Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni

Birthplace

Samoan and Tongan, living in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Primary Sources

Suaalii-Sauni , T. ., & Lauganiu, T. . (2024). Epilogue. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 13(3), 109-113. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.3664

Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2022). The platform: The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. New Zealand Sociology, 37(1), 249–254. https://research.ebsco.com/c/xppotz/viewer/pdf/hfjzsy3yc5

Suaalii, T., Tauri, J. M., Webb, R. D., Blank-Penetito, A., Fuamatu, N., Taito, F., & Manase, S. F. (2021). Rangatahi Māori, Samoan Talavou and Youth Justice: Challenging the Monoculture through Decolonizing Practices. In E. Stanley, T. Bradley & S. Monod de Froideville (Eds.), The Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology. Auckland University Press. https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-aotearoa-handbook-of-criminology/

Suaalii-Sauni, T., Tauri, J., & Webb, R. (2018). Exploring Maori and Samoan youth justice: Aims of an international research study. Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 2(5), 29–40. https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.974776648942534

Suaalii, S. T., & Fulu, A. S. M. (2014). Decolonising Pacific research, building Pacific research communities and developing Pacific research tools: The case of the talanoa and the faafaletui in Samoa. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 55(3), 331–344. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12061

Suaalii-Sauni, T., Seataoai Samu, K., Dunbar, L., Pulford, J., & Wheeler, A. (2012). A qualitative investigation into key cultural factors that support abstinence or responsible drinking amongst some Pacific youth living in New Zealand. Harm Reduction Journal, 9(1), 36–47. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-36

Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2012). “It’s in your bones!”: Samoan custom and discourses of certainty. Yearbook of New Zealand Jurisprudence, 13/14, 70–88. https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.185214290321384

Muaiava, S., & Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2012). The Orator/O Le Tulafale (review). The Contemporary Pacific, 24(2), 438–441. https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2012.0034

Secondary Sources

Mannell, J., Tevaga, P., Heinrich, S., Fruean, S., Chang, S. L., Lowe, H., Brown, L. J., Vaczy, C., Tanielu, H., Cowley-Malcolm, E., & Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2023). Love Shouldn’t Hurt??????? - E le Saua le Alofa: Co-designing a theory of change for preventing violence against women in Samoa. Global Public Health, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2201632

Mannell, J., Tevaga, P., Heinrich, S., Fruean, S., Chang, S. L., Lowe, H., Brown, L. J., Vaczy, C., Tanielu, H., Cowley-Malcolm, E., & Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2023). Love Shouldn’t Hurt – E le Sauā le Alofa: Co-designing a theory of change for preventing violence against women in Samoa. Global Public Health, 18(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2201632

Webb, R., Suaalii-Sauni, T., Wright-Bardohl, T., & Tauri, J. (2022). Building understandings of Maori and Samoan experiences of youth justice: Navigating beyond the limits of official statistics. New Zealand Sociology, 37(1), 70–92. 

Samu, K. S., Wheeler, A., Asiasiga, L., Dash, S. M., Robinson, G., Dunbar, L., & Suaalii, S. T. (2011). Towards quality Pacific services: the development of a service self-evaluation tool for Pacific addiction services in New Zealand. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(6), 1036–1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01468.x



Stanley, E., Bradley, T. & Monod de Froideville, S. (2021). The Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology. Auckland University Press. https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-aotearoa-handbook-of-criminology/

Extra Resources

Suaalii-Sauni, T. & O’Brien, P.A. (April 12, 2021). Samoa’s stunning election result: on the verge of a new ruling party for the first time in 40 years. The Conversation. Accessed October 28, 2024. https://theconversation.com/samoas-stunning-election-result-on-the-verge-of-a-new-ruling-party-for-the-first-time-in-40-years-158608

Suaalii-Sauni, T. (2015). Representing, recreating representativeness: Mixing law, humanities, social science and Pacific Studies in critiques of Pacific-ness. 2nd SPACLAL (NUS Branch) Literary Festival. Accessed October 28, 2024. https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/39161

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Citation

“Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed November 1, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/719.

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