Bale Kito
Biographic Data
| ID | 6662454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bale Kito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bale |
| FAMILY NAME | Kito |
| SIGNATURE | KITO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Human Nutrition University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-3826-0228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Talanoa Faikava
Qualitative research has often priviledged Western ways of knowing, which can marginalise Indigenous knowledge and limit how research is done with Pacific communities. While methods such as Talking Circles in Native American communities and Yarning Circles in Aboriginal Australian communities are now recognised as valid research approaches, the potential of talanoa faikava (a kava-based dialogic practice grounded in Tongan and wider Pacific cultu…
Online Pressures, Offline Impacts
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Digital Taboo
Pornography use among young Pacific males in New Zealand remains an under‐explored and culturally sensitive issue. This qualitative article explores how Pacific men view and experience porn use, with a focus on how their cultural values and spiritual beliefs influence those experiences. Employing the Talanoa research method, we conducted six kava‐based focus groups with 50 Pacific males (18–30 years), fostering relational spaces for open dialogue…
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Talanoa Faikava
Qualitative research has often priviledged Western ways of knowing, which can marginalise Indigenous knowledge and limit how research is done with Pacific communities. While methods such as Talking Circles in Native American communities and Yarning Circles in Aboriginal Australian communities are now recognised as valid research approaches, the potential of talanoa faikava (a kava-based dialogic practice grounded in Tongan and wider Pacific cultu…
Online Pressures, Offline Impacts
Social media is a central arena where Indigenous and minority populations negotiate cultural identity, belonging and wellbeing. For young Pacific men in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), these digital spaces intersect with long‐standing cultural expectations of masculinity, creating both opportunities for connection and risks to mental health. Although Pacific communities are among the most digitally engaged in NZ, they continue to face disproportionate…
Digital Taboo
Pornography use among young Pacific males in New Zealand remains an under‐explored and culturally sensitive issue. This qualitative article explores how Pacific men view and experience porn use, with a focus on how their cultural values and spiritual beliefs influence those experiences. Employing the Talanoa research method, we conducted six kava‐based focus groups with 50 Pacific males (18–30 years), fostering relational spaces for open dialogue…
Aotearoa (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Grounded theory (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Dialogic (1 work) · Embarrassment (1 work) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work)