Individuals

Dr Eci NABALARUA

Senior Lecturer and Chairperson- Pukenga Matua - Pou Aka Whanaketanga - Te Aka Whanaketanga, Development Studies -  School of Maori and Pacific Development, The University of Waikato

Telephone:	64 7 8384929
Address:	Development Studies School of Maori and Pacific Development The University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand

Research Interests:

Pacific governance and leadership, Empowerment through capacity building, Developing alternative paradigms of sustainable community development, Gender and development, Revisiting community governance and civil society and its role in promoting peace and stability in the Pacific , Options for building community research capacities for sustainability, Developing sustainable management frameworks of indigenous-owned resources, Gender and development at grassroots, Linking motivation and commitment of migrant Fijian workers in NZ.

Publications:

Book
Kikau, E (1981) ‘The Wisdom of Fiji’ Institute of Pacific Studies and the South Pacific Social
Sciences Association, USP, Suva

Book chapters
Nabalarua, E.K. (1999) ‘Introduction” in reprint of Geddes, W.R., (1945) Deuba. A
Study of a Fijian Village, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Ethnographic Monograph Reprint Series – Number One.

Nabalarua, E.K. (1998) ‘Divided loyalties in the workplace: a case of employee motivation in
Fiji’, in Chand, S (ed) Productivity Performance in the South Pacific Islands Policy Paper 31: 103-116, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, Canberra.

Reviews
Nabalarua, E.K., (1994) Book review on ‘Resources development and politics in the Pacific Islands’ edited by Henningham, S & May, R J.in Thomas, P.(ed) Development Bulletin 32: 75-76, Australian Development Network, Australian National University, Canberra.

Journal Articles
Nabalarua, E. (2002), ‘Pathways to political participation in Fiji: gender, race and religion in sustainable community development and nation building’ in Thomas, P. (ed) Development Bulletin 59 : 35-38, Australian Development Network, Australian National University, Canberra.

Nabalarua, E.K. (2001), ‘ Creating community-based systems of good governance at grassroots level: A case of organisational strengthening and capacity building among indigenous women in Tailevu Province, Fiji’ in Journal of Maori and Pacific Development He Puna Korero, Volume 2(1): 50-66, School of Maori and Pacific Development, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Nabalarua, E.K., (1994) “Managing development in small island communities: The role of
community participation in sustainable developments; in Thomas, P. (ed.) Development Bulletin (Special Issue) 31: 73-75, Australian Development Network, Australian National University, Canberra.

Commissioned Reports
Nabalarua, E. (2002) Report on Pacific Islands Community Facilities Needs Assessment for Hamilton City. Prepared for Hamilton City Council, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Nabalarua, E. (2001) Basic Education for Good Governance. Commissioned report to be used in Ministerial briefing for Regional Ministers of Education. Prepared for Forum Secretariat.

Thomas, P., Kikau, E. and Yee, R (1997) Mid-Term Review of the Fiji Trilateral Health
Promotion Project, AusAID, Canberra.

Kikau, E (1993) An Evaluation of the South Pacific Commission Community Education
Training Programme for the Period 1984-1992, Suva, Fiji.

Andre, R.G, Kay B H Kikau E, Waterman, S (1992) Assessment of Epidemiology of Dengue
and its Past, present and Future Control in Fiji Medical Service Corporation International for USAID, 1992, VBC Report No. 81269.

Kikau, E (1990) Solar Video: Naqarawai Social Survey Pilot Study Institute of Natural
Resources, USP, 1990.

Unpublished Thesis
Nabalarua, E.K. (1998) ‘Managing Work Motivation in Fiji’ PhD Thesis (Unpublished),
The Australian National University.

Kikau, E (1986) ‘Of Challenges & Choices: women’s organizations in Rural Development’ MA
Thesis (Unpublished) AERDC, University of Reading, United Kingdom.