Pacific knowledge sovereignty and research futures across Te Moana nui a Kiwa: reflections from Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa team
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Keywords
Pacific Research, Pacific knowledge
Abstract
Te Poutoko ora a kiwa team share their reflections from the Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa (Centre for Pacific and Global Health) symposium in 2025.
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12. Nunn PD, Kumar R, Barrowman HM, Chambers L, Fifita L, Gegeo D, et al. Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands. WIREs Clim Change. 2024;15(4):e882.. Available from: https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.882
2. Smith LT. Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples. 3rd ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic; 2021. https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/decolonizing-methodologies-9781786998125/
3. Nabobo-Baba U. Rethinking Pacific education: Pacific Indigenous educationists’ perspectives. In: Rethinking Pacific education initiative (RPEIPP) collection; 2013. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1017700.pdf
4. Vaioleti TM. Talanoa research methodology: A developing position on Pacific research. Waikato Journal of Education. 2006;12:21–34. https://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE/article/view/296
5. Anae M. Research for better Pacific schooling in New Zealand: Teu le va – a Samoan perspective. MAI Review. 2010;1:1–24. Available from: https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/system/files/maireview/298-2299-1-PB.pdf
6. Kukutai T, Taylor J, editors. Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda. Vol. 38. Canberra: ANU Press; 2016. Available from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1q1crgf
7. Pacific Islands Forum. 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. Suva (FJ): PIFS; 2022. Available from: https://www.forumsec.org/2050/
8. The Pacific Community (SPC). Pacific Data Hub. Nouméa (NC): SPC; 2018–. Available from: https://pacificdata.org/
9. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Pacific Data Hub launched. In: MFAT Annual Report 2020–21. Wellington (NZ): MFAT; 2021. Available from: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/mfat-annual-reports/mfat-annual-report-2020-21/pacific-data-hub-launched/
10. Chu C, Samala Abella I, Paurini S. Educational practices that benefit Pacific learners in tertiary education. Wellington (NZ): Ako Aotearoa; 2013. Available from: https://ako.ac.nz/assets/Knowledge-centre/NPF-10-001A-Pasifika-Learners-and-Success-in-Tertiary-Education/RESEARCH-REPORT-Educational-Practices-that-Benefit-Pacific-Learners-in-Tertiary-Education.pdf
11. Curtis E, Reid P, Jones R. Decolonising the academy: The process of re-presenting Indigenous health in tertiary teaching and learning. Diversity in Higher Education. 2014;15:147-165. doi:10.1108/S1479-364420140000015015. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-364420140000015015
12. Nunn PD, Kumar R, Barrowman HM, Chambers L, Fifita L, Gegeo D, et al. Traditional knowledge for climate resilience in the Pacific Islands. WIREs Clim Change. 2024;15(4):e882.. Available from: https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.882
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Pacific knowledge sovereignty and research futures across Te Moana nui a Kiwa: reflections from Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa team. PacHealthDialog [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 2 [cited 2026 Jan. 18];25(5). Available from: https://pacifichealthdialog.nz/index.php/phd/article/view/221