Pasifika

KĀRE Ā-TINANA, ENGARI, Ā-WAIRUA: TE MANA O TE KARERE: Re-thinking Indigenous postgraduate whanaungatanga

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Indigenous
Māori
Pasifika
Whanaungatanga
Zoom
postgraduate students
Author(s): 
Ashlea Gillon
Kiri West
Yvonne Ualesi
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.4.6

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns in Aotearoa New Zealand have been a source of change, of uncertainty and of anxiety. The ways in which we engage with each other as Indigenous people have had to change drastically and suddenly; our ways of being, of sharing space, of being present, have all had to be adjusted. For Indigenous postgraduate students, COVID-19 and lockdowns have meant a re-shaping and re-thinking of how we come together as a community that supports each other within Westernised institutions and along our academic and research journeys.

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UNDERSTANDING PASIFIKA MENTAL HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND: A review of the literature

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
mental health
Pasifika
Pacific peoples
New Zealand
Author(s): 
Sarah A. Kapeli
Sam Manuela
Chris G. Sibley
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.7

Pasifika mental health continues to be a growing concern in New Zealand. This article reviews and presents online available research concerning the mental health of Pasifika in New Zealand. A comprehensive online literature search was conducted. In total, 967 online articles were identified, and 58 met the criteria to be included in the final review.

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Growing the fleet–A Māori re-search-teina’s perspective on Māori and Pasifika re-search relationality

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Māori
Pasifika
new and emerging academic
re-searchers
Indigenous
Whanaungatanga
Author(s): 
Ashlea Gillon
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.1.9

He Vaka Moana is a strengths-based project framed by oceanic principles and methodologies that connect us as Māori and Pasifika to the ocean. The underpinning kaupapa and theoretical framework of He Vaka Moana is the Tongan proverb “pikipiki hama kae vaevae manava”, which refers to our individual vaka coming together to support each other as we navigate the moana.

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The art of wayfinding Pasifika success

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Pasifika
higher education
equity
success
wayfinding
Indigenous
Author(s): 
Jacoba Matapo and Tim Baice
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.1.4

The notion of “success” for Pasifika students in higher education remains contested given the socio-political agendas of education in New Zealand targeting Pasifika engagement. The motivation to increase academic achievement for Pasifika peoples stems from “tail-end” outcomes, in which Pasifika populations are compared with other demographic populations in the attainment of higher qualifications. Many institutional “success” strategies are initiated essentially from a deficit positioning, to respond to barriers of participation, and ensure academic progression and student completion.

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Why isn’t my professor Pasifika? A snapshot of the academic workforce in New Zealand universities

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Pasifika
faculty
university
New Zealand
academics
Pacific
Author(s): 
Sereana Naepi
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.9

This paper examines the ethnicity of academic scholars employed by New Zealand’s eight universities, with a particular focus on Pasifika academics. The paper discusses how, despite national and university policies to see education serve Pasifika peoples better, there has been no change in the numbers of Pasifika academics employed by the universities between 2012 and 2017, and notes that Pasifika who are in the academy are continually employed in the lower, less secure levels of the academy.

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The Pacific Research Paradigm: Opportunities and challenges

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Pacific Island
Pasifika
Oceania
research paradigm
research approaches
indigenous knowledge
Author(s): 
Eseta Tualaulelei
Judy McFall-McCaffery
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.7

Around the world, favourable social and political circumstances have encouraged the development of academically non-traditional ways of researching. This article explores the recent proliferation of research approaches from Pacific and Pasifika communities which, in some Australian and New Zealand contexts, are attracting increased interest from policymakers and researchers. We present a socio-historical account of how the Pacific research paradigm emerged and some key contemporary Pacific research approaches within this paradigm.

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