• UC Research Repository   Research from UC on a wide range of Pasifika topics.
• NZResearch.  Research from universities, polytechnics and research organisations around New Zealand.
• Annotated Bibliography of Pacific Knowledge (2018). A bibliography of government funded research relating to Pasifika in New Zealand.
• New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research 2016-2019 (MFAT).

• Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Books:

Battiste, M. A. (2000). Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision

Chilisa, B. (2012). Indigenous Research Methodologies

Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y., & Smith, L. T. (2008). Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies Also available online

Groh, A. (2018). Research Methods in Indigenous Contexts

Iosefa, F., Jones, S. H., & Harris, E. (Eds.). Wayfinding and critical autoethnography (2021). Access the electronic copy or borrow the paper copy.

Kovach, (2009). Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations and Contexts

Smith, L. T. (2012). Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

Windchief, S., San Pedro, T. (2019). Applying indigenous research methods: Storying with peoples and communities. 

Click on this subject heading for more books:  Indigenous Peoples Research Methodology

Journal Articles and Encyclopedias:

Sage Journals Online has articles on indigenous research methodology from a range of journals including AlterNative. Sage Research Methods links to e-books and encyclopedias. Start with the search "indigenous research" Pacific in both.

Journal of Global Indigeneity. "The journal publishes critical writing and research on topics that impact the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities around the world. We privilege Indigenous authorship and collaborations, and encourage submissions from early career researchers and graduate students."

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. "Aims to present indigenous worldviews and scholarly research from native indigenous  perspectives from around the world".

Reconsidering Citation

Burgess, H., Cormack, D., & Reid, P. (2021). Calling forth our pasts, citing our futures: an envisioning of a Kaupapa Māori citational practice. MAI Journal, 10(1).

Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2017). The Va and Kaupapa Māori. In T. K. Hoskins & A. Jones (Eds.), Critical conversations in Kaupapa Māori (pp. 132-144). Huia.   (chapter 12)

See the Working with Pacific peoples page on the Social Work subject guide.

Pacific Community--Communaute du Pacifique. (2020). Cultural etiquette in the Pacific: Guidelines for staff working in Pacific communities.

Pacific Research 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

Fa'afaletui

• Goodyear-Smith, F. & 'Ofano, M. (2021). Fa'a faletui: A Pacific research framework. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. DOI: 10.1177/1558689820985948

Kakala

• 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

Talanoa

• Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy. (2014). Talanoa: Building a Pasifika Research Culture (book)
• Feetham, P., Vaccarino, F., Wibeck, V., & Linnér, B.-O. (2023). Using Talanoa as a Research Method can Facilitate Collaborative Engagement and Understanding between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communities. Qualitative Research, 23(5), 1439–1460. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941221087863 
• Mulitalo Ropinisone Silipa Seumanutafa, T. (2017). A research methodology for the Pacific. Chapter 3 in Law reform in plural societies. Springer.
• ‘Otunuku, Mo’ale. Talanoa: How Can it be Used Effectively as an Indigenous Research Methodology with Tongan People? Pacific-Asian Education. 23,2 (2011): 43-52
• Suaalii-Sauni, Tamasailau, & Saunimaa Ma Fulu‐Aiolupotea. "Decolonising Pacific Research, Building Pacific Research Communities and Developing Pacific Research Tools: The Case of the Talanoa and the Fa'afaletui in Samoa." Asia Pacific Viewpoint 55, 3 (2014): 331-44.
• Tunufa'i, L. Pacific research: Rethinking the Talanoa 'methodology'. New Zealand Sociology, 31(7) 2016. Suggests that talanoa is a research tool rather than a research methodology.
• Vaioleti, Timote M. Talanoa Research Methodology: A Developing Position on Pacific Research. Waikato Journal of Education 12 (2006)

Tautai

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

Teu le va

• 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
• 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.

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

Vā

For articles on the vā in research, search Index New Zealand and NZResearch.

Vakumuni vuku ni vanua

Ramala, M. J., & Ruwhiu, D. (2024). Vakumuni vuku ni vanua (gathering the wisdom of the land): An indigenous fieldwork research methodology in Fiji. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 65(3), 448-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12424 

Vanua (Fiji)

• Nabono-Baba. U. (2008).  Decolonising framings in Pacific research: Indigenous Fijian Vanua research framework as an organic response.

Indigenous Pacific approaches and issues

• Anae, M. (2019). Pacific Research Methodologies and Relational Ethics. In Oxford Research Encycopedia of Education.
• Babu, Tupeni. Researching Pacific and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Perspectives  2004 (book)
• Efi, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi. Clutter in Indigenous Knowledge, Research and History: A Samoan Perspective. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 25 (2005)
• 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. 
• Mafile’o, T., Vaka, S., Leau, K., Satele, P., & Alefaio-Tugia, S. (2024). Decolonising qualitative analysis: Collectively weaving understanding using Talanoa and Fa’afaletui Pacific-Indigenous research methods. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23. 
• Master, E., & Hopwood, R. (2022). Key Insights from the Pacific Research Consultation for Te Ara Paerangi- Future Pathways.         Perspectives from Pacific researchers on the future of New Zealand's research, science and innovation (RSI) system.
• McFall-McCaffery, J. (2010). Getting Started with Pacific Research: Finding Resources and Information on Pacific Research Models and Methodologies. MAI Reiew, 1.
• Meo‐Sewabu, Litea. "Cultural Discernment as an Ethics Framework: An Indigenous Fijian Approach." Asia Pacific Viewpoint 55, 3 (2014): 345-54.
• Naepi, Sereana. "Masi methodology: Centring Pacific women's voices in research". AlterNative 15,3 (2019).
• Naepi, S. Navigating the Currents of Kaupapa Māori and Pan-Pacific Research Methodologies in Aotearoa New Zealand. MAI Journal, 4, 1 (2015): 71-84
• Nero, Karen L. "Bringing Together Local and Metropolitan Approaches in Pacific Research." Pacific Accounting Review 21,3 (2009): 325-32.
• Oliveira, K. R. K. N., & Wright, E. K. (Eds.). (2016). Kanaka ʻōiwi methodologies: Moʻolelo and metaphor. University of Hawaiʻi Press.
• Ponton, V. (2018). Utilizing Pacific methodologies as inclusive practice. SAGE Open, 8 (3)
• Re-visioning Pacific research methodologies. Special Issue of Waka Kuaka | The Journal of the Polynesian Society (2023)
• Sione, D., (2024). Decolonizing research with the fala methodology. In Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. SAGE https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529685206
• Thaman, K. (2003). "Decolonizing Pacific Studies: Indigenous Perspectives, Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education."  The Contemporary Pacific 15(1): 1-17.
• Tualauleli, E. & McFall-McCaffery, J. (2019). The Pacific research paradigm: Opportunities and challenges. MAI Journal. DOI: 10.20507

• Health Research Council of New Zealand. Pacific Health Research Guidelines. (2014).
• Development of a PARcific approach: Participatory action research methodology for collectivist health research. 2022
• 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(1), 12-12.

Massey University Pacific Research & Policy Centre and the Pasifika@Massey Directorate. Pacific Research Guidelines and Protocols.

Bennett, Judy, Mark Brunton, Jenny Bryant-Tokalau, Faafetai Sopoaga, Naomi Weaver, and Gary Witte. "Pacific Research Protocols from the University of Otago." The Contemporary Pacific 25,1 (2013): 95-124.

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