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Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath aims to understand and prevent Pacific suicide, through talanoa (conversation) with those it has impacted.
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Dr Melenaite Taumoefolau explains why her linguistics research makes her sceptical of the 2017 'landslide' democratic election in Tonga.
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