A Tivaivai Taorei research framework developed for a pan-Pacific mental health study. Samu, K. F., van der Veer, A., Ruhe, T., Maua-Hodges, T., Milne, B., & Kokaua, J. 2025. Publisher: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies![A Tivaivai Taorei research framework developed for a pan-Pacific mental health study [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex This paper discusses a Cook Islands Tivaivai Taorei research framework from an interdisciplinary, cross-institutional team (UoA, UoO) developed for use in a big data project. The project was funded by the Better Start National Science Challenge and utilised New Zealand Health Survey data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) to assess the mental health of Pacific peoples living in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of this paper is to describe the process of developing the Tivaivai Taorei framework to construct a culturally relevant and nuanced method for quantitative assessment. Through araꞌara and iriꞌiri kāpua (discussion and networking), we explored the process required for a meaningful undertaking of a quantitative study of mental wellbeing in Pacific adults and describe those findings in a way congruent to Pacific lived realities, understandings, and methods of storytelling. To assess the framework’s applicability, the application to the quantitative methods and interpretation of findings are outlined. Although Tivaivai Taorei is specifically a Cook Islands metaphor, this study demonstrates its applicability across a pan-Pacific (and perhaps extended) context.
@article{samu_tivaivai_2025,
title = {A {Tivaivai} {Taorei} research framework developed for a pan-{Pacific} mental health study},
issn = {2463-641X},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10092/108845},
abstract = {This paper discusses a Cook Islands Tivaivai Taorei research framework from an interdisciplinary, cross-institutional team (UoA, UoO) developed for use in a big data project. The project was funded by the Better Start National Science Challenge and utilised New Zealand Health Survey data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) to assess the mental health of Pacific peoples living in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of this paper is to describe the process of developing the Tivaivai Taorei framework to construct a culturally relevant and nuanced method for quantitative assessment. Through araꞌara and iriꞌiri kāpua (discussion and networking), we explored the process required for a meaningful undertaking of a quantitative study of mental wellbeing in Pacific adults and describe those findings in a way congruent to Pacific lived realities, understandings, and methods of storytelling. To assess the framework’s applicability, the application to the quantitative methods and interpretation of findings are outlined. Although Tivaivai Taorei is specifically a Cook Islands metaphor, this study demonstrates its applicability across a pan-Pacific (and perhaps extended) context.},
language = {en},
urldate = {2025-08-17},
author = {Samu, Kathleen Forrest and van der Veer, Anita and Ruhe, Troy and Maua-Hodges, Teremoana and Milne, Barry and Kokaua, Jesse},
year = {2025},
note = {Publisher: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies},
}
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