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Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific
  

Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific (Paperback)

Edited by Mallon, Sean; Mahina-Tuai, Kolokesa; Salesa, Damon Ieremia

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This illustrated history tells the amazing story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. In a great feat of exploration and migration, Pacific Islanders became the first people to step foot on these shores some 800 years ago. ...

ISBN 9781877385728
Published 4 May 2012 by Te Papa Press
Interest Age Young Adults
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Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania

Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Te Punga Somerville, Alice

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Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Maorii and Pacific peoples

ISBN 9780816677573
Published 11 April 2012
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Tiki and Temple: The Mormon Mission in New Zealand, 1854-1958
 

Tiki and Temple: The Mormon Mission in New Zealand, 1854-1958 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Newton, Marjorie

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Details many events that happened from the very beginning of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand in the 1850s. Behind each is a story of faith, devotion, and many hardships.

ISBN 9781589581210
Published 14 February 2012 by Greg Kofford Books
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Kokoda Spirit
  

Kokoda Spirit (Paperback)

By Lindsay, Patrick

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In 1942 a small band of young Australian soldiers overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to preserve Australia's freedom along the Kokoda Track. The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. Seventy years on, it is hard to imagine what those young men endured for freedom ...

ISBN 9781742703602
Published 3 February 2012 by Hardie Grant Books
Interest Age Young Adults
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Australia
  

Australia (Paperback)

By Morgan, Kenneth

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In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia; examining the main features of its history, geography, and culture and drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life and its indigenous popula ...

ISBN 9780199589937
Release Date 15 June 2012 by Oxford University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Very Short Introductions
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Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas
  

Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas (Hardback)

By Salmond, Anne

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Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life and career in a riveting narrative that for the first time portrays the Pacific islanders as key players.

ISBN 9780670075560
Published 29 August 2011 by Penguin
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Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand
  

Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand (Paperback)

By Evans, Jeff

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The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By exam ...

ISBN 9781877514159
Published 1 September 2011 by Oratia Media
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Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania

Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania (Hardback)

By Te Punga Somerville, Alice

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Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Mori and Pacific peoples

ISBN 9780816677566
Published 11 April 2012
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A Concise History of New Zealand
 

A Concise History of New Zealand (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2nd edition)

By Mein Smith, Philippa

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The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.

ISBN 9781107402171
Published 1 December 2011 by Cambridge University Press
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Series Cambridge Concise Histories
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New Zealand's First War: Or, the Rebellion of Hone Heke
 

New Zealand's First War: Or, the Rebellion of Hone Heke (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Buick, T. Lindsay

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This 1926 publication analyses the origins and course of the Flagstaff War (1845-6), and the role of Maori chief Hone Heke.

ISBN 9781108039987
Published 1 January 2012 by Cambridge University Press
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Series Cambridge Library Collection - History
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