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Research sheds new light on pusiaki, Tongan adoption

Auckland, NZ — New doctoral research from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, is reframing the Indigenous Tongan practice of pusiaki—often translated as adoption—as a deeply relational, historically rooted system of kinship that fundamentally differs from Western models of child placement. Pacific Studies doctoral candidate Amanda SullivanLee is leading the study, which positions pusiaki as […] The post Research sheds new light on pusia…
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kanivatonga.co.nz broke the news in on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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