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

This richly illustrated history tells the fascinating story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. Across fifteen chapters written by leading historians and writers, every aspect of New Zealand’s relationship with Pacific people is covered – from migration to tourism, economics to politics, sport to the arts.

Review: \”revealing and rewarding… the stories and the history of the Pacific and the way in which the various groups have interacted with each other and New Zealand is outlined in am accessible and informative way\” Most importantly, the book is told from uniquely Pacific perspectives … a truly Pacific side to the history of New Zealand.\” * National Business Review *

Contents: E kore au e ngaro: Ancestral connections to the Pacific — Explorers and pioneers: The first Pacific people in New Zealand — Visitors: Tupaia the navigator priest — Little-known lives: Pacific Islanders in nineteenth-century New Zealand — A Pacific destiny: New Zealand’s overseas empire 1840-1945 — Barques, banana boats and Boeings: Connecting New Zealand and the Pacific — FIA (forgotten in action): Pacific Islanders in the New Zealand armed forces — A land of milk and honey? Education and employment migration schemes in the postwar era — Communities and cultures: Pacific organisations in New Zealand — Economic links between the Pacific and New Zealand in the twentieth century — All power to the people: Overstayers, dawn raids and the Polynesian Panthers — Good neighbour, big brother, kin? New Zealand’s foreign policy in the contemporary Pacific — Representing the nation: Pacific peoples and politicians in New Zealand — Conspicuous selections: Pacific Islanders in New Zealand sport — Arts specific: Pacific peoples and New Zealand arts — Epilogue — Acknowledgments — Notes — Bibliography — Contributors — Image Credits — Index.

Format: Paperback
Imprint: Te Papa
Publication date: 20/04/2012