Centralising the Tīvaevae research framework: A tapestry of guidance, practice, and clarity. Kainuku, Y. J. 2025. Publisher: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
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This article presents a reflective account demonstrating how a Cook Islands research methodology was critical in supporting the investigation of an ethnic-specific nursing programme’s impact on Cook Islands Māori tauira (student) attrition and academic success. Being deeply grounded in Cook Islands theories of relationality, the Tīvaevae framework (Futter-Puati and Maua-Hodges, 2019) guided my Masters research project exploring the lived experiences, perspectives, and insights of Cook Islands graduates during their training in a Bachelor of Nursing Pacific (BNP) programme. In this article, I discuss how the four key stages and crucial values of the Tīvaevae framework were implemented during the research process, and how the framework provided both qualitative and culturally specific methods. Utilising the Tīvaevae resulted in research that was culturally cohesive and responsive to the needs of my Cook Islands participants, well beyond what Western methods could achieve alone. This article illustrates the use of culturally safe approaches to mixed-methods qualitative research involving Cook Islands people
@article{kainuku_centralising_2025,
	title = {Centralising the {Tīvaevae} research framework: {A} tapestry of guidance, practice, and clarity},
	issn = {2463-641X},
	shorttitle = {Centralising the {Tīvaevae} research framework},
	url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10092/108843},
	abstract = {This article presents a reflective account demonstrating how a Cook Islands research methodology was critical in supporting the investigation of an ethnic-specific nursing programme’s impact on Cook Islands Māori tauira (student) attrition and academic success. Being deeply grounded in Cook Islands theories of relationality, the Tīvaevae framework (Futter-Puati and Maua-Hodges, 2019) guided my Masters research project exploring the lived experiences, perspectives, and insights of Cook Islands graduates during their training in a Bachelor of Nursing Pacific (BNP) programme. In this article, I discuss how the four key stages and crucial values of the Tīvaevae framework were implemented during the research process, and how the framework provided both qualitative and culturally specific methods. Utilising the Tīvaevae resulted in research that was culturally cohesive and responsive to the needs of my Cook Islands participants, well beyond what Western methods could achieve alone. This article illustrates the use of culturally safe approaches to mixed-methods qualitative research involving Cook Islands people},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2025-08-17},
	author = {Kainuku, Yvonne Joan},
	year = {2025},
	note = {Publisher: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies},
}

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