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"[Searching] for fragrance is a metaphor for striving for the best, with the support of those around you. His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efe seeks and discusses the best of 'the Samoan indigenous reference.' Fourteen Samoan scholars repl...
"Freelove is the long-awaited new novel from Sia Figiel, esteemed writer of the Pacific. In 1994 she won the Polynesian Literary Competition. Her 1997 novel, where we once belonged, was awarded the South East Asia and South Pacific region Commonwealt...
"The story of tiny Niue’s involvement in the Great War has captivated people since an account was first published by Margaret Pointer in 2000. In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the Maori Reinforcements and set...
"Fānene Peter Maivia – O le Atali’i o Samoa, o se tala ofoofogia e fa’atatau i se ali’i Polenisia na avea ma tama ta’uta’ua i le fa’āgatama o le pi’i fa’apolōfesa. O le olaga o Fānene na amata mai i Samoa, ma na ia fa’alauiloa le igoa o Samoa i le lalolagi...
"Fanene Peter Maivia – Son of Samoa is the remarkable story of the first Polynesian to become a star of professional wrestling. Fanene’s life began in Samoa and he took Samoa to the world. He was a pioneer who inspired some of the greatest wrestlers the...
Saras' parents have arranged her marriage and she prepares to leave her job and the comforts of the city and move to her husband's village.
"It was during the preparations for the many events of the first "Festival of Tapa : A Cultural Link in Oceania", which took place in Tahiti in November 2014, that the idea for a work dedicated to tapa was born. Althought it would certainly borrow so...
"For the first time Oklahoma City Thunder centre Steven Adams shares the story behind his meteoric rise to become one of the most exciting players in the NBA and New Zealand's highest paid sportsperson. From the streets of small town Rotorua in New ...
An introduction to the alphabet written in Gilbertese and English.
An introduction to numbers written in Gilbertese and English.
An introduction to colours written in Gilbertese and English.
"Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific is a new title delving into the adventurers who once made the great Pacific their playground – from likeable dreamers to outright conmen, slavers and pirates, and even one self-titled Queen Emma. There’s the...
A collection of stories from the Pacific.
"Pacific History presents to New Zealand students significant events and issues in Pacific history. Each context includes contested events that have impacted on the people in the Pacific and shaped their place in the modern world. These issues stimul...
"The incredible story of how one man inspired a nation of underdogs to achieve sporting greatness. It is late summer 2013. Ben Ryan, a red-haired, 40-something, spectacle-wearing Englishman, is given 20 minutes to decide whether he wants to coach Fiji's...
"A poetry collection of about God, love and life. O se tusi solo, e fa'atatau i le Atua, le alofa ma le olanga"--Page 4 of cover.
"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.
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...
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...
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