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., Taumoepeau, M., Burnett, G., and Iati, I. (Eds.). (2012). Pacific Voices IX: Abstracts for the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium. Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago.
CONTENTS:
Foreword: Professor Vernon Squire
Nonviolent resistance in the Pacific: A comparative study of Samoan and West Papuan independence movements - Sofara Aiono
Dissolution kinetics of biogenic calcium carbonate – Effects of saturation state, temperature and surface area - Patila Malua Amosa
Migration, development, and left-behind social impacts of Ni-Vanuatu workers in New Zealand’s RSE scheme - Rochelle-lee Bailey
Arts-based approaches to community peace education in contemporary Fiji: Telling stories for change in the world - Tui Nicola Clery
Mixed Blessings: Oral histories of the part-American/Cook Islands war children - Marsa Dodson
A Māori approach to a community-based study of heart health among Māori and non-Māori communities – Baseline findings in the Hauora Manawa/Community Heart Study - Allamanda Faatoese
Oral cancer: A silent killer amongst the Pacific Island community living in New Zealand - Ratu Osea Gavidi
The scientific and cultural aspects of renewable energy development success in Samoa - Seth Gorrie
Legal education of Pacific Islanders in New Zealand - Mara Kawehiwehi Mauliola Hosoda
Functional analysis of parapoxvirus-encoded vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) - Marie Kay Inder
Employment among schoolchildren and its associations with subsequent adult substance use and psychological wellbeing - Ella Iosua
Kiritimati Island renewable energy: Integration of wind energy to the electricity grid - Kireua Bureimoa Kaiea
Violence against women in custom and the introduction of a resource extraction wealth in Papua New Guinea - Amie Kirkham
Onset of mental disorder, time to treatment and untreated recovery by ethnicity - Jesse Kokaua
Academic motivation: Factors influencing learning amongst tertiary students - Kaveeta Kumar
Making a living in Vanuatu: Livelihoods and development in peri-urban Port Vila - Emily Leslie
Friend or foe? 1962 Friendship Treaty between New Zealand and Samoa: A Samoan perspective - Michael Fusi Ligliga
Urban principals’ perception of the impact of leadership and management training in Fiji - Narsamma Lingam
Hastened relaxation in a non-failing diabetic heart - Shivanjali J. Lingam
Selecting embryos: Should we be able to choose a deaf child over a hearing child? - Albany Lucas
Searching for a pastoral care model in relation to banishment in Samoan society - Selota Maliko
Dependence in Small Island Developing States on imported energy and aid - Keron Niles
The cross-cultural adaptation of international medical graduates (IMGs) to general practice in New Zealand - Madhukar Mel Pande
Follicles and thecal tissue in the normal and polycystic ovary - Saifagaloa Salā
Transgelin: Discovering its role in prostate cancer - Priya Samalia
Heritage management and connections to the archaeological past: A Samoan and American Samoan study - Lorena Ileana Sciusco
Diversity detection of ectomycorrhizal fungi: Developing methods and ecological application for detection of microbial communities - Suliana E. Teasdale
Overcoming community participation limitations in tourism planning in Papua New Guinea - Alcinda Trawen
Watchdogs of the South Pacific? Australia and New Zealand news coverage of Fiji, PNG and Solomon Islands - Courtney Wilson
Faafetai tele lava - Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai
Opening address, Pacific Postgraduate Symposium, 6 October 2011 - Professor Helen Nicholson, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)