| Talanoa'i ‘a e Talanoa—Talking about Talanoa: Some dilemmas of a novice researcher D Fa'avae, A Jones, L Manu'atu AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 12 (2), 138-150, 2016 | 204 | 2016 |
| Responding to the call: Talanoa, va-vā, early career network and enabling academic pathways at a university in New Zealand T Baice, B Lealaiauloto, S Meiklejohn-Whiu, SM Fonua, JM Allen, ... Higher Education Research & Development 40 (1), 75-89, 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
| Tatala 'a e koloa 'o e to'utangata Tonga i Aotearoa mo Tonga: A way to disrupt and decolonise doctoral research D Fa’avae MAI Journal 8 (1), 1-15, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Negotiating the vā: The self in relation to others and navigating the multiple spaces as a New Zealand-raised Tongan male D Fa'avae Questions of Culture in Autoethnography. Phiona Stanley and Greg Vass (eds …, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Giving voice to the unheard in higher education: Critical autoethnography, Tongan males, and educational research D Fa‘avae MAI Journal 7 (2), 126-138, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Family knowledge and practices useful in Tongan boys' education D Fa'avae set: Research Information for Teachers 2 (1), 49-56, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| Talanoa vā: Indigenous masculinities and the intersections of indigeneity, race, and gender within higher education DTM Fa’avae, A Tecun, S Siu’ulua Higher Education Research & Development 41 (4), 1075-1088, 2022 | 23 | 2022 |
| Tatala ‘ae Koloa ‘oe To’utangata Tonga i Aotearoa mo Tonga: The intergenerational educational experiences of Tongan males in New Zealand and Tonga D Fa'avae PhD Thesis-University of Auckland, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Complex times and needs for locals: Strengthening (local) education systems through education research and development in Oceania D Fa'avae The International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives 17 (3), 80-92, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| Pillars of the colonial institution are like a knowledge prison: the significance of decolonizing knowledge and pedagogical practice for Pacific early career academics in … M Leenen-Young, S Naepi, PS Thomsen, DTM Fa’avae, M Keil, J Matapo Teaching in Higher Education 26 (7-8), 986-1001, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| e–talanoa as an online research method: extending vā–relations across spaces DTM Fa ‘avae, R Faleolo, E Hepi Havea, D Enari, T Wright, A Chand AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 18 (3), 391-401, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| Vā and veitapui as decolonial potential: Ongoing talatalanoa and re-imagining doctoral being and becoming DTM Fa'avae | 10 | 2021 |
| Talatalanoa as ongoing complex conversations and negotiations of practice in higher education DTM Fa'avae, SM Fonua Victoria University of Wellington Library 26, 39-45, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Digital Vā: Pacific perspectives on the shift from ‘ordinary practices’ to ‘extraordinary spaces’ during the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/New Zealand ES Fehoko, DTM Fa’avae, A Tecun, SA Siu’ulua Anthropological Forum 32 (4), 307-324, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Fakakoloa as embodied mana moana and agency: Postcolonial sociology within Oceania DTM Fa'avae, E Fehoko, S Vaka New Zealand Sociology 37 (1), 93-119, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Understanding the teacher upgrade programme in Samoa: Contextual challenges for in-service teachers, school principals and Ministry personnel E Esera, D Fa'avae, TT Tuia Pacific-Asian Education 31, 33-46, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
| Mānava ‘i he loto manava: creatively critical Tongan sense-making in the glocal south DV Dyck, CSF Matamua, DTM Fa‘avae, S Sisitoutai, IA Fa‘avae Addleton Academic Publishers, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Getting beneath the skin: A tok stori approach to reviewing the literature of leadership in Solomon Islands, Tonga and Marshall Islands K Sanga, S Johansson-Fua, M Reynolds, D Fa'avae, R Robyns, D Jim International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives 20 (2), 52-75, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
| Imua: Reflections on imua, talanoa-vā and leadership in the ongoing strategic journey of a New Zealand university KV Hemi, SN Bulisala, S Aporosa, DTM Fa’avae University of Waikato, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
| Relational and collective excellence: unfolding the potential of Pacific early career researchers Pacific Early Career Researchers Collective, JMU Allen, JL Bennett, ... Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 52 (sup1), 75-91, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
