%T An analytical perspective on Moana research and the case of Tongan faiva
%A Helen Erana Ferris-Leary



%I University of Auckland
%D 2013

%K Group identity, %K First Peoples, %K Language and languages, %K Research methodology, %K Pacific methodologies, %K Pacific people, %K Kakala, %K Tālanoa Research Methodology, %K Knowledge transfer



%U https://apo.org.au/node/110706

%X This thesis adopts an analytical approach to Moana research from a “Pacific Studies” perspective, focusing as it does on Moana languages and Moana indigenous knowledge. From this perspective it analyses and discusses the imposition of Western paradigms in Moana research and in Moana language, both historically and currently.
%9 Thesis