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This paper offers a brief analysis of aspects related to the signifi cance and the complexities of introducing “different” epistemologies in higher education teaching and learning. We start by introducing the metaphors of abyssal thinking, epistemic blindness and ecologies of knowledge in the work of Boaventura de Souza Santos.

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

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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Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Fakalofa lahi atu, Nisa bula vinaka, Taloha ni... Warm greetings to you all.