Grounding Pacific practice: Fono at the fale and veiqaraqaravi vakavanua

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Relational and collective excellence: unfolding the potential of Pacific early career researchers

“…Reciprocating and respecting our interrelational and interdependent connections with our communities, one another, and other entities in the world, is an appreciative practice. Certain Pacific concepts are used to (re)present relationality, including va (Samoa), vā (Tokelau, Tonga), vahaloto (Niue), veiyaloni (Fiji), and wā (Hawaiʻi, Māori) (Togiatama-Otto 2015; Fa'avae 2018; Aporosa and Fa'avae 2021;Smith and Wolfgramm-Foliaki 2021). Pacific scholars affirm the centrality of Indigenous relationality when unpacking the interconnections between knowledge, world views, people and practices (Wendt 1982;Māhina 2010).…”