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100			_aMafile'o, Tracie _91604
245			_aTongan metaphors of social work practice : _bhangē ha Pā kuo Fa'u' _cMafile'o, Tracie
246			_bA thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
260			_c2005
300			_a299 p. ; computer file : PDF format (3.27mb)
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520			_aThesis (PhD - Social Work) - Massey University, 2005. This study explores Tongan social work practice and examines how social and community work is constructed from a Tongan worldview. Twenty-eight Tongan social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand participated in individual interviews and focus group meetings, which explored the Tongan values, knowledge, skills and processes foundational to their practice. The participants' narratives contribute to an understanding of Tongan conceptions of wellbeing, personal and social change, and to an identification of key components of a Tongan theoretical framework for social and community work practice. This exploratory study contributes to the growing literature articulating indigenous and non-western frameworks for social and community work practice. The thesis argues that if social and community work is to be transformative, it must itself be transformed and its very foundations reshaped by Tongan and other indigenous, non-western voices.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_aAUKATI TŪKINOTANGA _96458
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
650	2	7	_aTOKO I TE ORA _95247
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_aTUHINGA WHAKAPAE _95598
650	2	7	_aPACIFIC PEOPLES _93408
650	2	7	_aTĀNGATA O TE MOANA-NUI-Ā-KIWA _913590
650	2	7	_9419 _aPASIFIKA _2FVC
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
650	2	7	_aTONGAN PEOPLE _93042
650	2	7	_aTŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU _95382
650	2	7	_aNEW ZEALAND _913419
856	4		_uhttps://files.vine.org.nz/koha-files/Tracie Mafileo.pdf
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS