David T. M. Fa'avae

Rheumatic fever kills! Check out Stop Sore Throats's video! #TikTok vt.tiktok.com/ZSLmmVKbp/

School Principals say they told the govt for years students working long hours to help their struggling families was a growing crisis in some communities "but nothing was done." "The issue is too big to handle for Jan Tinetti" (Minister of Education) 1news.co.nz/2023/06/24/gov…

Super excited for this keynote! Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart #AVP2023

Come celebrate!! So excited for our amazing authors in this special issue of @waka_kuaka! 🤩🥳 featuring @samprendergast_ @MarstersCaleb @IeremiaWanda @itecammock + Malcolm Andrews, Emma Ngakuravaru Powell, Nanise Young Okatai, Joseph Bruce Tutonga Houghton, Ruth (Lute) Faleolo…

Check out our blog unpacking the implication of the Tapasā policy for teachers teaching Pacific/Pasifika students in Aotearoa New Zealand. Also, naming whiteness as a construct worthy of exploration. nzareblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/tap….

Really enjoyed collab with @Tereapii Solomon (Cook Islands), @Lealofi Kupa (Tokelau), and @Ioane Aleke-Fa'avae (Niue), NZ realm nation insights into criticality of Pasifika education in Aotearoa. See more wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE/…

2023 Tonga Research Association (TRA) conference will be held in Tonga 5-7 July hosted by the Tonga National University. @ASiulua @2cups0fSOUL @KaloMafi @RFaleolo @zaramasinaclark @CarolineMatamua @FunakiHine @TracieMafileo @EmaWolfgramm @sonia_fonua. facebook.com/groups/Tonga.R…

@HollicePalelei Hardout toko. Struggle is real lol

I'm 41 years old now..so have to be patient with this gym process ain't young where it was easy to keep off all this weight haha

Excited to see Pacific school leaders sharing their experiences battling the education system in Aotearoa New Zealand. See ojs.aut.ac.nz/ethnographic-e…. Well done @MelFasavalu @Bertram @Nats5dollar @stantiatia et al. @JMA_SOUTH @FetauiI @Ualesi777 @cunningham77777 #shiftingthesystem

New Call for Papers (CfP), (Re)crafting Creative Criticality: Indigenous Intergenerational Rhythms and Post–Covid Desires. Mar 2023 submission. journals.library.ualberta.ca/ari/index.php/… @2cups0fSOUL @ASiulua

This #WorldTeachersDay2022, we invite you to explore #Pacific concepts of #leadership in education: dlprog.org/publications/o… #SDG4 @dfaavae @waikato @UniSouthPacific

Sometimes Indigenous Pacific research methods like talanoa can reach a state of fixedness, questioning it's relevance in today's post-covid climate. "e-talanoa" is named and framed by one grp of ECRs, journals.sagepub.com/toc/alna/0/0. @RFaleolo @Blainewuwu @HaveaHepi @AlvinChand9 @Tepora

@lovenausina 😂🤣

When you wake up and want to wake+bake but you in Tonga 😂😅

@lovenausina You in Tonga now?

@PacificUoa @LeenenYoung Congratulations Marcia! Well deserved

Congratulations @LeenenYoung on your historic appointment to Waka Kuaka as editor, formerly The Journal of the Polynesian Society. We have no doubt that your passion, enthusiasm & knowledge will be seen through this work. 🥳🥳

A proud supervisor between 2 newly capped Doctors. This is where Pacific Studies can take you! #FollowThePAC

Happy Birthday Pierre Bourdieu! 🎉🎂🥳 🥂

Lil History Created today with the Wifey been appointed Acting Principal of McAuley High School. 1st Pasifika and Ex Old Girl to promoted into such role. Just proud of how far she's come and will continue to support her in the roles that she will get in the future!!

"Instructions from the Lord may at times strike us as illogical, but that's because we don't know all that He knows." Learn more here: | intouch.org/read/articles/…