AUT - Linita Manu'atu

Dr Linita Manu'atu

Pasifika Representative, Senior Lecturer

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extension 7345

Email: linita.manu'atu@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
AR412, School of Education, North Shore Campus

Qualifications:

• DipTchg (Secondary) 1987
• BSc(Auck) 1989
• DipTESL(Vic) 1990
• MA(Hons)(Wai)  1995
• EdD(Auck) 2001

Memberships and Affiliations:

2008-				Regional Editor for AlterNative.  An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. ISSN 1177-1801.  Online ISSN 1174-1740
2007-				Pasifika Caucus, New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE) Council.
2006-				Membership, NZARE.
2006-2007				[Was a Member of British Association of Applied Linguistics but withdrew to take up the Pasifika Caucus]
1999-				Membership, New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics.
2002-				Pasifika Educators Network (PEN), School of Education Te Kura Matauranga, AUT.
2003				Member of Performance-Based Research Fund - PBRF Pacific Advisory Group. Community Relationships 2008- Invited Speaker:  Tongan Early Childhood Association Inaugural Conference.  Ko e Mlie mo e Mfana o e ako a e Kakai Tonga. Tokaimaananga Church, 3 Ormiston Road, Otara, Auckland.  3 & 4 October, 2008. Keynote Speaker:  Tongan Conference on Parenting and Education.  Keynote Speech: Ko e ako mo e tauhi fanau a e Kakai Tonga i Aotearoa, Nuusila:  ko ha fakalanga talanoa pe. Centra Hotel, Mangere, Auckland 13 June 2008. Invitation:  Ng Pae o Te Mramatanga Biennial Conference on The Traditional Indigenous 2008 Te tatau Pounamu.  Panelist on Tlanga:  the Tongan common peoples critical talk in Aotearoa New Zealand.  The University of Auckland, 8 11June, 2008. Invitation: NZEALS International Educational Leadership Conference.  Powerpoint presentation on Loto hangamlie:  the spirit of Critical Leadership.  Hyatt Hotel, Auckland 30 April 3 May 2008. Presenter, TNews, Triangle Television http://www.tnews.co.nz/TNEWS/TNEWSEP01-2009.html http://www.tnews.co.nz/TNEWS/TNEWSEP02-2009.html http://www.tnews.co.nz/TNEWS/TNEWSEP31.html http://www.spasifik.co.nz/latestupdates_30sept08bookoftraditionalpoetrywillbenefittonganpeople/ 2007- Academic Consultant to Fakanaanaa i Fale Lalava Early Childhood Education Centre, Mt Roskill, Auckland. Broadcaster, Leo o Felenite Programme, 104.6Planet FM. http://www.104.6planetfm.org.nz Invitation.  Waitakere City Conference on Sustainable Learning Cultivating Seeds for a Learning Future.  New Lynn Community Centre, Auckland.  March 1617 2007.  Paper on Weaving together sustainable learning:  a Tongan/Pasifika perspective. Keynote.  Leadership:  a Tongan perspective.  Heart to Heart Women of the Word.  International Womens Ministry Easter Convention 2007.  Tongan Adventist. 4-9 April.  Auckland New Zealand.  Leadership:  a Tongan perspective. 2006- Secretary, Class 1972 Tonga High School, Kingdom of Tonga. http://ths-1972.sampa.com/ths-1972-up-dates 2005- Board Member, Tongan Health Society [for Langimlie, the only Tongan Health Clinic in New Zealand]

Biography:

Positions held            

2002-		Senior Lecturer in Education
2005-2006		Academic and Research Advisor, Office of Pasifika Advancement, Auckland University of Technology
2001		Project Manager, The University of Auckland, Pacific Islands Equity Audit 2001, ProVC EO Office, The University of Auckland. Pacific Graduate Co-ordinator, Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland.

Committee appointments

Chair, Conference Co-ordinating Committee for Critiquing Pasifika education@the University Biannual Meeting 2009, School of Business, Auckland University of Technology. 

Sponsored by the School of Business, Auckland University of Technology;  Equity Office, The University of Auckland;  Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence, The University of Auckland;  New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE).

Experience

• Early Childhood
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

Teaching Areas:

MEd Programme		Pasifika Education:  Issues, Educational Research Methodologies (299305 30pts)
MEd Leadership		Leading in Diverse Cultures and Communities (299015 30pts)
BEd [ECE]		Tautai: Pasifika Research Methodologies (297001 15pts)
National Diploma in Teaching [ECE Pasifika]		297347 Poto:  Pasifika Perspectives.  Professional Practice (15pts) 297350 Ilo:  Pasifika ECE Curriculum III (30pts) 297351 Ngaahi Lea:  Pasifika perspectives.  Language and Languages (15pts) 295124 Fonua:  Pasifika Perspectives Human Development and Learning 1 (15pts)
Graduate Dip in Tertiary Teachin

Current Research Projects:

Current research interests

• Pacific Education
• Pacific Early Childhood Education
• Pedagogy and Policy
• Educational Leadership
• Tongan Language and Culture Research
• Tongan / Pacific Research Methodologies & Ethics
• Teacher Education
• Po Ako:  A Framework for Homework Programmes
• Critical Education for Tongan Adults and Parents
• Tongan Health Research
• Applied Linguistics

Publications:

Published reviews

• Still Looking in the Hole with My Three-Prong Cocked:  Fire the Pohaku Cannon.  Article reviewed for Alternative, International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga, The University of Auckland. (April 2009).
• Voices of Palestinian Bedouin Women in Israel.  Holy Land Studies A Multidisciplinary Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, November 2008 p. 236.  Edinburgh University Press.  ISSN 1474-9475; eISSN 1750-0125 DOI:10.3366/E1474947508000292 http://www.eupjournals.com/journal/hls
• Abu-Saad, K.; Horowitz, T.; Abu-Saad, I. Weaving Tradition and Modernity Bedouin Women in Higher Education.  The Robert H. Arnow Centre for Bedouin Studies & Development Research Unit & Negev Centre for Regional Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.  ISBN 965-72-11-23-9 (April 2008)
• English literacy of New Zealand's Adult Pacific Peoples.  Article reviewed for NZARE Conference 2008 (Paper NZARE08_082) (October 2008)
• Maori and Pasifika Indigenous Connections:  Tensions and Possibilities. Article reviewed for Alternative, International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, Nga Pae o Te Mramatanga, The University of Auckland. (May 2007)
• Beliefs, Values and World Views that Underpin Teaching Practice in Samoa.  Article reviewed for NZARE Conference 2007 (Paper NZARE07_235) (November 2007)
• Recurring Patterns of Numeracy Misconceptions with Consecutive Cohorts of Primary Reservice Teachers:  Concerns and Implications. Article reviewed for NZARE Conference 2007 (Paper NZARE07_141) (November 2007)
• Teaching academic writing skills to first year Pacific students.  In Communication Skills in University Education (CSUE).  Article reviewed for The University of Auckland, Students Learning Centre.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
2009

• Manuatu, L. (2009). Pacific Processes and Pedagogies.  In Sanga, K. & Thaman, Konai H. (Eds), Re-thinking Education Curricular in the Pacific: Challenges and Prospects. (pp. 172-182). He Parekereke Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 978-0-475-12342-8

2006

• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, M. (2006). (2nd Eds)  TALANOAMLIE: Social and Educational Empowerment for Tongans by Tongans in the Pasifika Education Proposal. In I. Abu-Saad & D. Champagne (Eds), Indigenous Education and Empowerment. International Perspectives.  (pp. 169-177).  Altimira Press. A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham, New York, Toronto, Oxford.  ISBN 0-7591-0895-1. ISBN 978-0-7591-0895-0

2005

• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, M. (2005) TalanoaMlie:  Transcultural Education and Peace.  In D. Champagne & I. Abu-Saad (Eds), Indigenous and Minority Education. International Perspectives on Empowerment (pp. 365-374). Negev Center for Regional Development: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. ISBN 965-7211-17-4
• Manuatu, L. (2005).  Invitation.  The PBRF and Education:  a Tongan perspective.  In Smith, R. & J. Jesson (Eds.).  Punishing the discipline - the PBRF regime: Evaluating the position of education - where to from here? (pp 90-93).  Faculty of Education: The University of Auckland.

2004

• Manu'atu, L. & Kepa, T.M.A. (2004 October).  A critical Tongan perspective on the notion of 'Study Clinics'.  In Baba, T., Mahina, O., Williams, N., Nabobo-Baba, U. (Eds) Researching the Pacific & Indigenous Issues, Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland.  (pp. 145-158)

1998

• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (1998).  A Tongan-based community initiative in a New Zealand secondary school.  In Jack C. Richards (Ed), Teaching in Action (pp. 62-67). Alexandria, Virginia: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (1998).  An attached ESOL unit in a coeducational urban New Zealand secondary school.  In Jack C. Richards (Ed), Teaching in Action (pp. 74-82).  Alexandria, Virginia: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Kpa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2008). TalanoaMlie. Transcultural Education and Peace. National University of Samoa. Measina a Samoa. Volumes 2 & 3, 43-48.
• Manuatu, L. (2008).  Conference Opening Remarks.  Special Edition/Special Issue. Critiquing Pasifika Education. ALTERNATIVE An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarhsip. 57-67. ISSN 1177-1801 www.maramatanga.co.nz
• Kpa, M & Manuatu, L. (2008). Invitation.  Pedagogical Decolonization:  Impacts of the European/Pakeha society on the education of Tongan people in Aotearoa-New Zealand.  ABS American Behavioral Scientist Journal. SAGE: U.S.A. 51 (12), 1801-1816 Online ISSN 1552-3381 Print ISSN 0002-7642
• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2006). Invitation.  FetuiakiMlie, talking together.  Pasifika in mainstream education.  Waikato Journal of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton.
• Kpa, T.M.A. & Manuatu, L. (2006).  Indigenous Maori and Tongan perspectiveson the Role of Tongan Language and Culture in the Community and in the University in Aotearoa-New Zealand. The American Indian Quarterly. Volume 30 Nos 1 & 2 Northern Arizona University: U.S.A. pp. 11-27.
• Manuatu, L. (2005). Invitation.  Fonua, Tuufonua, Nofofonua:  ko e fokotuu talanoa pe.  Alternative Journal, an International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship. Nga Pae o Te Mramatanga The National Institute of Research Excellence in Maori Development, University of Auckland, New Zealand. pp 136 - 151
• Manu'atu, L. (2004).  TalanoaMlie Innovative Reform Through Social Dialogue in New Zealand.  In Cultural Survival Quarterly, Winter 2004 Volume 27 Issue 4, pp 39-41.
• Manuatu, L & Kpa T.M.A. (2003) A critical theory to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The promising focus for indigenous perspectives. The Journal of Engaged Pedagogy. Japan: English Department, Ochanomizu University. (Bilingual Japanese & English Journal). pp 167-177.
• Manuatu, L & Kpa T.M.A (2003) Toward conceptualising cultural diversity. An indigenous critique. Journal of Mori & Pacific Development. School of Mori & Pacific Development & International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS, India.  7th Joint Conference, Preservation of Ancient Cultures and the Globalisation Scenario. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
• Manuatu, L. (2000). Ktoanga Faiva: A pedagogical site for Tongan students. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 32 (1), 73-80.

REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Kpa, M & Manuatu, L (2008). Fonua: Lands, Languages, Teaching and Learning. Language Politics in the National Diploma in Teaching Early Childhood Education Pasifika. In Proceedings of the BAAL Annual Conference 2007. Scitsiugnil Press: London, UK. ISBN is 978-0-9559533-0-9
• Kpa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2008). Fonua, Whenua & Land. Conceptualising Pedagogical Decolonisation. NZARE National Conference 2007 Conference Papers CD-Rom. ISBN 1176-4902
• Kpa, M & Manuatu, L. (in press). TalanoaMlie: Transcultural Education & Peace. MEASINA Samoa Conference, National University of Samoa.  December 15-17, 2003.

REFERRED CONFERENCE PAPERS

• Kpa, M. & Manuatu, L (2008) TalanoaMlie: An innovative space in Early Childhood Education for revitalising and maintaining Tongan language and culture in the University Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalisation & Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities. Twin Towers Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 July. ISBN:978-974-8349-47-3
• Manu`atu, L. & Kpa, M. (2007). Fonua: People, Placenta, Burial & Land. Pedagogical Decolonisation. Paper presentation, New Zealand Association for Research in Education Annual Meeting, University of Canterbury. Dec 4-7
• Kpa, M. & Manu`atu, L. (2006). Let Us Join the Feast at the Table. Putting Pasifika in the National Diploma in Teaching Early Childhood Education (Pasifika). NZARE National Conference 2006, Manaakitanga: Feel the spirit. Grand Tiara Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2006
• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2006).  Speak and Speak:  Tongan people talking our voice in the National Diploma in Teaching Early Childhood Education (Pasifika).  Paper presentation.  BAAL/IRAAL Annual Conference.  University College, Cork, Ireland. 7-9 September 2006.
• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2006).  Loosening the grip of the Tiresome Prima Donna.  Paper presentation.  2006 Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) Conference.  University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.  July 5-8, 2006.  
• Manuatu, L. (2006).  Invitation.  Pacific Pedagogies and Processes.  Talanoa mfana pea mlie For Tongan people by Tongan people.  Paper presentation.  Re-Thinking Pacific Education Initiative for Pacific People by Pacific People (RPEIPP) Project, University of the South Pacific.  3-7 April 2006.
• Kpa, M. & Manuatu, L. (2005). Unending curiosity and empowering Tongan people Indigenous Tongan & Mori perspectives on partnership & practice in secondary schooling.  Paper presentation. Ministry of Education Northern Region Conference 19-21 April 2005. Partnership and Practice in the 21st Century
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2003). PTalanoaMlie. An indigenous critique of Intercultural Education. Paper presented at the UNESCO Conference on Intercultural Education, 15-18 June, Jyvskyl.
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2003). Toward reconstituting the notion of Study Clinics. An indigenous critique. Paper presentated at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference in Arlington, Virginia. (March).
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2002). Toward conceptualizing cultural diversity. An indigenous critique. Paper presented at the7th Joint Conference, Preservation of ancient cultures and the globalization scenario. School of Mori and Pacific Development & International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS), India. University of Waikato, Hamilton, (November 21-24). http://www.waikato.ac.nz/smpd/iccsconf/abstracts/Toward20cultural%20diversity.pdf
• Manuatu, L & Kpa, T,M.A.. (2002). Toward reconstituting the notion of Study Clinics A Kakai Tonga Tua community-based educational project. Resources in education. (ERIC Document Service No.ED 465291.
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2002). Toward reconstituting the notion of Study Clinics. A Kakai Tonga Tua community-based educational project. Paper presented at the Pasifika Bilingual Education Conference, Alexandra Park Conference Centre, Auckland. Invited presenter. (October 1-3) AND the Community Languages and ESOL Conference, Te Papa Tongarewa, The Museum of New Zealand in Wellington, (July 5-8).
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2001). Le Mirage Pasifiki. The demotion of indigenous peoples in the Pacific Rim. Paper presented at  The 2nd Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Conference. University of Auckland. Paper presentation. (February). http://www.usc.edu/ext/relations/news_service/apruwww/DocStuConf.html
• Manuatu, L. (2001).  Tongan Faiva and the ASB Bank Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival.  A paper presented at the Taonga of the Asia Pacific Rim:  International Society for Music Education Conference, Aotea Centre, Auckland.
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A (2001). A critical theory to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Paper presented at the  PacSLRF, Pacific Rim, Second Language & Research Forum Conference, University of Hawaii, Manoa. (February).
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2001). A critical theory to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): The promising focus for indigenous perspectives. In Resource in education. (ERIC Document Service No ED 465 273. US Department of Education: Office of Educational  Research and Improvement. National Library of Education (NLE), Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC).
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (2000). Education in the night: A serious separation. Paper presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, University of Hawaii, Hilo. ERIC REPRODUCTION RELEASE. US Department of Education: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). National Library of Education (NLE). Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC).
• Manuatu, L. & Kpa, T.M.A. (1999). Education in the night. A serious separation. Paper presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, University of Hawaii, Hilo. (November). http://www.wipecehawaii.org.papers/LinitaManu%27atu.html
• Kepa, M. & Manuatu, L. (1993).  Building on strengths: The English language unit and the homework centre initiative for Maori and Tongan learners. Paper presented at the ACTA/ATESOL (NSW) National Conference and 8th Summer School. Sydney.

Other contributions
2009

• Manu'atu, L. (2009). Making Language Documentation Work for the Community: Some Indigenous Priorities and Perspectives. 1st International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC). IMIN Centre, University of Hawaii, Manoa, March 12-14.  http://hdl.handle.net/10125/5961

2008

• Member, Advisory Team Community for the Changing Pacific Household Composition and Wellbeing, 1981-2006 a Qualitative Snapshot in 2008.  A Families Commission Project, Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland & Social Statistics Research Group (SSRG).  
• Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalisation & Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities.  Paper presentation on TalanoaMlie: An innovative space in Early Childhood Education for revitalising and maintaining Tongan language and culture in the University.  1-3 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand.

2007

• Co-Chair, Critiquing Pasifika education@the University Inaugural Conference 2007, Ng Wai o Horotiu Marae, Auckland University of Technology.  Sponsored by the Office of Pasifika Advancement, Auckland University of Technology;  Equity Office, The University of Auckland;  Ng Pae o Te Mramatanga, New Zealands Maori Centre of Research Excellence, The University of Auckland;  Pasifika Strategy@Massey University;  Pacific Business Trust.
• The BRCSS National Pacific Talanoa Series.  Presentation on the topic:  Ko e talanoa a e Kakai Tonga Tua i Aotearoa New Zealand.  Talanoa as a Tongan research methodology.  20 August 2007.  www.brcss.net

2005 - 2006

• Office of Pasifika Advancement [OPA], Auckland University of Technology
• Head, Academic Development for Pasifika Postgraduate and Staff
• Developing Centre of Research for Pasifika Development and Advancement
• Developing research proposal for Pasifika development in Aotearoa New Zealand in relationship with the Pacific Islands
• Developing OPA Public Lecture Series
• Developing Series of Fono on Teaching and Learning by Pasifika@University
• Developing Conference on Teaching and Learning by Pasifika@University 2007
• Developing Pasifika Reading Group@AUT University

2003

• Leading Pasifika Research and Think Tank Group, School of Education Te Kura Mtauranga
• Postgraduate supervision for Masters and Doctoral candidates
• Examiner and Assessor of Masters and Doctoral Thesis
• Developing New Course Material:  MEd Paper 299305, Pasifika Education: Issues, Educational Research Methodologies
• Leading the Pasifika Educators Network in developing New Course Material:  National Diploma in Teaching [ECE Pasifika] Level 7
• Setting up the Pasifika Consultative Group for the National Diploma in Teaching [ECE Pasifika] Level 7
• Developing the conceptual framework for Tongan knowledge in the National Diploma in Teaching [ECE Pasifika] Level 7
• Developing the new Collective Pasifika Framework for Moderation of the National Diploma in Teaching [ECE Pasifika]
• Networking with the Tongan and Pasifika ECE Associations and community groups