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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
Conservation International
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