Moeata Keil is a lecturer in Sociology and an MBIE Te Whitinga Research Fellow. Her work emphasizes the importance of understanding family within broader relational networks beyond the couple and parent-child dyad. It advocates for state, law, and policy to better recognize culturally-informed family values, norms, and practices. Her research employs a combination of Pacific and feminist research methods and methodologies….Continue Reading Dr Moeata Keil
Dr Kapeli is a Pacific lecturer within the School of Psychology. Her research significantly impacts the field of Pacific Psychologies, focusing on understanding how Pacific knowledge systems and worldviews influence and are influenced by Pacific communities in interpreting and addressing various psychological phenomena. As an interdisciplinary researcher, Sarah is dedicated to collaborating closely with Pacific and Indigenous communities to develop research that is both meaningful and actionable, guided by the principle of “nothing about us, without us.”…Continue Reading Dr Sarah Kapeli
Fetaui is a doctoral candidate specializing in Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland. Additionally, she serves as a teaching fellow. Her research focuses on Wayfinding with Aiga (family) through an ethical lens using Critical autoethnography, Va, and references to Samoan Indigenous perspectives concerning diaspora identity….Continue Reading Fetaui Iosefo
Dr Fa`aui, whose affiliations include Te Arawa, Ngāti Uenukukōpako, Ngāti Whakahemo, and Ngāti Te Roro-o-te-Rangi, serves as a lecturer within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. His academic interests center on integrating indigenous knowledge systems and Mātauranga Māori with Western methodologies, focusing on enhancing engineering decision-making processes specifically tailored for indigenous settings…Continue Reading Tumanako Fa’aui
Dr. David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae brings extensive experience in education and research. He has taught for eight years at Otahuhu College in South Auckland and completed his doctoral studies in 2017. Dr. Fa’avae currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and is a research fellow at the Institute of Education (IOE) at the University of the South Pacific. …Continue Reading David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae
