Note to Presenters:
1. Please limit your presentation to 25 minutes. I am sure it's not very Pasifika to set time limits on presentations, but in this case we have to in order to allow ample times for your fellow presenters, and for more talanoa.
2. The Fale Pasifika has its own mobile station with fully-equipped presentation facility (notebook, video, audio, etc) - you only need to bring your memory sticks (with your presentation files in it) if you are planning to do a slideshow.
3. We need to collect copies (eletronic or otherwise) of all presentations/papers to compile into one Talanoa volume. Please bring a copy with you on the day of your presentation.
4. If you have any further request, please send it directly to me (Nasili) at either one of these email addresses: n.vakauta@auckland.ac.nz & nvakauta@gmail.com (make sure to send it before not after the conference).
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Thursday 10th September 2009 |
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9.30-10.30 |
Powhiri – Dr Te Tuhi Robust & Wesley College Staff & Students |
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10.30-11.15 |
Opening Talanoa – Dr Jenny Te Paa (Te Rau Kahikatea)
Title: “E anga ana te Hāhi ki te hōhou i te rongo ki nga wāhine o Te Moana nui a kiwa?” |
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11.15-11.30 |
Morning Break |
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11.30-1.00
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Session 1 - Presiding: Rangi Nicholson
Dr Winston Halapua: Towards a Tīkanga Theology: The Story of the Three Tikanga Church, The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
University of Auckland/College of the Diocese of Polynesia
Rosaline Uanivā Havea: Tīkanga-Pasifika” (Pacific ways) and workplace implications: a mismatch between aspiration and reality?
Sydney, Australia
Don Ikitoelagi: Sacred (tabu) Nature of Our Cultures
Uniting Church of Australia
Question & Discussion |
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1.00-2.00 |
Lunch Break |
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2.00-3.30
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Session 2 – Presiding: Dr ‘Ama’amalele Tofaeono Siolo II
Sione Tu’itahi: Tufunga Fonua: Contributing to the Collective Material and Spiritual Prosperity of Tongans in Aotearoa
Pasifika@Massey University
Dr Palatasa Havea: Food in Pacific cultures: Implications on Diasporic Life and Wellbeing
Fonterra
A/Prof Richard Moyle: Holier than thou? The language of culture meets the language of
Christianity on Takuu
Question & Discussion |
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3.30-3.45 |
Afternoon Break |
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3.45-5.30 |
Panel 1: Overseas-born/2nd Gens Panel – Presiding: Katalina Tahaafe-Williams
Panelists:
Sitīveni Faupula: Negotiating the Present and Future of Second Generation Sunday School and Christian Youth for Islanders Abroad;
Itu Taito: ‘2nd Gen-ers and 2nd Gen-res’: Beyond the Mono-culture: An Australian Perspective;
Question & Discussion |
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Mixing & Talanoa (Afternoon Meal) |
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Friday 11th September 2009 |
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9.30-10.15 |
Keynote Talanoa – Misatauveve Dr Melani Anae (Centre for Pacific Studies, UoA)
Title: Why are our young people leaving our Churches?: Pacific NZ-born youth and the search for spirituality |
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10.15-11.45
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Session 3 – Presiding: Dr Palatasa Havea
Dr Marit Vamarasi: Keeping the Rotu in Rotuma (and Elsewhere)
Chicago
Hapakuke Pierre Leleivai: "Lotu and Custom in Uvea Is (Wallis & Futuna Is.): The Uvean and Futunan Catholic Church After 2005 Crisis: Implementations, Consequences and Prospects
Wallis & Futuna
Paula Onoafe Lātū: Tongan Methodists Divisions: An Insider’s View
Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga
Question & Discussion |
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11.45-12.00 |
Morning Break |
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12.00-1.00 |
Session 4 - Presiding: Dr ‘Etuate Saafi
Mō’ale ‘Otunuku: Tongan Parents’ Conceptions of Schooling
University of Auckland
Dr Linitā Manu’atu: TalanoaMālie: Good Tidings in the Academy
Auckland University of Technology
Question & Discussion |
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1.00-2.00 |
Lunch Break |
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2.00-3.30
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Session 5 - Presiding: Eseta Mateiviti
Katalina Tahaafe-Williams: Feminist Epistemology, Power Relations and Knowledge Productions
United Theological College, Parramatta
Tālita Toluta’u: Talanoa: Matala ‘o e Fonua
Auckland University of Technology
Question & Discussion |
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3.30-3.45 |
Afternoon Break |
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3.45-5.00 |
Panel 2: Molumalu ‘o e Mo’ui: Theology of the Body
Presiding: Dr Linitā Manu’atu
Panelists: Sioana Faupula, Sela Mafi Taufa, Sitela Naimet, Nicole Alexander
Australia National University, Canberra
Question & Discussion |
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Mixing & Talanoa |
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Pacific-style Conference Dinner & Cultural Night @ the Fale Pasifika
Guest of Honour: Rev Dr Ilaitia Sevati Tuwere – “Vanua, Lotu Kei Na Matanitū: Then, Now and Where?”
Former Principal of the Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji; former President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma; currently a Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the School of Theology (University of Auckland and St John’s College; a leading figure in Pacific theology; the author of books and many articles. |
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Saturday 12th September 2009 |
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9.30-10.15 |
Keynote Talanoa – Dr Melenaite Taumoefolau (Centre for Pacific Studies, UoA)
Title: "De-colonizing Pacific Studies: Privileging Pacific languages and indigenous knowledges." |
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10.15-10.30 |
Morning Break |
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10.30-12.00 |
Session 6: Presiding – Mō’ale ‘Otunuku
Prof Sitaleki ‘A. Fīnau: Pacificans and Cultural Democracy: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Pasifika@Massey University
Iani Nēmani: The Role of Remittances in Community Economic Development in Tonga
Department of Labour, NZ
Frank Smith: Tapu, FaaSamoa, and the Environment
University of Auckland/College of the Diocese of Polynesia
Question & Discussion |
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12.00-1.00
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Session 7 - Presiding: Hapakuke Pierre Leleivai
‘Ikani Lātū Fakasi’I’eiki: The Biblical Calendar from an Ecological Perspective
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
Siosifa Pole: Kāinga as a Hermeneutical Metaphor
University of Auckland
Question & Discussion |
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1.00-2.00 |
Lunch Break |
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2.00-3.30
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Session 8 - Presiding: Seforosa Carroll
Beverly Moana Hall-Smith: Ko au te whenua/ I am the land: A Maori woman’s ecological reading of Judges 19
St John’s College
Marlene Wilkinson: Help me read the Bible! Reading the Bible from a Multi-cultural Perspective
Sia’atoutai Theological College
Sisilia Tupou-Thomas: The Call to Follow Jesus in Diaspora: A Tongan's Statement of Faith
Uniting Church of Australia
Question & Discussion |
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3.30-4.30 |
Panel 3 – Manahine Panel – “The Pacific Patriarchy.”
Presiding: Fei Taualealeausumai
Panelists: Linda Hope, Seforosa Carroll, Charissa Suli
Question & Discussion |
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4.30-5.00 |
Closing Event – OCP Youth & Tonga Youth Trust |
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Talanoa & Departure |
© Talanoa Oceania 2009
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