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  Thesis, articles, papers by Samoan researchers   

O le matafaioi le maluapapa o le aia tatau

Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Efi

Nofoilo i Leo Samoa. Samoan Phonological Awareness.

A study of Samoan early literacy development and implications for effective teaching strategies                 

Saili Aukuso, PhD thesis, University of Canterbury

Navigating the currents: A study of Samoan parents in the further education of their children
Faaosofia S Daly, PhD thesis, University of Canterbury

The Samoan Vowel Shift: A phenomenon in phonetics

and phonology
Levi Tavita & Saili Aukuso, Article, UC 

The children need clarification on own sounds: In search

of a new paradigm that suffices for Samoan children’s literacy needs      
LS Tavita, MV Fetui, SS Aukuso, SRIR

Umufonotalatalaga ma faiā‘oga Samoa – Navigating Samoan teachers’ experiences in classroom behaviour management. 

Faamanatu-Eteuati, PhD thesis, Victoria University 

Women in decision making in Samoa
Mema Motusaga, PhD thesis, Victoria University

Choices offered, choices chosen in Pasifika Early Childhood Education - A Christchurch Experience 
Pauline Luafutu-Simpson, MA thesis

Folauga mo A’oa’oga: Migration for education and its

impact on Sāmoa’s development as a ‘nation’ 

Avataeao Junior Ulu, PhD Thesis, Victoria University

The Samoan cause: Colonialism, culture and the rule of law
Kirisitina G Sailiata, PhD thesis, University of Michigan   

Supports and barriers to achievement in Secondary School Chemistry: Exploring the teaching and learning of Year 12 Chemistry in Samoa
Faguele Suaalii, PhD thesis, Massey, New Zealand

Faafatamanu talafeagai mo lesona faasaienisi: A culturally appropriate formative assessment in Science Lessons 

Desmond M Lee Hang, PhD thesis, Waikato, NZ   

Sosoo le fau i le fau: exploring what factors contribute to Samoan children's cultural and language security from A'oga Amata to Samoan primary bilingual classrooms in Aotearoa NZ
Sala Faasaulala F Tagoilelagi-Leota, PhD thesis

Pululima Faifai Pea. Establishment of Samoan Immersion in  ECE and Samoan Bilingual Units in Primary and Intermediate
Patisepa Tuafuti, PhD thesis Waikato

Filimanaia: A Samoan critique of standardised reading assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools

Akata Galuvao, PhD thesis, AUT, NZ

Stakeholders' perspectives of the implementation of the inclusive education policy in Samoa: A cultural fit

Rasela Tufue-Dolgoy, PhD Thesis

E saili i tautai se agavaa - a true leader masters the art of navigation. The impact of effective leadership in raising engage and achievement of Pasifika learners in New Zealand schools
Lealiie'e Tufulasifaatafatafa Taleni, MEd thesis, Canterbury

Ua malie toa ua malie tau: children with silver tongues whip the tail

Meaola Amituana'i-Toloa, PhD thesis, Auckland

Fofoa-i-vao-ese: the identity journeys of NZ-born Samoans
Melani Anae, PhD thesis, University of Auckland, NZ 

Samoan Environment Forum 

Tuuu Taulealo, et al., MNRE Samoa

O le a'oa'oina o le gagana, faitautusi ma le tusitusi i le a'oga a le faifeau: Ekalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano i Samoa. Literacy Education Pastor's School 

Lonise Tanielu, Phd thesis, Auckland

Fagogo: Ua molimea Manusina: A qualitative study of the pedagogical significance of Fagogo - Samoan stories at

night -  for the education of Samoan children. 

Kolone-Collins, S. MEd thesis, AUT NZ

Community literacy centre in Samoa: Why is it so successful?

Alexander-Pouono, J.  MA Thesis

Research for better Pacific schooling in New Zealand:

Teu le va - a Samoan perspective

Melanie Anae

O le gagana e faavae ai le poto ma le atamai: Language is the foundation of knowledge

Faatili Iosua Esera, S Neemia, M Sepuloni & S Iosefa

A malu i fale, e malu foi i fafo. Samoan women and power. Towards an historiography of changes and continuities in power relations in Le Nuu o Teine of Saoluafata 1350-1998 CE

Loau M Dr Luafata Simanu-Klutz, PhD thesis

A malu i fale le gagana e malu foi i fafo: The use and value of the Samoan language in Samoan families in New Zealand

Salainaoloa Wilson, PhD thesis

Liilii o lisega o le fanaa'e. Missionary & government influences on Samoan language change 1906-2014

Sadat Petelo Tuimuaiava, PhD thesis, Wellington 

The changing roles of Polynesian paramount chief

Falaniko Tominiko, PhD thesis, Auckland 

The Aitu Nafanua and the history of Samoa: A study in the relationship between spiritual & temporal power       

K D Schmidt, PhD thesis, Australian National University

 

Diacritical marks and the Samoan language

EM Tualaulelei, FLJ Mayer, GA Hunkin

The A'oga a le Faifeau: its place in the education system   

in Samoa today

Faapopo Tupolo-Anae, Otago

E sui faiga, ae tumau faavae. Practices change but foundations remain          

Lafita'i Iupati Fuata'i 

 

Intervention, opportunity and response: A clash of paradigms in smallholder cattle projects in Samoa        

Susan L Maiava, PhD thesis, Massey University

 

Language change: Linguistic Imperialism or Empowerment. Observations on use of English in urban Samoa

Phillipa Vague, MA thesis, Massey

A Public Theology Response to Domestic Violence in Samoa

Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko, Intern. Journal of Public Theology

Courting A Public Theology of Fa’a-vae for The Church and Contemporary Samoa

Faala S Amosa, PhD thesis, Charles Sturt University

The Ifoga Ritual in Samoa in Anthropological and in Biblical Perspectives 

Sanele Faasua Lavatai, PhD thesis, Auckland, NZ

To Let Die. The state of the Samoan language in New Zealand

Galumalemana A. Hunkin, Vaaomanu, Victoria, NZ

Ua tafea le tau’ofe Samoan cultural rituals through death and bereavement experiences

Byron M S Seiuli, PhD thesis, University of Waikato

The engagement of Samoan fathers and male caregivers in New Zealand secondary school parent–student–teacher conferences

Tofilau Niulēvāea Siliva Gaugatao, PhD thesis, Auckland

Beyond “Migration”: Samoan Population Movement (Malaga) and the Geography of Social Space (Vä)

Sailiemanu Lilomaiava-Doktor

Servant Leadership and Cultural Alignment to Teacher Education in Samoa

Epenesa Esera, National University of Samoa

The pathway to leadership is through service: Exploring the Samoan tautua lifecycle

Aiono Manu Faaea & Dion Enari, AUT/Bond University

 

Heuristics of the va 

I'uogafa Tuagalu

Tamariki and Fanau: Child speakers of Maori and Samoan in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Jeannette King, Una Cunningham, Canterbury, NZ

Raising Pasifika children’s achievement and literacy levels: Assumptions and risks

Patisepa Tuafuti, Vaitulutulu Pua, Sonya van Schaijik

A study of bilingual education using Samoan language

Meaola Amituana'i-Toloa

Fa'aaloalo: A Theological Reinterpretation of the Doctrine of the Trinity from a Samoan Perspective

Upolu Luma Va'ai, PhD thesis, Griffith University

Power positioning in the Samoan society: a reconceptualising of  the relational space (va) in Samoa’s framework of power relations

Levi Tavita, Paper, University of Canterbury

Conflicting power paradigms in Samoa's traditional democracy: From tension to a process of harmonization?

Christina La'ala'ai-Tausa, PhD thesis, Waikato

The dilemma of power relations in Samoa: A study of cultural hegemony in a developing democracy

Levi Tavita, PhD thesis, Canterbury, NZ

NATAPUITEA: An artistic interpretation of traditional and contemporary Samoan musical structures, instrumentation and koniseti

Igelese Ete, PhD Thesis, AUT, Auckland, NZ

 

Sua le lea, toto le 'ata. The land and titles court of Samoa, 1903-2008: 'continuity amid change'

Fanaafi M Aiono-Le Tagaloa, PhD thesis, University of Otago 

Zones of ambiguity and identity politics 

Jeannette Mageo 

Political stability under HRPP

Asofou So'o, National University of Samoa

Discounting accountability in the field of non-governmental organisations in Samoa

Agnes C Masoe, PhD thesis, AUT, New Zealand

Samoa and New Zealand's special relationship:  More than

a neighbour?

Taoa Kerslake, Master of Laws, Waikato University

One Party State: The Samoan Experience      

Afamasaga Toleafoa, Paper ANU Press

Maloafua: Structural Adjustment programmes: The case 

of Samoa       

Maria T Kerslake, PhD thesis, Massey University

Samoa's price for 25 years of political stability

Iati Iati, University of Otago

O Ti'afau o le malae o le faautugatagi a Samoa

TKT Potogi, MA University of the South Pacific

Meaning Nuance in Social Policy

Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taisi Efi

Mavae and Tofiga:  Spatial exposition of the Samoan cosmogony

and architecture

Albert L. Refiti, PhD thesis, AUT, Auckland, NZ

A qualitative investigation into key cultural factors that support abstinence or responsible drinking amongst some Pacific youth living in New Zealand

Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, Kathleen Seataoai Samu, Lucy Dunbar, Justin Pulford, and Amanda Wheeler  

Tafesilafa'i: Exploring Samoan alcohol use and health within the framework of faaSamoa

Ieti Lima, PhD thesis, University of Auckland 

Samoan elders' perception of wellness: A New Zealand

Case Study 

Falegau M L Silulu, PhD thesis, AUT, Auckland NZ

Through their eyes: A Samoan prespective on child

well-being       

Emma Dunlop-Bennett, PhD Thesis, Otago University 

O le Suli Vaaia o le Atua. A Visible Heir of God. A trinitarian theology for the faifeau identity of the Congregational Christian Church in NZ

Imoamaua E C Setefano, PhD thesis, UA

The Samoan diaspora church in New Zealand: patterns of movement and dynamics amongst three generations of Samoan families

Feiloaiga Janette Taule'ale'ausumai, PhD thesis, Auckland University of Technology, NZ

Tafatolu (three sides) A Samoan research methodological framework

Alesana Fosi Palaamo, Malua Theological College, Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work

Soga'imiti: An embodiment of God in the Samoan male body

Tavita Maliko, PhD thesis, University of Auckland

O le Tofa Liuliu a Samoa: A hermeneutical critical analysis

of the cultural-theological praxis of the Samoan context

Faalepo Tuisugaletaua, PhD thesis, Melbourne

The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa,1962-2002:

a study of issues and policies

Aukilani Tuiai, PhD thesis, Charles Sturt University

Le laau o le sopoaga: A plant for a journey:Planting Samoan Methodism in New Zealand

Saunoa Sila, PhD thesis, Auckland 

Samoa Tula'i: Ecclesiastical and political face 

of Samoa's Independence 1900-1962
Featuna'i B Liuaana, PhD thesis, ANU 

Fetausia'i - A ServantLeadership paradigm for

the mission of the Methodist Church in Samoa

Latuivai Kioa Latu, M.Theol thesis

Covenant keepers: A history of Samoan (LMS) missionary wives in the Western Pacific from 1839 to 1979 

Latu Latai, PhD thesis, Australian National University 

Origin and beginning of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in Aotearoa New Zealand

Danny Ioka, PhD thesis, University of Otago

Fetuutuuna'i le va: Navigating relational space           

Alesana F Pala'amo, PhD thesis, Massey University 

Towards a Samoan postcolonial reading of discipleship in the Matthean gospel

Vaitusi L Nofoaiga, PhD thesis, University of Auckland

The Church and Politics 

Isa'ako Viki Tupa'i

Churches and the economy of Samoa

Cluny Macpherson & La'avasa Macpherson

Indigenous protest in colonial Samoa: The Mau movements and the response of the LMS        

Brian Alofaituli, PhD thesis, University of Hawaii 

FaaSamoa: Continuities and change. A study of Samoa migrants in Australia        

Leulu F Vaa, PhD thesis, ANU, Australia 

E agatonu a manu'a o fesili: Investigating the attitudes of an Auckland Samoan population toward the New Zealand Criminal Justice System 

Laumuaotumua Fata Tunufa'i, PhD thesis AUT

Pacific Historiography: An indigenous view    

Malama Meleisea

A participatory model of rural poverty in Samoa   

Faletoi Suavi Tuilaepa, PhD thesis, Lincoln University, NZ

Multilateral consensus decision making: How Pacific Island states build and reach consensus  in climate change negotiations 

George J Carter, PhD thesis, ANU, Australia

Re-contextualising and re-theorising cultural values in teacher education practices: A Samoan standpoint

Tagataese Tupu Tuia, PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Aus

Vaatele: Pasifika learners riding the success wave on linguistically and culturally responsive pedagogies

Rae Siilata, PhD thesis, University of Auckland

Mapping the Industrial Relations System of Samoa: 

Patricia Ah Chong-Fruean, MA thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

Catching the dragon's tail: The impact of the Chinese in Samoa

Ashalynna Noa, MA thesis, University of Canterbury

Coconut water in a Coca Cola bottle: In search of an Identity: A New Zealand-born Samoan in a Globalized World. 

Terry Pouono, PhD thesis, University of Auckland

Samoan people's knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular disease

Tuaupua Taueetia Su'a, PhD thesis, Victoria, NZ

 

Current Provision of Pacific Bilingual Education

ERO NZ 

Lupe Fa′alele: Releasing the Doves: Factors affecting the successful operation of Samoan Businesses in New Zealand

Maatusi S V Tofilau

Organisation & dynamics of family relations and implications for the wellbeing of Samoan youth in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Fuafiva Faalau, PhD thesis, Massey

Sufiga o le tuaoi. Negotiating boundaries

Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi

 

 

The rare plants of Samoa

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List of contributors

Ah-Chong-Fruean, P.
Aiono-Le Tagaloa, F. M.
Ah Siu-Maliko, M.
Ale
xander-Pouono, J.
Alofaituli, B. T. 
Amituana'i-Toloa, M. 
Amosa, F. 
S.
Anae, M.
Aukilani, T. 
Aukuso, S. L.
Carter, G. J.

Crawley, T. B.  
Cunningham, U.
Daly, F. S.
Dunlop-Bennett, E. 
Enari, D.

Esera, E.
Esera, F. I. 
Ete, T. I. 
Fa'aea, A. M. 

Fa'alau, F. 
Fa'amanatu-Eteuati, N.
Fetui, M. V.
Fuata'i, L. I.  
Galuvao, A. 
Gaugatao, T. N. S. 
Hunkin, G. A. 
Hunter, D. J. 
Iati, I.
Ioka, D. 
Iosefa, S.

Jones, P
Kerslake, M. T. T.
Kerslake, T. D

King, J.
King, M. 
Kohlhase, J. 
Kolone-Collins, S. 
La'ala'ai-Tausa, C. 
Latai, L. 
Latu, L. K. 
Lavatai, S. F. 
Leavasa, M. A. 
Lee Hang, D. M. 
Lima, I. 
Lilomaiava-Doktor, S. 
Liuaan
a, F. B.
Luafutu-Simpson, P. M. E. 
Macpherson, C.
Macpherson, L.
Mageo, J. 
Maiava, S. L. 
Maliko, T. 
Masoe, A. C. 
Mayer, F. L. J.
Meleisea, M. 
Motusaga, M.
Mulipola, M. A. 
Neemia, S. 
Noa, A. S. 
Nofoaiga, V. L. 
Pala'amo, A. F. 
Passfield, K. 
Potogi, T. K. T.

Pouono, A. K. 
Pouono, T.
Pua, V.
Refiti, A. L.  
Ropeti, E. 
Sailiata, K. G.
Samu, K. S. 

Schmidt, K. D. 
Seiuli, B. M. S. 

Sepuloni, M. 
Sete
fano, I. E. C. 
Siilata, R. 
Sila, S. 
Silulu. F. M. L. 
Simanu-Klutz, L. M. L.
So'o, A. 
Solofa, A. E. 
Suaalii-Sauni, T. F. 
Su'a, T. T. 
Tagoilelagi-Leota, S. F.
Taleni, L. T. 
Tanielu, L. S. 
Taulealo, T. I. 
Taule'ale'ausumai, F. J. 
Tavana, N. G. V. 
Tavita, L. P. S.

Tofilau, M. S. V. 
Toleafoa, A
Tomini
ko, F. 
Tuafuti,
P
Tuagalu, I. 
Tualaulelei, E. M.
Tufue-Dolgoy, R.
Tuia, T. T. 

Tui Atua, T. T. T. E. 
Tuilaepa, F. S. 
Tuimuaiava, S. P. 
Tuisugaletaua, F. 
Tuivavalagi, N. S. 
Tunufa'i, L. F. 
Tupa'i, I. V.
Tupolo-Anae, F. 
Ulu, A. J. 
Va'a, L. F. 
Va'ai, U. L. 
Vague, P. 

Van Schaijik, S.
Wendt, T. F. S. 
Wilson, S.





 

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