Tangata o te moana nui :  the evolving identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa /New Zealand / 
edited by Cluny Macpherson, Paul Spoonley, Melani Anae. 
 - 325 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Some of the papers were presented at the conference, Pacific visions: navigating the currents of the new millennium, July, 1999.  "... intended primarily as a text for tertiary students"---Pref. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. The context. Who are the 'Pacific peoples'? ethnic identification and the New Zealand census / Richard Bedford and Robert Didham -- The shape of the future : on the demography of Pacific people / Len Cook, roger didham and Mansoor Khawaja -- One trunk sends out many branches : Pacific cultures and cultural identities / Cluny Macpherson -- Transnational Pacific communities : transforming the politics of place and identity / Paul Spoonley -- pt. 2. Individual transformations. The new 'Vikings of the sunrise' : New Zealand-borns in the information age / Melani Anae -- Beyond the paradise myth : sexuality and identity / Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann and Carmel Leinatioletuitoga Peteru -- Naming myself : some reflections on multiple identities / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- Hibiscus in the flax bush : the Maori-Pacific Island interface / Tracey McIntosh -- pt. 3. Institutional transformations. Samoans and gender : some reflections on male, female and fa'afafine gender identities / Tamasailau Sua'ali'i -- New religions, new identities : the changing contours of religious commitment / Feiloaiga Taule'ale'ausumai -- Pasefika languages and Pasefika identities : contemporary and future challenges / Galumalemana Hunkin-Tuiletufuga -- We are what we play : Pacific peoples, sport and identity in Aotearoa / Tasileta Te'evale -- Rap music and Pacific identity in Aotearoa : popular music and the politics of opposition / Kirsten Zemke-White -- pt. 4. Some political issues. Pacific peoples' identities and social services in New Zealand : creating new options / Pa'u Tafaogalupe Mulitalo-Lauta -- On the campaign trial : reflections of a 'Pacific Island' MP / Anae Arthur Anae -- A Pacific vision : the search for opportunity / Fuimaono Les McCarthy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0864693699 9780864693693 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pacific Islanders--Ethnic identity.--New Zealand<br/>Pacific Islanders--Social life and customs--New Zealand<br/>Mana ake<br/>Tāngata.<br/>Mātauranga hapori
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.8995093