Abstract
The Pacific Voices: Pacific Postgraduate Symposium showcases and celebrates the research undertaken by Pacific postgraduate students across the University of Otago.
Abstracts may be cited as appearing in Matthewson, C. and Taumoepeau, M. (Eds.). (2007). Pacific Voices IV: Abstracts for the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium. Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago.
CONTENTS:
Foreword: Dr Charles Tustin
A study of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa - Fanaafi Aiono-Le Tagaloa
Curriculum integration and students’ post-school aspirations and life chances: An analysis of Don Bosco Technical Secondary School, Papua New Guinea - Joseph Ake
Pacific consumer acculturation: Understanding the dynamics of Pacific consumption - Charis Brown
Contemporary Pākehā orientalisation: An epistemological approach - Micheal W. Brown
Perception of English use among South Pacific Islanders at the University of the South Pacific - Rajni Chand
‘Reinterpretation’ and Jesus’ baptism in Matthew’s gospel - Alesana Eteuati
The conserved O-glycosylated C-terminus of the Parapoxvirus VEGF family member, ORFVNZ2 VEGF, plays a role in its unique receptor-binding profile - Marie K. Inder, Lyn M. Wise, Stephen B. Fleming, Andrew A. Mercer
E-health governance: Pacific peoples’ approach - Amith Koleth
Movement to form a currency or monetary union: A case for Pacific Island countries - Willie Lahari
The changing role of women in Samoan society with particular reference to Samoan religion - Malia Lameta
Analysing definitions of the coastal zone in Samoa’s Lands, Survey and Environment Act 1989 - Anita Latai
The chemical and meteorological characteristics of rainfall in Samoa - Patila Malua-Amosa
The mechanisms of neuroprotective effects of melatonin involving key inflammatory enzymes - Shiva M. Nair, Rosanna M. A. Rahman, Ian Appleton
Management options for sea cucumber fisheries in Tongan coastal waters - Poasi F. Ngaluafe
Ecotourism in an island republic: Political and culture-based obstacles to ecotourism development in the Republic of Fiji - Lawrence J. J. Osborne
Investigation into the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and improvement of treatment utilising the pharmacokinetics of aminoglycosides - Catherine M. T. Sherwin, Roland Broadbent, Natalie J. Medlicott, David M. Reith
Brass band music in Samoa - Salā Telesia Seutatia Mata’utia Pene Solomona
A comparative survey of Aotearoa New Zealand and United Kingdom social workers on the role of religion and spirituality in practice - Blair Stirling
The foreshore and seabed debate: Contrasting visions of equality and justice - Abby Suszko
No Garden of Eden: The impact of resettlement on squatters’ ‘agri-hoods’ in Fiji - Alexander C. Thornton
Assessing willingness to pay in the context of communal land values: The case of backpackers in Fiji - Filipo Tokalau
Does the current New Zealand curriculum contribute to New Zealand’s aim of becoming a knowledge-based society? - Mele Utumoengalu
Faafetai tele lava - Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai
Opening Address, Pacific Voices III, Pacific Postgraduate Symposium, 29-30 September 2006 - Professor D. Gareth Jones