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Pacific Science From the University of Hawai‘i Press.
-biological and physical sciences.
1947-2005 in paper copy
2001-present online

The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science. 
Many issues held in the MB Library.
Later known as: The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 2001-2018 online

Waka Kuaka: The Journal of the Polynesian Society.

Bernice P. Bishop Museum publications.

• Bishop Museum Bulletins. A few online, many held in the MB Library.
• Pacific Insects. Available online .
• Pacific Insects Monographs. Available online. Some but not all are held in UC libraries.
• Insects of Micronesia. Available online.
• Pacific Entomological Survey. Available online.
• Bishop Museum bulletin in entomology. Vol. 1-13 held in the EPS Library
• Bishop Museum Special Publications. Many held in UC Libraries.
• Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. Many available online. A few held in the MB Library.
• Bishop Museum Memoirs. Available online. Some held in the MB Library.

Atoll Research Bulletin. From the Smithsonian Institution
held in MB Library and Storage (1951-2007), online (1953-2012) at the Biodiversity Library, and 2007-present at the Smithsonian

Find NZ theses and other research material at NZResearch.

Discover and explore items of digitised Pacific cultural heritage at Digital Pasifik.

Pacific Community “Sustainable Pacific development through science, knowledge and innovation”

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa

Pacific Data Hub

Latai-Niusulu, A., Nel, E., & Binns, T. (2020). Positionality and protocol in field research: Undertaking community-based investigations in Samoa. Asia-Pacific Viewpoint, 61(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/apv.12252 

For more Pacific research guidelines, see the Pacific Research page.

Goetzfridt, N. J. (2008). Pacific ethnomathematics: A bibliographic study. University of Hawai'i Press. 
-Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection GN 668 .G611 2008

See the Wai / Vai / Wara/ Water page

• Ratuva, S. (2009). Commodifying cultural knowledge: Corporatised western science and Pacific indigenous knowledge. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01709.x
• Traditional knowledge and wisdom: Themes from the Pacific Islands. (2014). International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO. 
• Ohukani'Ōhi'A, S. M., Winter, K. B., & Demotta, M. (2021). KUA-LAKO-MO'O: A methodology for exploring indigenous conceptualisations of nature and conservation in Hawai’i. Pacific Conservation Biology, 27(4), 320-326. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC20020
• Pilbeam, V., van Kerkhoff, L., & Weir, T. (2019). Conservation decision-making in Palau: An example of the parallel working of scientific and traditional ecological knowledge. Environmental Management, 64(5), 564-579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01213-3
  Short but interesting section on expertise and credibility

Science of Pacific Island Peoples (Four books which include most of the papers presented at the Conference on the Science of Pacific Island Peoples in July 1992)
vol. 1. Ocean and coastal studies
vol. 2. Land use and agriculture
vol. 3. Fauna, flora, food & medicine
vol. 4. Education, language, patterns & policy

Preliminary bibliography on traditional science and technology in the Pacific Islands. 1992

Lovo, E., Woodward, L., Larkins, S., Preston, R., & Baba, U. N. (2021). Indigenous knowledge around the ethics of human research from the Oceania region: A scoping literature review. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 16, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-021-00108-8

Thompson, O., Anderson, J., Chen, M., Haack, G., Mane, R., Stewart, T., Strickland, J., Walthert, J., Jutel, S., Mausua, T., Schwenke, D., Sopoaga, F., Walker, S., & Richards, R. (2020). Use of bodily tissues in research–Pacific perspectives from Dunedin, New Zealand. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(5), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.26635/phd.2020.624

Crichton, B. (2017). Fa'asāmoa bioethics and healthcare decision-making in New Zealand. The Journal of Samoan Studies, 7(3), 47-61

Gray, B. (2014). Bioethics for New Zealand/Aotearoa. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 127, Article 1397.

Efi, T T. T. T. (2009). Bioethics and the Samoan indigenous reference. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01705.x

Du Plessis, R., & Fairbairn‐Dunlop, P. (2009). The ethics of knowledge production–Pacific challenges. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01704.x

Dickenson, D. (2005). Human Tissue and Global Ethics. Life Sciences, Society and Policy 1, 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-5354-1-1-41

Mead, A. T. P., & Ratuva, S. (Eds.). (2007). Pacific genes & life patents: Pacific indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life. Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra; United Nations University of Advanced Studies.