Samoan
"He's won, but he's lost it": Applying a Samoa gender lens to education outcomes
Pacific females are achieving significantly better than males at secondary through to tertiary level study. This paper argues the need to review educational outcomes through a Pacific gender lens to identity how cultural expectations might influence the school experience today. The concept of a Samoan gender lens is explored and applied. Findings are that Samoan males an
O tatou ō aga’i i fea?/`Oku tau ō ki fe?/Where are we heading?: Pasifika languages in Aotearoa/New Zealand
This paper examines the health of the four largest Pasifika Languages in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ). It uses perspectives and interpretations from the researchers and writers who are at the same time, parents and grandparents of Pasifika children of Tongan, Samoan, and Cook Islands ancestry.
To each a language: Addressing the challenges of language and cultural loss for Samoans
There is evidence to suggest that the different languages of the Pasifika people in New Zealand are declining (Taumoefolau, Bell & Stark, 2003). This decline particularly in Manukau South Auckland, New Zealand, is a challenge. There are two sides to the challenge. The first, involves the interrelationship between language and culture. The other is a consequence of th
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