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Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal, 21(3): 170–182. 2025.\n
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@article{razzaq_multidisciplinary_2025,\n\ttitle = {Multidisciplinary teamwork among healthcare workers in the provision of {Prevention} of {Mother}-to-child transmission services in the three tertiary hospitals in {Fiji}: {A} qualitative perspective.},\n\tvolume = {21},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0974150X251339013},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\tjournal = {Nursing \\& Midwifery Research Journal},\n\tauthor = {Razzaq, Amina and Worth, Heather and Alam, Neeloy Ashraful},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {170--182},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why did a small state do so well? The Cook Islands' Government response to COVID-19.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Tuari'i, M.; Bates, M.; Lush, D.; Fidler, M.; Wiliams, B.; Futter-Puati, D.; and Worth, H.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Pacific Health Dialogue, 25(2): 87–89. 2025.\n
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@article{tuarii_why_2025,\n\ttitle = {Why did a small state do so well? {The} {Cook} {Islands}' {Government} response to {COVID}-19.},\n\tvolume = {25},\n\turl = {https://www.pacifichealthdialog.nz/index.php/phd/article/view/166},\n\tnumber = {2},\n\tjournal = {Pacific Health Dialogue},\n\tauthor = {Tuari'i, Merita and Bates, Metua and Lush, Douglas and Fidler, Megan and Wiliams, Bob and Futter-Puati, Debi and Worth, Heather},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {87--89},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Sustainability, 17(3): 1123. 2025.\n
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@article{becken_negotiating_2025,\n\ttitle = {Negotiating wellbeing and tourism: {A} reorientation process in the {Cook} {Islands}},\n\tvolume = {17},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031123},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\tjournal = {Sustainability},\n\tauthor = {Becken, Susanne and Tiraa, Sieni and Vada, Sera},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {1123},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Manako o'onu kia o'onu atu te manako, thinking deeply and deeply thinking: An interview with Teremoana Maua-Hodges.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Maua-Hodges, T.; Powell, E. N.; and Young, C. D.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Pacific Dynamics, 9(1): 1014–1027. 2025.\n
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@article{maua-hodges_manako_2025,\n\ttitle = {Manako o'onu kia o'onu atu te manako, thinking deeply and deeply thinking: {An} interview with {Teremoana} {Maua}-{Hodges}},\n\tvolume = {9},\n\tdoi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/15919},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {Pacific Dynamics},\n\tauthor = {Maua-Hodges, Teremoana and Powell, Emma Ngakuravaru and Young, Cameron David},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {1014--1027},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n How to explain the experience of empire: Teaching and researching the Realm of New Zealand.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Powell, E. N.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Waka Kuaka: Journal of the Polynesian Society, 134(1): 17–33. 2025.\n
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@article{powell_how_2025,\n\ttitle = {How to explain the experience of empire: {Teaching} and researching the {Realm} of {New} {Zealand}},\n\tvolume = {134},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {Waka Kuaka: Journal of the Polynesian Society},\n\tauthor = {Powell, Emma Ngakuravaru},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {17--33},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Pacific Dynamics, 9(1): 999–1013. 2025.\n
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@article{powell_tivaevae_2025,\n\ttitle = {Tivaevae: {Connection}, collaboration, and new directions in {Cook} {Islands} research [{Introduction}]},\n\tvolume = {9},\n\tdoi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/15920},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {Pacific Dynamics},\n\tauthor = {Powell, Emma Ngakuravaru and Young, Cameron David},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {999--1013},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Sexes, 6(1): 7. 2025.\n
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@article{worth_sex_2025,\n\ttitle = {Sex {Work} and the {Problem} of {Resilience}},\n\tvolume = {6},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes6010007},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {Sexes},\n\tauthor = {Worth, Heather and McMillan, Karen and Gorman, Hilary and Tuari'i, Merita and Turner, Lauren},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {7},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Waka Kuaka: Journal of the Polynesian Society, 133(4): 369–388. 2024.\n
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Culture, Health & Sexuality, 26(9): 1185–1200. 2024.\n
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@article{burry_experience_2024,\n\ttitle = {The experience of abortion for {Cook} {Islands} women: exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of abortion safely},\n\tvolume = {26},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2305814},\n\tnumber = {9},\n\tjournal = {Culture, Health \\& Sexuality},\n\tauthor = {Burry, Kate and Beek, Kristen and Vallely, Lisa and Worth, Heather and Haire, Bridget},\n\tyear = {2024},\n\tpages = {1185--1200},\n}\n\n
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Sex and Gender in the Pacific: Contemporary Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender and Health, pages 123–137. Routledge, 2023.\n
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@incollection{tuionetoa_fofola_2023,\n\ttitle = {Fofola e fala kae talanoa 'a e kainga (roll out the mat so that the family can talk): {Unplanned} pregnancy and support for young women and girls in {Tonga}},\n\tbooktitle = {Sex and {Gender} in the {Pacific}: {Contemporary} {Perspectives} on {Sexuality}, {Gender} and {Health}},\n\tpublisher = {Routledge},\n\tauthor = {Tu'i'onetoa, Telusa and Gorman, Hilary and McMillan, Karen and Linhard, Christine},\n\tyear = {2023},\n\tpages = {123--137},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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@phdthesis{vavia_pacific_2023,\n\ttitle = {Pacific {Islands} coastal reef fisheries: {A} case study from {Mitiaro}, {Cook} {Islands}},\n\tschool = {Auckland University of Technology},\n\tauthor = {Vavia, Antony},\n\tyear = {2023},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n 'When they do that kind of bad things to me, I feel that they encourage me to be strong and be who I am': How transfeminine people in Samoa, Tonga, and the Cook Islands experience discrimination, acceptance and a sense of place.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Anderst, A.; McMillan, K.; Gorman, H.; O'Connor, M.; and Worth, H.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Culture, Health & Sexuality, 24(3): 421–436. 2023.\n
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@article{anderst_when_2023,\n\ttitle = {'{When} they do that kind of bad things to me, {I} feel that they encourage me to be strong and be who {I} am': {How} transfeminine people in {Samoa}, {Tonga}, and the {Cook} {Islands} experience discrimination, acceptance and a sense of place},\n\tvolume = {24},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1852313},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\tjournal = {Culture, Health \\& Sexuality},\n\tauthor = {Anderst, Ania and McMillan, Karen and Gorman, Hilary and O'Connor, Michelle and Worth, Heather},\n\tyear = {2023},\n\tpages = {421--436},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 31(1). 2023.\n
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@article{burry_framings_2023,\n\ttitle = {Framings of abortion in {Pacific} {Island} print media: qualitative analysis of articles, opinion pieces, and letters to the editor},\n\tvolume = {31},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2023.2228113},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters},\n\tauthor = {Burry, Kate and Beek, Kristen and Worth, Heather and Vallely, Lisa and Haire, Bridget},\n\tyear = {2023},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Sociology of Sport Journal, 39: 186–195. 2022.\n
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@article{falcous_sport_2022,\n\ttitle = {Sport, {Nationalism}, and the {Narration} of {Cultural} {Scripts}: {The} {Death}\n of {Colin} {Meads} and the {New} {Zealand} {Imagination}},\n\tvolume = {39},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2020-0179},\n\tjournal = {Sociology of Sport Journal},\n\tauthor = {Falcous, Mark and Turner, Lauren},\n\tyear = {2022},\n\tpages = {186--195},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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Br J Criminol, 61(1): 104–122. 2021.\n
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The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 22(4): 298–314. 2021.\n
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@article{persson_making_2021,\n\ttitle = {Making {Sense} of {Serodiscordance}: {Pathways} and {Aftermaths} of {HIV} {Testing} among {Couples} with {Mixed} {HIV} {Status} in {Papua} {New} {Guinea}},\n\tvolume = {22},\n\tdoi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2021.1942184},\n\tnumber = {4},\n\tjournal = {The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology},\n\tauthor = {Persson, Asha and Kelly-Hanku, Angela and Agnes, Mek and Mitchell, Elke and Trumb, Richard Nake and Worth, Heather and Bell, Stephen},\n\tyear = {2021},\n\tpages = {298--314},\n}\n\n\n\n\n
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