., Müller, K., Manuela, S., Sisifa, S., & Baice, T. (2021). In our own words: Pacific early career academics (PECA) and Pacific knowledges in higher education pedagogical praxis. Higher Education Research and Development, 40(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1852188

Thomsen, S. P., Lopesi, L., & Leenen-Young, M. (2021). Introduction: Charting provocations and exploring new directions for pacific research in Aotearoa–New Zealand from Pacific early career academic (PECA) perspectives. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 33, 1-9. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.267880560215459

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship includes many articles on education in Aotearoa.

Pacific-Asian Education: A Journal about Education in Pacific Circle Countries

Books about education in the Pacific Islands are mostly in the Macmillan Brown Library. Try searching using the catalogue using the subject keywords education oceania or education and the name of the country.

Books about Pasifika education in New Zealand are in both the Macmillan Brown and Central libraries. Try these subject keywords : Pacific Islanders Education Zealand

Pacific Readers in the Central Library

Pacific Island readers for schools are in the Central Library. Seach the catalogue using keywords this format: Niuean language readers ; Samoan language readers

Pacific Language Documents in the New Zealand Curriculum

All are available from the Library and Vagahau Niue is also online:

• Samoan in the New Zealand Curriculum
• Cook Islands Maori in the New Zealand Curriculum
• Tongan in the New Zealand Curriculum
• Gagana Tokelau. Tokelau Department of Education resources to support the language, literacy and content learning of Tokelau students (in gagana Tokelau)
   

NZ Pacific Picture Book Collection. Lists selected Pasifika picture books and provides activities to use with them.

Pasifika Language Resources on TKI

Dictionary of Cook Island Languages