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., and Iati, I. (Eds.). (2014). Pacific Voices XI: Abstracts for the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago.
CONTENTS:
Foreword: Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith
Introduction: Professor Harlene Hayne
Theology in the Samoan public square - Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko
Dissolution kinetics of calcium carbonate – Method development - Patila Malua Amosa
An archaeological examination of the early prehistory of Samoa: A reconstruction of its cultural chronology - Tautala S. Asaua
Knowledge, attitudes and practice of family planning of Fijian women in Fiji and New Zealand - Radilaite Delaibatiki Cammock
Mixed blessing: Oral histories of the war children born to US servicemen and indigenous Cook Islanders - Marsa Dodson
Climate law in the Pacific: An enquiry into the rhetoric of responsibility and responsiveness under sustainable development - Jacqueline Frances Fa’amaile Lafalafa Fa’amatuainu
Screening for cardiovascular disease: A comparison of Māori and Non-Māori risk profiles - Allamanda Faapea Faatoese
Churches for second generation Asian migrants in North America and what they might teach New Zealand Christians from the Pacific Islands - Etisone Gafa
Comparing the prevalence of oral cancer in Fiji and New Zealand (2000-2010) - Ratu Osea Gavidi
Out of sight and out of our mines - Seth Gorrie
Evaluating equity programmes and actions taken by New Zealand law schools for Pacific LLB students - Mara Kawehiwehi Mauliola Hosoda
Kastom lo last yestadae go kasim nao: Case studies in Malaitan women’s music - Irene Karongo Hundleby
Critical success factors in Kaupapa Māori residential treatment: Māori youth perspectives - Mino‘aka Kapuaahiwalani-Fitzsimmons
Mental disorder, treatment and untreated recovery among Cook Islanders in New Zealand - Jesse Kokaua
Akt1 regulation of COMMD proteins - Shivanjali J. Lingam
Samoans’ experiences of fa’ate’a ma le nu’u (banishment) - Selota Maliko
Outcomes for Pacific peoples following injury - Melbournemockba Coupdetalei Mauiliu
Does nutrient enrichment contribute to coral bleaching? A Fijian case study - Ellen Miller
Mechanisms underlying ill-metabolic health and mental wellbeing in a Pacific Island cohort - Jaye Moors
Struggles of rural youth: Factors that empower and disempower youth in the rural village, Central Province, Papua New Guinea - Limu Cheryl Mou-Vagi
Dependence in Small Island Developing States on imported energy and aid - Keron Niles
SNS (Social Networking Samoans): Is social networking reproducing and maintaining Samoan knowledge and identity? - Clara K. Pau
Professional Pasifiki rugby players’ experiences of motivation and burnout: The implications for rugby and Pasifiki communities - Matani Schaaf
Heritage management and connections to the archaeological past: A Samoan and American Samoan study - Lorena Ileana Sciusco
Host and guest perceptions of backpacker tourism impacts on the Fijian community - Supattra Sroypetch
Tuvaluan diaspora in Oceania: Identity and belongingness in the margins - Fetaomi Tapu-Qiliho
Diversity detection of ectomycorrhizal fungi in terrestrial and canopy environments of silver beech, New Zealand - Suliana E. Teasdale
Our waste our way: A spatial study of household waste management in Betio, Tarawa, Kiribati - Kotee Bauro Teburea
Overcoming community participation limitations in Papua New Guinea tourism planning - Alcinda Trawen
Fa’afetai tele lava - Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai