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Pasifika Caucus ARCHIVE

» Pasifika Caucus Report February 08 (PDF, 52 KB)

Report by Tanya Wendt Samu

Contact: t.samu@auckland.ac.nz

View Tanya's bio (PDF, 36KB)

» Pasifika Caucus Report to NZARE Council February 07 (PDF, 92 KB)

» Pasifika Caucus Report to NZARE Council March 08 (PDF, 68 KB)

2008 EVENTS

NZARE Pasifika Group Award 2008

The Biannual Pasifika Group Award was awarded for research led by Dr Valerie N. Podmore, Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Jan Taouma (Centre Manager), Ene Tapusoa (teacher) and Tanya Wendt-Samu (the facilitator/parent representative) and who comprise the A’oga Fa’a Samoa Research Focus Group. (Citation, PDF,72KB)

Chrictmas Lunch 2008

On December 12, 2008, Dr Adreanne Ormond and Dr Mere Kepa, the Maori Caucus, hosted Malia Villegas to an evening of Fish and Chips and Ice Cream at Mission Bay, Auckland. Malia,from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was a Fulbright Scholar and was based at The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education for ten months.

L-R Margie Taurere, Mere Kepa, Malia Villegas, Kinny Kepa, Morag Pepe and her colleague, Linita Manu'atu (Pasfika Caucus)

Critiquing Pasifika Education @ the University – Winter Book Launch

Held 22 August 2008. Special Edition/Special Issue 2008 Critiquing Pasifika Education. Read more here... (PDF, 76KB)

All authors with Prof Michael Walker.

Kneeling (L-R): Dr Sailau Suali’i-Sauni (Deputy Director Centre for Pacific Studies, UoA, Conf. Keynote Speaker), Sione Tu’itahi (Guest Speaker), Judy McFall-McCaffery (author), Dr Mere Kepa (Alternative Editorial Committee, author), Dr Chris Tooley (Managing Editor, Alternative Editorial Committee), Phoebe Fletcher (Alternative Journal Co-ordinator).

Standing (L-R): Prof Michael Walker (Joint Director, Nga Pae o Te Māramatanga Maori CoRE), Dr Linitā Manu’atu (Conference Co-Chair), Semisi Manisela Prescott (author), Rev Uesifili Unasa (UoA Chaplaincy), Dr ‘Okusitino Mahina (Guest Editor, author), Tui O’Sullivan (Guest Speaker), Dr Tafili Utumapu-McBride (Guest Editor, author), Albert Refiti (author), I’uogafa Tuagalu (author), Dr Tracey McIntosh (Joint-Director, Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, Maori CoRE), Dr Joe Te Rito (Alternative Editorial Committee).

Prof Michael Walker and the Guest Editors, Dr Tafili Utumapu-McBride (Auckland University of Technology) and Dr 'Okusitino Mahina (Massey University).

Dr Linitā Manu’atu and the Prof Michael Walker.

Prof Michael Walker presenting Judy McFall-MCCaffery her copy of the Journal.

BRCSS Building Pacific Research Capacity and Scholarship Fono

Held 16 – 18 April 2008, Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland.

From the Conference Dinner: Keynote Speaker: Prof Linda Tuhiwai Smith (front row, second from the left). Also present: Dr. Linitā Manu’atu, Pasifika Caucus (standing, second from the left).

In Memorium

Mr Tupae Munokoa Pepe (aka Kairua), 08 August 1943 – 24 April 2008
Rakahanga, Cook Islands.

On Wednesday 30 April, many canoes of love were anchored at the Pacific Islands Church Congregation, Newton, Auckland to pay our final tributes to Tupae Munokoa Pepe.

Tupae has been at the forefront of Pasifika Education alongside the diverse migrants from the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau; Tonga, Samoa and Fiji; and most recently the islands of Tuvalu, Solomons, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati.

Tupae started his career in education in the Primary Sector before he travelled abroad to teach in places such as Saudi Arabia. Upon his return from his OE, Tupae taught in primary schools in Central Auckland. In 1975, he set up the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) at the Mount Roskill Grammar School. The ELTU was the first and only project to teach English to the migrants from the Pacific Islands geographic regions. Tupae then moved to the Tertiary Sector where he worked at the Pacific Islands Educational Resource Centre (PIERC, Herne Bay) and later at the Manukau Institute of Technology as the first Pacific Liaison Officer. Tupae’s final contribution to Pasifika education was as a researcher for the Koloto & Associates Ltd, Auckland. He is survived by his only daughter, Morag Teina Pepe and whangai, Petini Pepe and John Pepe.

» Download the full text of the In Memorium Tupae Munokoa Pepe (PDF, 88 KB)

PASIFIKA RESEARCH PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS

Kēpa, M (2008) Language Matters. A Richer and Curious Approach to Teaching English. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co: Germany. ISBN: 978-3-8364-9198-3.

Kēpa, M & Manu’atu, L. (2008). Invitation. Pedagogical Decolonization: Impacts of the European/Pākehā society on the education of Tongan people in Aotearoa-New Zealand. ABS American Behavioral Scientist Journal. SAGE:U.S.A 51 (12), 1801-1816 Online ISSN 1552-3381 Print ISSN 0002-7642.

Sanga, K. & Chu, C. (Eds.) (2008). Living and Leaving a Legacy of Hope: Stories by New Generation Pacific Leaders. Victoria University of Wellington: Wellington.

This book by 27 New Generation Pacific leaders is visionary. In it, a breed of New Generation Pacific leaders is putting a stake on the ground. They have chosen to be leaders by virtue of their motivation to exercise positive influence and action in their private and public lives. They are assuming ownership of their communities as well as the responsibility for providing leadership for these communities. In reflecting on their life experiences, these younger leaders are learning from their own pasts, building upon proven lessons and purposefully enhancing their own leadership growth.

Written as stories of leadership journeys, this collection is inspirational for all who are interested in leadership and mentoring. Unlike the usual leadership story, those of this collection are not about politicians, traditional leaders or celebrities. Instead, this is about young, ordinary students who are sharing their own leadership stories as children, parents, employees, mentees and mentors. As New Generation leaders, these individuals are recognising, seeking and initiating opportunities to demonstrate leadership in everyday life.

While it is written primarily for Pacific audiences, other readers are also sure to find inspiration in the power of these stories, told in their natural Pacific styles.

» Download book flyer (PDF, 112 KB)

Abu-Saad, K. ,Horowitz, T., & Abu-Saad, I. (2007). Weaving Tradition and Modernity Bedouin Women in Higher Education . Holy Land Studies A Multidisciplinary Journal. Volume 7, Number 2 November 2008. p.236. Edinburgh University Press. ISSN 1474-9475. eISSN 1750-0125. Reviewed by Dr Linitā Manu’atu.

Visser, H., Unasa, L., Kennedy, S., & Airini. (2007). Is your research making a difference to Pasifika education?: Towards guidelines for enhanced Pasifika education research/ policy linkages. Paper presented at NZARE Conference, Christchurch, 4-7 December.

» Download presentation as PDF (888KB)

Airini, Rakena. T., O’Shea, M., Tarawa, M., Sauni, P., Ulugia-Pua, M., Sua-Huirua, T., & Curtis, E. (2007, 5 September). Success for all in higher education: Improving indigenous and minority student success in degree-level studies. Paper presented at the British Education Research Association Conference, London, England.

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Airini, & Sauni, P. (2004). Bring only the most beautiful: Towards excellence in adult education pedagogy. Paper presented at the joint gathering for the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) and the Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) 2004 Conference, University of Victoria, Canada.

» Download PDF (160KB)

Abu-Saad, K. ,Horowitz, T., & Abu-Saad, I. (2007). Weaving Tradition and Modernity Bedouin Women in Higher Education. The Centre for Bedouin Studies & Development Research Unit Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Reviewed by Linitā Manu’atu.

» Download review (PDF, 80 KB)

The NZARE Group Award for Pasifika Research

The NZARE Group Award for Pasifika Research 2006 was won by Faye Parkhill, Jo Fletcher and Amosa Fa’afoi, Christchurch College of Education.

» Photos from the award ceremony.

In 2008, the focus of the NZARE Group Award was on Pasifika group research. For more information, please go to the NZARE Group Award.

Contacts

Through Pasifika caucus you can make contact with other caucus members. Your Pasifika caucus representative on the NZARE council is Linita Manu’atu, Auckland University of Technology.