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Well, it\u2019s been a weird year for everyone,<\/span><\/strong> and the coronavirus certainly made our work harder, with a lot of our energy going into making sure we were able to still offer quality teaching to our students.\u00a0 We have also had a number of staff move on to greener pastures:\u00a0 Jim Williams and Lyn Carter retired; Gianna Leoni left us to take up a research role with Te Hiku (where former colleague Suzanne Duncan also works); Megan P\u014dtiki has shifted to the Office of M\u0101ori Development in the university; and Poia Rewi has taken up the Tumu Whakarae (CEO) position at Te M\u0101t\u0101wai.\u00a0 So we are expecting to see a bunch of fresh faces in the new year.<\/p>\n

Research has still carried on.\u00a0 As the Chair of our Research Committee, Michelle Schaaf says, \u201cDespite Covid, the retirement and departure of staff;\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0research committee\u2019s commitment to building a successful research culture continues and owes its success to the oversight and guidance provided by senior staff directly. The committee continues to\u00a0 monitor staff research activity and promotes staff research through various mediums: research website long running and informative Research Blog<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We also asked staff to tell us about their research, and what they\u2019ve been up to.\u00a0 Here are their replies.<\/p>\n

Karyn Paringatai’s Marsden<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Karyn Paringatai<\/p><\/div>\n

Karyn is lead investigator on the Marsden project: E kore au e ngaro! The enduring legacy of whakapapa<\/a> (awarded $823,000), which looks at the importance of whakapapa in health, in particular to wh\u0101nau that carry the cancer-causing hereditary mutation in the CDH1 gene.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

2020 started with good intentions to advance my Marsden research with a lot of face-to-face engagement sessions planned, but those plans fizzled quickly during the March-April lockdown. But things have picked up during the second half of the year with a lot of gusto. In September I met with Maybelle McLeod, Pauline Harawira and Erin Gardiner from Kimihauora Health and Research Centre in Tauranga to co-develop a research topic for future PhD student, Kahurangi Salu. Pauline and Maybelle were two of the four lead investigators of the research project that discovered the CDH1<\/em> gene mutation. A conversation with Pauline went as follows:<\/p>\n

Pauline: \u201cMy mother was from Hicks Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Me: \u201cOh wow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pauline: \u201cYeah her younger brother, we called him Uncle Boy, his first name was Manuhou. His middle name was Paringatai. He was named after that koroua that died in the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

FUN FACT: My wh\u0101nau are based just over the hill from Hick\u2019s Bay. My daughter is called Manuhou Paringatai. She was named after that same koroua who died in the war, my grandfather\u2019s first cousin. Whakawhanaungatanga \u2013 well and truly achieved.<\/p>\n

Check out this short video featuring Karyn and the wider project.<\/a><\/p>\n

This meeting coincided with a wider wh\u0101nau hui. It was an opportunity to speak to wh\u0101nau, canvas opinions, make connections, and recruit participants. The concerns they expressed were echoed in my research objectives. As a result I have been involved in developing a post-surgery nutrition research project and a funding proposal for a Kaihaut\u016b \u2013 someone who will help develop a pre- and post-surgery management care plan that takes in to account M\u0101ori realities. Watch this space\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

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Michelle Schaaf’s research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Michelle Schaaf<\/p><\/div>\n

The Covid pandemic really pushed me to think of what the different ways are, that I could have students demonstrate what they know.\u00a0 There\u2019s been a lot of me letting go of control, to try and build resilient and more-independent students.\u00a0 Teaching remotely also made me look at my own course\u00a0 content with fresh eyes.\u00a0 In terms of my research, I was forced to be adaptable, and implement strategies to mitigate the long-term impact of research disruptions.<\/p>\n

new Publications<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

UORG: “Childhood in a changing Pacific”<\/p>\n

Freeman, R.M. Schaff, C. Ergler, M. Kivalu, A. Niusulu, T. Tua\u2019a and H. Tanielu, Childhood in Changing Pacific\u2019 Summary Research Report August 2020<\/em>, (Summary Research Report), Dunedin: School of Geography, University of Otago.<\/p>\n

Childhood in Changing Pacific\u2019 Summary Research Report Presentation and Exhibition<\/em>.\u00a0 10 November 2020. This was a report presentation to participants and their families, in Dunedin and Samoa, on campus and via zoom platform.\u00a0 See here for more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Articles submitted<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cKinship and belonging: Pacific children\u2019s perspectives on the diaspora\u201d to the Childhood Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnections to community and culture, a photographic analysis of place attachment amongst Pacific Island children\u201d submitted to Children\u2019s Geographies<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Telesia Kalavite’s latest article<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Telesia Kalavite<\/p><\/div>\n

Telesia has recently published an article, “Toung\u0101ue cooperative pedagogy for Tongan tertiary students\u2019 success” in the Waikato Journal of Education<\/em>, 25, 1 (2020).\u00a0 You can read it here.Toung\u0101ue cooperative pedagogy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cooperative Pedagogy specific to Tongans can enhance students\u2019 academic success in New Zealand\u2019s tertiary education. Tongan students\u2019 success depends on teachers\u2019 recognition and understanding of Tongan students\u2019 sociocultural context which involves their pule\u2018anga (bureaucracy), famili\/k\u0101inga (family), siasi (church) and fonua (country) relationships. Tongan students should not be treated within the Pacific groupings because \u2018Pacific\u2019 is a term of convenience for peoples who originate from different countries in the Pacific region whose cultures are uniquely different from one another. The term \u2018Pacific\u2019 tends to make these students live in the shadow of being treated as if they have the same needs in the classroom. The culturally specific needs of Pacific students are obscured by the assumption that they are homogenous. Academics and educational authorities in New Zealand need to recognise the importance of Pacific students\u2019 culturally specific needs in their educational environments to move towards solving the problems of underachievement. This article explores the use of a culturally specific Tongan Toung\u0101ue Cooperative Pedagogy for teaching Tongan students in New Zealand tertiary education. Toung\u0101ue Cooperative Pedagogy is rooted in Tongan students\u2019 sociocultural context which is at the heart of the Tongan society. More importantly, this proposed Toung\u0101ue Cooperative Pedagogy is transferable and could also be beneficial to other Pacific and Indigenous cultures.<\/p>\n

Keywords<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Toung\u0101ue cooperative pedagogy; Tonga tertiary students\u2019 success; Pacific diversity; Pacific ethnic special needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tangiwai Rewi’s projects.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr Tangiwai Rewi<\/p><\/div>\n

Most of the research related mahi I have been consumed by since 1 July has involved the 0.2 FTE Ng\u0101 Pae o Te M\u0101ramatanga co-management of the Te P\u0101panga Te Reo M\u0101ori, Ng\u0101 Tikanga M\u0101ori (TRMNTM) mahi along with Dr Gianna Leoni with the departure of Professor Poia Rewi. \u00a0The list includes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Running a Te K\u014drerorero a Ng\u0101 Tumu Whakarae webinar <\/strong>hosted on the last day of M\u0101ori Language week 18 September 2020 to encourage eight CEO\u2019s to share their ideas about working together for te reo M\u0101ori research under Te Papa K\u014drero. The purpose of Te Papa K\u014drero is to provide coordination and leadership for the implementation of both Maihi (Maihi M\u0101ori and Maihi Karauna) in respect of the M\u0101ori language strategy. We managed a 50% success rate by \u00a0confirming Shane Taurima (M\u0101ori Television), Larry Parr (Te M\u0101ngai P\u0101ho), Dr Poia Rewi (Te M\u0101t\u0101wai) and Ngahiwi Apanui (Te Taurawhiri) to participate in the session facilitated by Dr Gianna Leoni and myself (from Te Tumu at the University of Otago), \u00a0in our roles as the NPM Co-Managers of Te Reo & Ng\u0101 Tikanga M\u0101ori Platform. We aim to invite the other four Chief Executives of Te Puni K\u014dkiri; the Ministry of Education; the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Department of Internal Affairs, who were unavailable on this occasion, to join another webinar at a later date.<\/li>\n
  2. N03 Project Te Reo me ng\u0101 Tikanga M\u0101ori – Named Scholarship – Professor Wharehuia Milroy; Understanding, articulating and measuring the language shift at the micro-level\u00a0 <\/strong>As part of the Ng\u0101 Pae o te Maramatanga Summer Internship Projects 2020-21\u00a0we were asked to develop, organise and then manage and supervise this named scholarship to recognise the scholarship and leadership of the late Te Wharehuia Milroy to the revitalisation and normalisation te reo me ng\u0101 tikanga M\u0101ori.\u00a0 In doing so, the intern will review and develop an understanding of Milroy\u2019s research and scholarship, that is specific to te reo M\u0101ori normalisation and excellence. Dr Gianna Leoni will be the NPM Investigator who will work alongside Ria Tomoana (Kaiwhakahaere Rangahau \u2013 Te M\u0101t\u0101wai) to supervise the student.<\/li>\n
  3. The third \u00a0project we have been doing is our Collectivising Ng\u0101 Pae o Te M\u0101ramatanga Publications<\/strong> which we presented on at the 9th<\/sup>\u00a0Biennial International Indigenous Ng\u0101 Pae o te Maramatanga (NPOTM) conference online 18-20 November.\u00a0 In three phases, the first produced punchy, attention grabbing abstracts summarising the articles.The second attributes keywords to the articles along with word clouds.\u00a0 To ensure accessibility after these two phases, the third phase thematicises the lists so that any person wanting to know what articles are published in each issue can search via content themes. Phase 1 comes to an end this year while phases 2 and 3 will look at completion by end of April 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On a personal research note:<\/p>\n