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"Tama saw the Peace Bird flying in over the ocean. 'Look Tiana, here comes the Peace Bird,' singing 'Peace peace our magic word, the more it's said the more it's heard.' 'I love those words Tama, they remind us that Peace is about being kind and loving...
Learn to count up to five in Samoan and English.
Music CD
Picture book
Send your child into a sweet slumber with this book, Sleepy Time Samoa. This goodnight bedtime rhyme takes little ones through an illustrated journey across the islands of Samoa. Children and adults alike will enjoy saying good night to masina the moon,...
"Relational Hermeneutics is a unique cross-disciplinary collection that aims to decolonise the mindsets of the Pacific people who have been shaped by the global neo-liberal frameworks of development that benefit only a few at the expense of many, fra...
"7 Steps to Wealth will assist people in becoming familiar with the basis of John's statistically proven property plan for achieving financial security and to embark upon figuring out how to get compound growth. Everyone knows about property, but thinks...
DVD
Based on the Samoan legend of Sina and her brother Masefau.
"After 20 years the Miss Cook Islands NZ returned to Auckland. Ten beautiful contestants competed for the crowm of Miss Cook Island NZ 2017 - 11 Nov 2017 in front of a full house of people happy to see the competition back in Aotearoa. Here is your chance...
Tongan prayer book written for Sunday church services, including psalms and readings according to seasons.
Ever wonder what children from around the Pacific do for fun? Find out in this entertaining book.
This delightful story from the Cook Islands shows just how beautiful the traditional lei can be, and how special the wearer can feel with one.
It's not every day that you get to explore an airport, but that's exactly what happens in this delightful story from the Islands of Tuvalu.
"Larry Grayson's story is facsinating from beginning to end, and has never properly been told before. This extensively and painstakingly researched account of his life is aspirational, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure."--
"Worms, yams and humpback whales tangle in a heart warming Tongan fable"--Back cover.
"The task of living in modern New Zealand - and especially in modern Auckland - is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened. New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands,...
"Ko e loto 'a e tokolahi 'o e fonuá ke fononga hotau pule'angá'i he anga 'o e fale alea faka temokalatí. 'Oku anga fēfē hono fakahoko 'a e liliú ki he lelei taha 'i he fetongitongi 'o e ngaahi fiema'u 'a e fonuá pea mo fengãue'aki mo e ngaahi ivimãlo...
Like many 13-year-old girls, Sofias main worries are how to get some groovy go-go boots, and how not to die of embarrassment giving a speech at school! But when her older brother Lenny starts talking about marches and protests and overstayers, and how...
"Crazy. Bold. Fearless. Parris Goebel was destined to make her mark. Young Queen is the autobiography of a dancer with a dream . . . a young Polynesian girl who grew up in New Zealand and went on to conquer the hip hop world. In this honest memoir, P...
A collection of topics from one of Radio Samoa's regular programme segment called "Aoao Malu Manogi o le Lolo" that discusses and explains issues and subjects like Samoan protocols, traditions, oratory, genealogy. Radio Samoa is based in Manukau, Auckland...
"A commemorative DVD of the historic first Papal visit to the South Pacific, November 1970. It is also a tribute to the devoted service of the Marist Brothers and Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary who first came to Western Samoa over 150 years...
"This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the seasons and weather in Samoan. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. This first edition makes a grat addition to the library of anyone wanting...
"Whenua Fonua 'Enua explores the significance of name and place and the importance of these indicators that connect us to our past and highlight the characteristics of our present. Through new paintings and this companion publication in collaboration...
"Living in a reed hut on Taveuni--Fiji's "garden isle"-- the author studied the native language and carefully-observed traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village. Despite five cyclones [during] the summer of 1985, daily...
Children can experience the animals, foods, places and culture of Samoa by following the journey of Kuaka, a native New Zealand godwit (bird). Uses a story format and the concept of bird migration to introduce Samoan places, food and customs.
Children can experience the animals, foods, places and culture of Niue by following the journey of Kuaka, a native New Zealand godwit (bird). Uses a story format and the concept of bird migration to introduce places in Niue, food and customs.
Children can experience the animals, foods, places and culture of Fiji by following the journey of Kuaka, a native New Zealand godwit (bird). Uses a story format and the concept of bird migration to introduce Fijian places, food and customs.
"O le tusi muamua leneu ua tusia e le alii tusitala, e faatatatu tonu lea i lona olaga tuputupu mai i Samoa"--Page 6.
"Examining the multifaceted nature of Christianity in Fiji, My God, My Land reveals the deeply complex and often paradoxical dynamics and tensions between processes of change and continuity as they unfold in representations and practices of Christianity...
Collective Creativity offers an analysis of the explosion of artistic creativity currently taking place on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga. By exploring the construction of this art-world through the ways in which creativity and innovation are linked...
"First published in 1974, Church and State in Tonga is a classic study of the formative period of modern Tongan history. The years covered are from the re-establishment of the Wesleyan Methodist mission in the 1820s until the promulgation of the Tong...
"The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe nav...
A concert of music and dance celebrating the youth and families of the EFKS community in Mangere.
Honouring the Pacific Ocean and its many cultures and stories, Squid Out of Water is the second poetry collection of Daren Kamali, a poet, artist, and teacher of Fijian and Wallis and Futuna descent.
Collection of Rev Dr. Tevita Tonga Mohenoa Puloka's writings.
"Eating is an extremely important part of Samoan life, as the size of many Samoans may suggest. They often take food with them when they travel. Samoan food is not highly spiced or seasoned. It uses ingredients that are relatively unfamiliar to most....
"Full Broken Bloom is altar-building, moon-swallowing, jawbone-slicing, and goddess-making. Bleeding. Forgiving. And re-fleshing dead bones. In her second offering from Ala Press, Grace Teuila Evelyn Taylor swallows worlds of pain and betrayal. Yet from...
"Polynesian Cuisine covers more than 1,000 islands including Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. Imagine the recipes that have developed out of the foods from these many paradise islands. Picture in your mind a warm, orange colored sunset and fine...
"Tatau: Marks of Polynesia explores the beauty of Samoan tattoos as well as the key role they play in the preservation and propagation of Samoan culture. Through photographs taken in the studio and on location in Samoa and elsewhere, Tatau showcases the...
ABC picture book featuring the Fijian words for various food, animals and objects.
A picture book featuring the Fijian words for colours.
A counting picture book featuring the Fijian words for numbers one to ten.
This is an introduction to the Samoan alphabet for learners of all ages and backgrounds. Pictures are colorful and allow for a more interactive learning experience.
This Pacific island-themed book is a useful parental tool to teach children the SAMOAN numbers 1-10. Each page is designed with beautiful and simple colorful imagery. A first edition, this book makes a great addition to the library of anyone wanting to...
"A compilation of the author's Bible studies, teachings, and workshops of preaching the Word of God ministry in Tongan language for the Tongan youths during his time of working as superintendent minister of the SUTT Auckland New Zealand 1991-1997,...
"Lonely Planet's South Pacific Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful South Pacific phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs"--Publisher's description.
"Over the last century, sources as diverse as missionary publications, tourist brochures, travel books, paintings, postcards and museum displays have inspired a fascination and romance with the islands of the 'South Seas' - amongst them, Tonga, Western...
The Bounty mutineers were a lost tribe in the South Pacific, who finally found a safe haven in Pitcairn Island. There they, along with a small group of Tahitian men and women, hid from the world and established a far from ideal community. Racism and ...
Analysis based principally on "Manuscript E", written by Easter Islanders in the early 20th century and made public in 1955. Refutes Heyerdahl's contention that aboriginals from the Americas settled Easter Island, asserting instead discovery and settlement...
"It is the year 1526. The four ships of the Loaisa expedition have just entered the Pacific from the Strait of Magellan on their way to the East Indies for a cargo of spices. A storm blows up. The ships are separated. One, the caravel San Lesmes with...
"This book discusses the view of sex in Tonga which is typical of most Pacific Island cultures, [where it] is considered a taboo subject. [The book] looks at some of the mistaken views about sex that prevailed in this kind of culture as a result of i...
Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis. Dated 19 March 2016, it was released on 8 April 2016. It follows the Synods on the Family held in 2014 & 2015. The document focuses on several of the issues of...
A collection of essays put together by a wide range of Pacific specialists on Henry Maude, an administrator and field work in the Pacific with important contributions, in his later career, as a practising academic.
"A forgotten pyramid. An ancient curse. A real-life archaeological adventure. Since the 1800s rumours have circulated about an ancient pyramid, built on an immense scale, hidden deep in the jungles of Samoa. Evidence perhaps of a great forgotten Paci...
"In 1980s Auckland there were many New Zealand Samoan children whose first language was not English and who struggled in mainstream classes. One small community of parents and their local school – Richmond Road Primary School – created a Samoan bilin...
The Book of Mormon Side-by-Side: English - Samoan is a bilingual book for Latter-day Saints in which the two languages are placed next to each other on the same page. The Book of Mormon text is unaltered and only arranged so that the reader does not need...
Tongan translation of Pope Francis' work The joy of the Gospel.
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