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PhD candidate

Email kakau.foliaki@postgrad.otago.ac.nz

Kakau is currently based overseas.

Kakau Foliaki (160)Kakau is the recipient of a New Zealand PhD scholarship  from Tonga. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of the South Pacific (Fiji) and a Master of Environmental Science from the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Research

Understanding the energy culture profile for Tonga's residential sector: implications for effective energy efficiency policy

Kakau is interested in exploring a wide variety of factors and how they interrelate to shape energy consumption behaviour of Tongan household. He plans to bring social aspects such as culture, tradition, religion, convenience into his energy research to contribute to the knowledge base of policy learning and energy behavioural change. He hopes this, in turn, can enhance, reshape and improve future policies for improved energy efficiency in the residential sector.

Supervisors

Publications

Foliaki, K., Stephenson, J., Anderson, B., & Vakaoti, P. (2019). Understanding the energy cultures of Tongan households: Implications for effective energy efficiency policy. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVI. (pp. 11). Dunedin, New Zealand: The Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Foliaki, K., Stephenson, J., Anderson, B., & Vakaoti, P. (2019). Understanding the energy cultures of Tongan households: Implications for effective energy efficiency policy. Proceedings of the 13th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) and Otago Climate Change Network (OCCNET) Energy & Climate Change Symposium. (pp. 5). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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