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 Finigan, A., Vakaoti, P., Richards, R., Schaaf, M., Colombo, M., Taumoepeau, M., and Moata’ane, L. (Eds.). (2020). Pacific Voices XVII: Abstracts for the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago.
CONTENTS:
Foreword: Professor Richard J. Blaikie
Honouring history: an ethnohistorical view on the establishment of Methodism in Samoa - Tema Alailima-Eteuati
Mo le lumana’i: an exploration of New Zealand Pasifika youth views on climate change - Joshua Aliifaalogo
Trouble in Paradise – could it happen anywhere? - Sakiusa Cabe Baleivanualala
Ecosystem functioning and role of soft-sediment red macroalgal communities in Otago harbour - Namrata Chand
Local perceptions of climate change-related migration impacts on the development of a receiving country: the case of Fiji - Sargam Goundar
Reporting errors in bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility results at the Tupua Tamasese Mea’ole Hospital - Lupeoletalalelei Isaia
Community-based development in times of climate change: insights from Fiji outer islands - Kim Andreas Kessler
Isamaeli o le Suli Tamafai: a Samoan re-reading of Genesis 16:2b - Latuivai Kioa Latu
Feasibility study: curcumin; a clinical trial for gout in Samoa - Keresoma Leaupepe
The buried truth: late Bronze Age archaeology of the Aegean - Lydie Leurquin
Sleep, health, communication and wellbeing for Pacific children and families - Albany Lucas
Fifty years of independence: indigenous perception on sustainable land development in Fiji - Jekope Ramala Maiono
Toe timata le upega: a pastoral praxis to nurture the worship life of youths in Samoa and New Zealand - Reupena Maulolo
Novel CETP variant associates with increased HDL and low LDL in Polynesian populations - Jaye Moors
The ‘Niu Movement’ – using Cook Islands dance and methods of food preparation as exercise in Pacific communities - Troy Ruhe
My digital Folauga: reflections on engaging youth in qualitative research via online methods - Tahere T. Siisiialafia
The lived experience of Tuvaluan migrants navigating the New Zealand healthcare system - Jane Taafaki
Being adopted: the life-long search for Self - Jenni Tupu
The role of accounting in measuring public values of the Kingdom of Tonga - Iki Mafi Uele
Profiles:
Yvonne Golpak (Dentistry)
Sandhiya Gounder (Sociology)
Afreen Afeefa Saeed (Botany)
Fa'afetai Tele Lava - Tofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai