In the next stage of our transition journey toward becoming the Pasifika Communities University (PCU), college staff and faculty convened in Suva, Fiji, last week. During the four-day workshop, they focused on planning for PCU. This included gaining a comprehensive understanding of the educational context in the Pacific, enhancing clarity regarding the structures, systems, policies,...Read More

The Principal of the College, Revd. Professor Dr Upolu Luma Vaai started the philosophies stream with two mentoring sessions, “Introducing the Course: Why Pasifika Philosophies” and “Unlocking the Pasifika Philosophical Mind”. He challenged the Toloa participants that “if life in Pasifika is about relationality, grounded on the importance of relationships as the key to knowledge...Read More

Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University says the Pasifika Philosophies Course underway at the Jovili Meo Conference Centre of the Pacific Theological College is a unique space. “I don’t think there are spaces like this,” said Professor Nabobo-Baba while mentoring participants of the course on the topic ‘Probing the...Read More

The inspirational, renowned and revered Tongan poet and Professor of Education Konai Helu Thaman reminded Toloa participants of the Pasifika Philosophies Course the importance of critical thinking and poetry. “The English did not invent poetry, it was everywhere! My mother who did not finish high school caused me to look more closely at Tongan indigenous...Read More

She’s one of the few Tongan students studying at the Pacific Theological College. Forty-year-old Tupou Aonu’u Lino from the Episcopal Anglican Church of Tonga chose PTC to follow in the footsteps of the great Tongan theologians who’ve gone ahead of her. “Many church leaders across the Pacific studied at PTC, like Archbishop Emeritus Rev. Dr...Read More

Thirty-eight-year-old Reverend Tito Tito is a graduate of Kanana Fou Theological College in American Samoa. Born on Savaii Island in Samoa, he migrated to New Zealand as a young boy. There he met his wife and the mother of his two children. Rev. Tito joins PTC as a student of the Masters of Theology programme...Read More

Thirty-one year old Reverend Asinate Mataitoga of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma is formerly the chaplain of Koro Island High School, in the Lomaviti Province of Fiji. She hails from Ono-i-Lau in Lai Province and is working on her Masters in Theology (Biblical Studies).Read More

Twenty-seven-year-old Tevita Okusi joins PTC from Siaatoutai Theological College in Tonga. Hailing from Tongatapu, Okusi is excited about the work he is going to put in for his Master of Theology – Biblical Studies and socialising with students and the PTC community from different Pacific cultures and contexts.Read More

Today it was publically announced that Piula Samuelu, a PhD candidate from the Methodist Church in Samoa has successfully defended his PhD thesis to the Board of Examiners, consisting of three professors from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The title of his thesis is: “Decolonizing Grace: A Faapalepale Restorative Theology from a Samoan Perspective.”...Read More

The Pacific Theological College is adding two new schools in the transition to University. The School of Ecology and Resilience Development (SERD) and the School of Pasifika Philosophies Education and Sciences (SPPES) will add to the current School of Theology and Ecumenism (SOTE). PTC Principal, Reverend Professor Dr Upolu Vaai, in his presentation at the...Read More