Overview
Pacific research in Aotearoa New Zealand: An introduction. By Tim Baice and Tanya Wendt Samu.
Baice, T. & Samu, T. W. (2023). Pacific research in Aotearoa New Zealand: An introduction. In Meyer, F. & Meissel, K. (Eds.), Research Methods for Education and the Social Disciplines in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 134-154). NZCER Press
Sanga and Reynolds (2020) described the common use of metaphors in Pacific research frameworks as a means to “bridge between thought worlds” (p.268), encouraging communication and relationships between knowledge systems. The use of metaphor grounds understandings in existing knowledge, imparting critical information to make sense of what are often foreign concepts in education and in research centring Pacific voices and challenging a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and political issues in academic research (Baice & Samu, 2020, p. 142).
