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DevNet connects academics, students and development practitioners to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and research.
The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network links people and organisations involved and interested in the broad field of international development in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider world…
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DevNet’s conferences have been held biennially since 1998. Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest, regular conference on international development, provides a great opportunity for people from Aotearoa, the Pacific and others to learn from each other and from international experts. Keynote speakers have…
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eSocSci is an interactive knowledge space for communicating social science research and bringing together people who have common research interests in Aotearoa New Zealand. It includes an eLibrary of working papers on topic related to a variety of topics including migration, health, education…
PROF. ANTHONY BEBBINGTON
Director of the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, MA, USA
MICHAEL EDWARDS
Director of the Governance and Civil Society Unit at the Ford Foundation
🎉 Congratulations to Patrick Amenatave Vakasavuwaqa Tamaicakai! 🎉
DevNet is delighted to congratulate Patrick Amenatave Vakasavuwaqa Tamaicakai on receiving the DevNet Postgraduate Development Field Research Award 2026.
Patrick hails from the village of Raranibulubulu, in the district of Labasa, Macuata Province, Fiji. He has an academic background and professional experience in Fiji’s social and political landscape.
Patrick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Geography and a Postgraduate Diploma in Gender Studies from the University of the South Pacific. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Health Research at Victoria University of Wellington.
His thesis focuses on Na Vakabula Vanua – bridging iTaukei governance and public health. His research examines the role of the Great Council of Chiefs and iTaukei governance systems in breaking the culture of silence and addressing the social stigma surrounding HIV cases among the iTaukei population in Fiji.
Vinaka vakalevu, Patrick, and congratulations on this well-deserved achievement!
Humble tuga Apu💁🖐️💁🖐️Vakaikauwa sara me rawa vinaka luvequ
Toto'a sasaga Patrick Vakasavuwaqa Loloma Levu vei emudou❤️ Unaisi Mar
Totoka mytau Patrick Vakasavuwaqa 👏
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Meet our DevNet Postgraduate Student Presentation Awards 2025 winners!
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Happy New Year! Hope you had a great holiday and were able to recharge for the year ahead.
Just a reminder that the application deadline for the DevNet Postgraduate Development Field Research Awards for postgraduate students studying at New Zealand universities is 11 January 2026 at 11:59 PM (NZT).
For details and the application form, please visit:
devnet.org.nz/development-studies-postgraduate-research-awards/