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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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Social Policies in Samoa
   

Social Policies in Samoa (Paperback)

By Amosa, Desmond U.

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Samoa is widely known as a role model in the Pacific region for its economic and social achievements since gaining independence in 1962. This in-depth study traces the history of government policy and examines the fundamentals underpinning the country's social development pro ...

ISBN 9781849290821
Release Date 1 June 2012 by Commonwealth Secretariat
Interest Age All ages
Series Social Policies in Small States
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Producing the text of culture: the appropriation of English in contemporary Samoa
   

Producing the text of culture: the appropriation of English in contemporary Samoa (Paperback)

By Emma Kruse-Vaai, Dr

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To the untrained ear, the language used by faafafines in Samoa, may just sound like common slang, or bilingual mockery. But according to a study by Samoan academic, Letuimanuasina Dr Emma Kruse-Vaai, the unconventional use of Samoan and English by faafafines has led to a disti ...

ISBN 225461
Published 12 July 2011
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No Family is an Island: Cultural Expertise Among Samoans in Diaspora
 

No Family is an Island: Cultural Expertise Among Samoans in Diaspora (Trade Paperback/Paperback, BC)

By Gershon, Ilana; Other Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora

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Ilana Gershon investigates how and when the categories cultural and acultural become relevant for Samoans as they encounter cultural differences in churches, ritual exchanges, welfare offices, and community-based organizations.

ISBN 9780801478055
Published 1 May 2012 by FOOTPRINT BOOKS
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Series Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
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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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Indigenous Women's Rights: Challenging Social and Gender Hierarchies
 

Indigenous Women's Rights: Challenging Social and Gender Hierarchies (Paperback)

Edited by Whall, Helena; Shivdas, Meena

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Brings together the perspective of indigenous people from across the Commonwealth, and particularly indigenous women, on matters of public policy that particularly concern them. This book includes case studies from different regions of the globe and presents the lived experiences ...

ISBN 9780850928471
Published 30 December 2010 by Commonwealth Secretariat
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Series New Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development Issues
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Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with First Person Accounts

Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with First Person Accounts (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By McMenamin, Dorothy

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The long-lasting effects of leprosy are still evident in various parts of the world. This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. It recounts how the victims were subjec ...

ISBN 9780786463237
Published 15 September 2011
Interest Age 0-12 years
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The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines
 

The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Shortland, Edward

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This 1851 publication recounts Edward Shortland's experiences among the South Island Maori during an official tour in 1843.

ISBN 9781108040631
Published 1 February 2012 by Cambridge University Press
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Series Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
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Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors
 

Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors (Hardback)

By Sand, Christophe

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Lapita: the heart of the Pacific, this unusual and little-known name is that of a civilization founded nearly 3000 years in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.. This "wave" Lapita is characterized by two key events: the introduction by the settlers in this region of the globe of Austrones ...

ISBN 9782757203675
Published 4 February 2011
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