Tangata o le moana : New Zealand and the people of the Pacific /

Tangata o le moana : New Zealand and the people of the Pacific / edited by Sean Mallon, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai and Damon Salesa. - 392 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- E kore au e ngaro -- Explorers and pioneers -- Visitors -- Little-known lives -- A Pacific destiny -- Barques, banana boats and boeings -- FIA (forgotten in action) -- A land of milk and honey? -- Empowering pacific peoples -- Trade and exchange -- All power to the people -- Good neighbour, big brother, kin? -- Representing the people -- Conspicuous selections -- Arts specific -- Epilogue, tangata, moana, whenua.

"Aotearoa New Zealand is home to a large Pasifika population. This illustrated history is the first of its kind to tell their stories - from the legendary feats of the ancestors of modern Māori, to the politically explosive dawn raids of the 1970s, and beyond."--Publisher's website.

9781877385728 (pbk.) : $79.99


Pacific Islanders--New Zealand
Pacific Islanders--History--New Zealand

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