S. 'APO' APOROSA (PhD)
Senior Lecturer (University of Waikato)
Contract Researcher
Development Practitioner
Research for Development
Publications and Conference Presentations
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Books
2022 ‘Doped’ on kava: Understanding kava’s impacts on cognition and
driving. Suva: Pacific Studies Press. DOWNLOAD
2021 Moving kava forward in Australia: National Kava Forum report to the
ACT Government.
Manikis, N., Imran, A., Bichard, V., & Aporosa, A.
Canberra: Fair Canberra Inc. DOWNLOAD
2021 Talanoa vā/va: Honouring Pacific research and online engagement. Fa’avae, D. T. M., Hemi, K. V., & Aporosa, S. (Eds.).
Special Issue of the Waikato Journal of Education. University of Waikato:
Hamilton. DOWNLOAD
2014 Yaqona (kava) and education in Fiji: Investigating ‘cultural
complexities’ from a post-development perspective.
Albany: Massey University, Directorate Pasifika@Massey. DOWNLOAD
2015 He whakaoranga: Kia puta kia ora
Kilgour, J.T., Tiakiwai, S-J., McRae, O.K., Aporosa, A., Whetu, A., &
Jenkins, A. Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui College for Research and
Development. DOWNLOAD
2008 Yaqona (kava) and education in Fiji: A clash of cultures?
Germany: VDM Verlag. DOWNLOAD
Book Chapter
2019 Kava and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania.
In S. Ratuva (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of ethnicity. Chapter 134-1.
(pp. 1-15 [online-first publication]). Singapore: Springer Nature.
doi:0.1007/978-981-13-0242-8_134-1 DOWNLOAD
2011 Yaqona (kava), education and development in Fiji.
In R. Gounder (Ed.), Community development and managing change for
growth among Pasifikans (pp. 227-253).
Auckland: Masilamea Press. DOWNLOAD
Journal Articles
2023 Incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus in New
Zealand from the national administrative datasets.
Lao, C., White, D., Rabindranath, K., Van Dantzig, P., Foxall, D.,
Aporosa, A., & Lawrenson, R.
Lupus, 0(0), 1-9. doi:10.1177/09612033231182203
2023 Na yaqona kei na i tikotiko ni veivakarautaki vakavuli: Na veisataki
ni i tuvatuva vakalawa kei na veiqaravi raraba (Yaqona [kava] and the
school campus: Regulation versus facilitation [Fijian]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Vunibola, S.I.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research. First online, 1-12.
2023 Inu kava anga-mahení, ʻatamaí mo ʻene fakakaukaú mo e tuʻunga
taau ke fakaʻuli saliote mīsiní (Traditional kava-drinking, cognition and
driver fitness [Tongan]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Sisitoutaí, S.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, First online, 1-6.
2023 Olsemwanem kastom blong tring kava i save afektem tingting
blong man mo wei we man i draev (Traditional kava-drinking,
cognition and driver fitness [Pidgeon/Bislama]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Wells, M.C.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, First online, 1-5.
2023 Na gunu yaqona ena kena ivalavala vei keda na itaukei, na
vakasama vata kei na vakatulewa e sala muria mai; vata kei na
ituvaki vinaka ni vakasama nei koya na dau ni vakau motoka
(Traditional kava-drinking, cognition and driver fitness [Fijian]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Gaunavou, U. Jnr.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, First online, 1-6.
2023 Taumafaina o le ‘ava Samoa, a’afiaga o le mafaufau, ma le ave
taavale (Traditional kava-drinking, cognition and driver fitness
[Samoan]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Fuimaono, L.G.M.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, First online, 1-6.
2023 Yaqona: Sotavi na cala ni nanuma kei na itukutuku buli semati ki na
ivakatakilakila matataka na keda ikilai (De-mythologizing and re-
branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice [Fijian]).
Aporosa, S.A., & Gaunavou, U. Snr.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, First online, 1-6.
2022 Yaqona (kava) and the school campus: Regulation versus
facilitation.
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 51(1), 1-20.
2022 Traditional kava use and body sway: A pilot investigation.
Aporosa, S.A., Hébert-Losier, K., & Aughton, H.
Pacific Health Dialog: The Journal of Pacific Research, 21(10), 683-692.
2022 Traditional kava use, cognition and driver fitness.
Journal of Psychopharmacology (36, No. 8), A91-A92. DOWNLOAD
2022 Mobile app development: Work integrated learning collaborations
with Māori and Fijian partners.
Yeo, A., Hinze, A., Vanderschantz, N., Aporosa, A. S., & Paruru, D. International Journal of Work Integrated Learning: Special Issue, Local
indigenous perspectives and partnerships: Enhancing work-integrated
learning, 23(2), 237-258. DOWNLOAD
2022 Traditional kava-drinking, cognition, and driver fitness.
Aporosa, A.S., & Pathe, A.
Research Outreach (129), 70-73. DOWNLOAD
2022 The impact of traditional kava use on cognition: Implications for
driver fitness.
Aporosa, S., Ballard, H., Pandey, R., & McCarthy, M.J.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 291(115080), 1-15. DOWNLOAD
2021 The virtual faikava: Maintaining vā and creating online learning
spaces during Covid-19.
Henry, T., & Aporosa, S. A.
Waikato Journal of Education. Special Edition: Talanoa vā/va: Honouring
Pacific educational research and online engagement, 26, 179-194. DOWNLOAD
2021 In Our Language: Imagining a Pacific research journal in terms of
language and stakeholder position and engagement.
Hemi, K. V., & Aporosa, S. A.
Waikato Journal of Education. Special Issue: Talanoa Vā: Honouring
Pacific Research and Online Engagement, 26, 45-62. DOWNLOAD
2021 Grounding Pacific practice: Fono at the Fale and Veiqaraqaravi
Vakavanua.
Aporosa, S. A., & Fa'avae, D. T. M.
Waikato Journal of Education. Special Issue: Talanoa Vā: Honouring
Pacific Research and Online Engagement, 26, 35–43. DOWNLOAD
2021 Imua: Reflections on imua, talanoa-vā and leadership in the ongoing
strategic journey of a New Zealand university.
Hemi, K. V., Bulisala, S. N., Aporosa, S. A., & Fa'avae, D. T. M.
Waikato Journal of Education. Special Issue: Talanoa Vā: Honouring
Pacific Research and Online Engagement, 26, 11-34. DOWNLOAD
2021 Grounding our collective talanoa: Enabling open conversations.
Fa’avae, D. T. M., Hemi, K. V., & Aporosa, S. A.
Waikato Journal of Education. Special Issue: Talanoa Vā: Honouring
Pacific Research and Online Engagement, 26, 5-10. DOWNLOAD
2021 Decolonising quantitative methods within a Pacific research space to
explore cognitive effects following kava use.
Aporosa, S. A., Atkins, M., & Leov, J.
Pacific Dynamics: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 5(1), 74-92.
2021 Na yaqona kei na ivakatakilakila vakavanua ena yatu Pasivika (Kava
and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania).
Aporosa, S. A., & Gaunavou, U. J.
In our Language: Journal of Pacific Research (1), 1-11. DOWNLOAD
2020 De-mythologizing and re-branding the traditional drink kava.
Aporosa, A. S., & Foley, E.
Research Outreach(113), 106-109. DOWNLOAD
2020 Kava drinking in traditional settings: Towards understanding effects
on cognitive function.
Aporosa, S. A., Atkins, M., & Brunton, R..
Journal of Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 35(2),
e2725. DOWNLOAD
2019 Māori and kava: New drug fashion or re-engagement with ‘kawa’?
Aporosa, S. A., & Forde, J.
Pacific Dynamics: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 3(1), 72-85.
2019 De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of
choice. Journal of Drug Science, Policy and Law, 5, 1-13. DOWNLOAD
2019 Understanding cognitive functions related to driving following kava
(Piper methysticum) use at traditional consumption volumes.
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31(8), A84. (Downloads: ARTICLE and related POSTER)
2019 Australia’s discussion of kava imports reflects lack of cultural
understanding. The Conversation, June 9. DOWNLOAD
2017 Understanding cognitive functions related to driving following kava
(Piper methysticum) use at traditional consumption volumes.
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31(8), A84. DOWNLOAD
2016 Māori academic success: Why the deficit perspectives?
Micronesian Educator: A Journal of Research and Practice on Education,
23, 33-51. DOWNLOAD
2015 The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse.
New Zealand Sociology (The Journal of the Sociological Association of
Aotearoa/New Zealand), 30(4), 58-77. DOWNLOAD
2015 Yaqona (kava) as a symbol of cultural identity.
Locale: The Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies, n4, 79-101.
2014 Kava hangover and gold-standard science.
Aporosa, S. & Tomlinson, M.
Anthropologica: The Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society, 56,
165-177. DOWNLOAD
2011 Is kava alcohol?: The myths and the facts.
Journal of Community Health and Clinical Medicine for the Pacific, 17(1),
157-164. DOWNLOAD
2010 Na yaqona kei na vuli: E rau veicoqacoqa li? Yaqona and education in
Fiji: A clash of cultures?
Domodomo: A Scholarly Journal of the Fijian Museum, 23(1&2), 20-43.
Conference Presentations
2023 The therapeutic potential of traditional kava use spaces in the
treatment of psychological trauma.
Dr Apo Aporosa & Associate Professor Sione Vaka
The Pasifika Medical Association Conference, Rarotonga,
Cook Islands. Sept. 5-7. DOWNLOAD
2022 Kava, traditionally influenced consumption volumes, and impacts
on driver fitness.
The Pasifika Medical Association Conference, Te Papa Museum,
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Sept. 4-6. DOWNLOAD
2022 Traditional kava use, cognition and driver fitness.
The British Association for Psychopharmacology Conference, Imperial
College London, UK, July 25-27. (poster presentation). DOWNLOAD
2021 Grounding our shared talanoa through vā.
Hemi, K.V., Fa'avae, D.T M., & Aporosa, S.A.
Te Puna Aurei LearnFest: (annual) Higher Education Symposium, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand, Nov. 24. DOWNLOAD
2021 Understanding kava's impact on driver fitness.
The Transport Knowledge Conference (TKC2021), Wellington, Aotearoa
New Zealand, Dec. 1. (poster presentation). DOWNLOAD
2021 Kava, the Devil, and the Snake: Pentecostal iconoclasm in
contemporary Fiji.
The Aotearoa Fiji Research Symposium, Massey University, Palmerston
North, Aotearoa New Zealand, Oct. 7-8.
2021 Kava and health: Addressing Ministry of Health concern.
Paper presented at The Kava Forum: Australian Government Committee
and ACT Community meeting, Canberra, June 18 (Keynote speaker).
2019 Cognitive functions associated with consumption of traditional
volumes of kava (Piper methysticum): A feasibility study.
British Association for Psychopharmacology Summer Meeting,
Manchester University. July 14-17. (poster presentation) DOWNLOAD
2019 Kava, the devil, and the snake: Pentecostal iconoclasm in
contemporary Fiji.
Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania Annual Conference
(ASA019), University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, 13-16 Feb.
2017 Kava (Piper methysticum): Demythifying the Pacific's cultural
keystone species.
Tālanga Seminar Series, University of the South Pacific, Tonga, 12 Oct.
2016 Kava: Untangling fact from fiction.
Kava: A workshop for kava researchers and enthusiasts, April 21,
The University of Waikato. DOWNLOAD
2016 Kava: Weighing the negatives against the positives.
Pasifika Medical Association 20th Anniversary Conference;
Plenary panel: Kava - killer or cure? Aug. 24 – 26. Auckland. DOWNLOAD
2016 Pasifika culture: A foundation on which to build educational
achievement.
The Pasifika Post-Primary Teachers Annual Fono, 18-19 July, Auckland,
New Zealand. (Keynote address) DOWNLOAD
2015 The (proposed) Australian kava ban: Legitimate governmental
concern or a breach of human rights?
The Australian-World Kava Conference, Sept. 4-6, Australia National
University. (Keynote speaker).
2014 Māori academic success: Why the deficit perspectives?
The International Indigenous Development Conference, Nov. 25-28,
Auckland University.
2014 The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse.
The 7th Pasifika Annual Research Conference, Nov. 19-20, Massey
University, Massey University, Manawatu Campus.
2013 Village-tested versus clinically-tested: Legitimising kava's medicinal
value.
The Pasifika Whenua Research Network Annual Conference, Nov. 21-22,
Massey University, Manawatu Campus. (Keynote speaker).
2011 Yaqona (kava) as a symbol of cultural identity.
The 'Niu realities of Pasifika diaspora and development': Pasifika@Massey
6th Annual Conference, Dec. 1-2, Massey University, Albany Campus.
2010 Yaqona (kava), education, and development in Fiji.
The Pasifika@Massey 5th Annual Conference, Nov. 11-12, Massey
University, Albany Campus.
2008 Yaqona (kava), education, and development in Fiji.
Kava: 'The golden shrub', 18th Biennial Pacific History Association
Conference, 8-12 Dec., Suva. (Conference panel organiser / facilitator).
2008 Yaqona and education in Fiji: A clash of cultures?
The Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Feb. 13-16, Australian
National University, Canberra. (Conference panel co-ordinator).
2006 Yaqona and the multi-national pharmaceutical commodity chain.
The Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference: Beyond
science and art. "Relationality, rationality and religious experience in the
contemporary Pacific", Sept. 26-29, James Cook University, Cairns.
Technical and Research Reports
2021 Improving road safety and health: Understanding kava’s impact on
driver fitness.
Technical report prepared for (and accepted by) Health Research Council
of New Zealand, July 31. DOWNLOAD
2020 Na i cavuti: A mobile application to assist the retention of Fijian
traditional knowledge.
Burroughs, H., Aporosa, A. S., Vanderschantz, N., Hinze, A., Sevudredre,
S., & Gaunavou, U. J.
Poster presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for Summer
Research Project 2019/20. University of Waikato. DOWNLOAD
2019 Submission to: Pilot program to ease restrictions on the importation
of kava for personal use (March 10).
The Office of Drug Control: Government of Australia. DOWNLOAD
Submission list: WEBLINK
2018 Improving road safety and health: Understanding kava’s impact on
driver fitness.
Technical report prepared (and accepted) for Health Research Council of
New Zealand, July 31. DOWNLOAD
2015 Indigenous homelessness in Aotearoa/New Zealand: National, local
and indigenous policy. (Summer intern report).
Paikea, G., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Print media representation of homelessness in Hamilton city, New
Zealand. (Summer intern report).
Littlejon, A., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 The geographies of Māori homelessness in Hamilton, New Zealand.
(Summer intern report).
Kake, J., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Employment opportunities: A Waikato-Tainui stocktake. (Summer
intern report).
King. L., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Te wai: Water rights negotiations evidence: Streams of the Waikato-
Tainui. (Summer intern report).
Huirama, M., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Fresh water ownership within Waikato and related traditional
activities. (Summer intern report).
Sylva, M., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Waikato-Tainui marae: A literature review. (Summer intern report).
McCormick, M. Rivers, J., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Tribal urupā strategy: A Waikato-Tainui approach. (Summer intern
report).
Renata, M., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Waikato-Tainui education: Tribal development and life-long learners.
(Summer intern report).
Barlow-Kameta, R., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Tribal education recipients: Waikato-Tainui expertise. (Summer intern
report).
Tepania, A., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Tribally focused research: An annotated bibliographic databases.
(Summer intern report).
Jerome-Leota, E., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Taonga artefacts: A Waikato-Tainui approach to care and repatriation.
(Summer intern report).
Solomon, S., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2015 Te tira hoe o Waikato and Tai ao: A multi-media presentation. (Summer
intern project).
Eparaima-Hautapu, N., Paki, T., McRae, O. & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2014 Identity: Waikato-Tainui perspectives.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2014 Cultural connectedness: Waikato-Tainui perspectives.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2014 Wellbeing: Waikato-Tainui perspectives.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2013 Waikato-Tainui Education Strategy: Ministry of Education partnership.
Tiakiwai, S.J., Kilgour, J., & Aporosa, S.
Ngāruawāhia: Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui & Tribal Development Unit.
2009 The sustainability of Vesi (Fijian hard-wood) in Southern Lau, Fiji.
Suva: Office of the Commissioner Eastern, Government of Fiji.
Other Forms of Dissemination (popular press etc)
2023 Seeing kava in a new light: NZ study to explore therapeutic
potential of traditional kava use in trauma
Thian, S. Y., & Aporosa, A.
NutraIngredients-Asia (online), July 26. WEBLINK
2023 A Pacific prescription? Study to probe kava as trauma treatment
Marriner, C., & Aporosa, A.
Samoa Observer, July 1, p.19.
2023 Traditional kava use studied as treatment for PTSD, awarded
Health Research Council grant.
Marriner, C., & Aporosa, A.
New Zealand Herald (online), June 28. WEBLINK
2023 Cultural importance behind decision not to restrict kava use in NZ,
as Australia tightens rules urgently
Tokalau, T., & Aporosa, A.
Stuff.co.nz (online), May 1. WEBLINK
2023 Kava regulation in Australia
Radio New Zealand: The Panel (Part 2), interviewed by Wallace
Chapman, Conor English and Verity Johnson. May 3.
WEBLINK (Timesplit at 19mins23secs)
2022 The potential of kava to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Radio New Zealand: The Panel, interviewed by Wallace Chapman, Jo
McCarroll and Dean Hall. March 10. WEBLINK
2022 Could drinking kava help those with PTSD?
Radio 531pi, interviewed by Levi Matautia-Morgan. March 8. WEBLINK
2022 Waikato researcher Dr 'Apo' Aporosa wins Fulbright to study kava as
treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
New Zealand Herald, interviewed by Chris Marriner. March 7. WEBLINK
2012 Proposal to tighten regulations on sale of kava in New Zealand
New Zealand Herald, interviewed by Chris Marriner. Dec. 19. WEBLINK
2021 New study shows kava impacts driving performance
Fennell, J., & Aporosa, A. S.
ABC Australia: Pacific Beat (radio interview), Oct. 1, 6am. WEBLINK
2021 Kava impacts driving performance, new study shows
Hope, S., & Aporosa, S. A.
Stuff.co.nz (online), Sept. 30. WEBLINK
2021 Research finds kava can have adverse effect on drivers
Tahana, Y., & Aporosa, S. A.
1News, TV New Zealand, Sept. 18. WEBLINK
2021 Research translated into Pacific languages brings knowledge back
to its origin
Hope, S., Hemi, K. V., & Aporosa, S. A.
Stuff.co.nz (online), Aug. 5. WEBLINK
2020 Recipe for escape: Kava.
Schwartz, M., & Aporosa, A.
BITE: Episode 106, (Podcast). April 24. New York: Mother Jones and the
Foundation for National Progress. WEBLINK
2020 Researching kava with Aporosa
Tecun, A., & Aporosa, A.
Wai? Indigenous Words and Ideas: Ep 16. (Podcast). New York: Podbean.
2020 Kava groups are continuing online during lockdown
Marrett, C., Aporosa, A., & Fehoko, E.
Renews (online), April 24. WEBLINK
2020 Could Fiji kava capsules be the answer for anxious Australians?
Graue, C., Aporosa, A., Sarris, J., & Yoshida, Z.
ABC Australia Pacific Beat, Feb. 28. WEBLINK
2018 Neglect and missed opportunities in NZ's untapped kava market.
Smith, M. & Aporosa, S.
NBR (National Business Review), April 26. WEBLINK DOWNLOAD
2017 Is it safe to drink kava and drive?
Hill, B., & Aporosa, S.
ABC Australia Pacific Beat, August 7. WEBLINK
2016 Kava culture in New Zealand.
Crump, B., & Aporosa, S.
Radio New Zealand: Nights. Dec. 1. WEBLINK
2016 Kava discussion prompts more debate.
Cook Islands News, July 21. p.4. WEBLINK DOWNLOAD
2016 Kava revival concept starts interesting discussion online.
Cook Islands News, July 11. p.12-13. WEBLINK DOWNLOAD
2016 Benefits of kava catching on in NZ and beyond.
Blades, J., & Aporosa, S.
Radio New Zealand: Dateline Pacific. July 6. WEBLINK
2016 Pacific feels the strain of increased demand for kava.
Blades, J., Lebot. V., Aporosa, S. & & Dumienski, Z.
Radio New Zealand: Dateline Pacific. July 5. WEBLINK
2016 Study to examine kava's effects on driving.
Huston, A., & Aporosa, S.
Horizons: The magazine of The University of Waikato, Winter(4), 8.
2016 Reclaiming the ‘real’ Rarotongan culture.
Cook Islands News: Weekend. June 11. p.8-9. WEBLINK DOWNLOAD
2016 Kava and cars.
Braid, S.Y., & Aporosa, S.
Massey (University magazine), v.33. p.5. DOWNLOAD
2016 Study delves into mysteries of kava.
Leaman, A., Aporosa, S. & Dumienski, Z.
Waikato Times, April 8. p.2. DOWNLOAD
2016 Waikato study examines kava's effects on driving.
Leaman, A., Aporosa, S. & Dumienski, Z.
Stuff.co.nz. April 2. WEBLINK
2016 Going under kava.
Maoate-Cox, D., Aporosa, S., & Hernandez, D.
Radio New Zealand. Interview. March 27. WEBLINK
2015 Should you drink kava and drive?
Ryan, K., & Aporosa, S.
Radio New Zealand. Interview. Dec. 17, 11am. WEBLINK
2008 Kava abuse: Academic blames poor results on teachers. The full
story.
Fiji Times (Special feature), Dec. 14, pp. 15-17.
2007 Yaqona and the multi-national pharmaceutical industry.
Fiji Observer. Aug./Sept, pp. 7,18. DOWNLOAD
2007 Tourism in Fiji: How it’s making the rich even richer,and the poor
even poorer.
Fiji Observer. Sept./Oct, pp. 6. DOWNLOAD