Aporosa, S. 'Apo'2019-08-2120152019-08-212015Aporosa, S. ‘Apo’. (2015). The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse. New Zealand Sociology, 30(4), 58–77.0112-921Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/12796Diaspora' studies have broadened their definition to now include hybridised identities situated in both the past and future. The formation of the Indo-Fijian ethnicity is an example of the evolution of a hybrid diasporic identity. This article briefly discusses Indo-Fijian diaspora in Fiji before shifting its focus to Aotearoa New Zealand. In this new setting, diaspora understanding will take a new direction that concentrates on the uptake of kava drinking and aspects of the kava culture by some Māori and Pālangi/Pākehā. In doing so, the article examines how these Māori and Pālangi/Pākehā, as the 'hosts', are expanding their cultural identity by embracing an icon of identity that came with a diasporic population – Pasifikans to Aotearoa – essentially creating diasporic identity formation in reverse.application/pdfenThis article is published in the New Zealand Sociology. © The Journal of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Used with permission.diasporadiasporic identity formation in reversekavanon-Pacific kava usersMāoriPālangi/PākehāJournal Article