Nogiata Tukimata
Nogiata Tukimata

Nogiata is a postdoctoral fellow in Te Ipukarea Research Institute. She hails from the Rock of Polynesia – Niue from the villages of Lakepa, Makefu and Alofi, and has familial ties to Tahiti. She holds a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), a Bachelor of Arts in English and New Media Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with a minor in Pacific Studies, a Master of Arts (First Class) and a PhD; all received at AUT. The completion of her doctoral thesis looked at receptive bilingualism of vagahau Niue among first-generation New Zealand-born Niue living in Aotearoa. Her research interests lie in language revitalisation, bilingualism, Indigenous languages and methodologies, and Indigenous storytelling of the Pacific through languages.