Pathways Of Taranaki
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| Author | : Smith I Azubuike |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2022-12-16 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3031140060 |
This book examines the pathways to decarbonising African cities, structured around strategies and applications in renewable energy, waste management, healthcare, telecommunication, education and governance reconfigurations for Petro-cities. Throughout the book the authors highlight infrastructural, governance and policy approaches to drive decarbonisation. Opening with chapters focused on propositions for solar urban planning and scope for decarbonisation in waste management the book then moves on to examine innovative strategies for a low-carbon healthcare sector. The authors then discuss the use of hybrid power systems at remote telecommunication sites, their deployment on university campuses, and how this can be optimised to reduce carbon emissions. Further chapters explore government, private sector and civil society actions for decarbonising Kenyan cities and an overview of the political economic choices for decarbonising Petro-cities. Finally, closing chapters propose mechanisms for translating COP26 takeaways to decarbonisation policies and a low-carbon framework for African cities.
| Author | : Tom O'Connor |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780473539047 |
A historical novel on the life of New Zealand's legendary fighting leader Te Rauparaha in the early 1800's. Pathways of Taranaki is the sequel to Tides of Kawhia and the prequel to Shadows of Kapiti. The trilogy reveals the little known and fascinating true stories of New Zealand's Maori history at the time of early European arrival, especially Te Rauparaha and his tribe Ngati Toarangatira (Ngati Toa). Told through the eyes of a fictional character Te Rou Rou, the story draws on extensive written histories, oral traditions, ancient songs and knowledgeable elders. The tales of heroism, treachery, Maori cultural norms of the time and the spiritual influences on tribal life are all historically accurate. Driven from their ancestral homelands of Kawhia and Taharoa by powerful Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto tribes, Ngati Toa set out on a forced-migration south towards their promised new home in the Manawatu and Horowhenua. To get there they must pass through the difficult and dangerous Taranaki lands bringing everyone with them including children, the elderly and injured. Also included from eye witness accounts is the famous single combat contest between the Waikato leader Te Wherowhero, who became Potatau (the first Maori king), and several dozen of the best fighters Te Ati Awa could muster. This duel is recognised as being without equal in our history. The author pulls no punches and tells it like it was, violent, bloody, sad and inspiring. Please make a comment on your order if you'd like to receive a copy signed by the author Tom O'Connor.
| Author | : Gavin McLean |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
| Total Pages | : 656 |
| Release | : 2009-08-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1742288766 |
The New Zealand Wars of the 1840s and 1860s, other nineteenth-century military encounters, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, the Gulf War, modern-day peacekeeping . . . The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War contains the best, widest range of published and non-published written material on our people in warfare. This is a soldier's book - thus letters, diaries, journalists' reports, memoirs. The focus is on actual experience and on human responses to war. A vast array of personal experiences is covered, including POWs, the home front, medical/nursing efforts, as well as coverage of conscientious objectors.
| Author | : Peter Laurenson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781988538907 |
Ever since Edmund Hillary's ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay, New Zealanders have connected strongly with the mountainous Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. For over three decades, photographer Peter Laurenson has repeatedly visited Khumbu, the Nepalese gateway to Mount Everest and home to the Sherpa people. On his second visit, a chance meeting with a Sherpa family sparked a friendship that grew stronger as Laurenson brought his three sons, each in turn, to trek through this enchanted region. Accompanying this unfolding story of kinship are Laurenson's insights into Sherpa culture, the explosion of activity on Everest, and the changing nature of Khumbu as the area's popularity grew. Throughout, his striking photographs convey the essence of this remarkable land and its people.
| Author | : Tom O'Connor |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780473568108 |
A historical novel on the life of New Zealand's legendary fighting leader Te Rauparaha in the late 1700's. Tides of Kawhia is the first of a trilogy followed by Pathways of Taranaki and Shadows of Kapiti. Kawhia is the prosperous heart of the people of Ngati Toarangatira but beyond the borders ominous changes threaten to drive them from their coastal stronghold. In the north, Nga Puhi acquire muskets, and to the east the Waikato tribes cast envious eyes on the bountiful waters and forests of Kawhia. Into this mix the child, Te Rauparaha is born. His name ripples down the pages of New Zealand history. The young Te Rauparaha uses his wits, courage and audacity to become a military strategist, accomplished politician and tribal leader. Sharing his exploits is Te Rou Rou, born into slavery in the dangerous tribal life of the time. When animosities between the inland peoples explode into war, hundreds of warriors are left dead on the battlefield. Deadly fights and ancient Maori ritual mingle with delicate poetry and an impetuous hotblooded people, bringing to life a period of history and a society unknown to many. Contains violence, cannibalism and references to rape and sex.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Ionizing radiation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Andrew Crowe |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018-08-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780824878658 |
This book tells of one of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory, a period during which Polynesians reached and settled nearly every archipelago scattered across some 28 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean, an area now known as East Polynesia. Through an engaging narrative and over 400 maps, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations, Crowe conveys some of the skills, innovation, resourcefulness, and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime expansion. In this masterful work, Andrew Crowe integrates a diversity of research and viewpoints in a format that is both accessible to the lay reader and required reading for any serious scholar of this fascinating region.
| Author | : Ian Church |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Dunedin (N.Z.) |
| ISBN | : 9780473456047 |
The title Salutary Punishment is deliberately provoking and patronizing. It is quoted from a statement made by Lieutenant-Colonel St John in 1873, speaking of the Otago Prisoners. An example of the unfortunate state of our Nation at the time. In November 2019 it will be 150 years since 74 men from Te Pakakohi tribe in the Patea area were sent to Dunedin as prisoners of the Crown. By putting tribal allegiance first Pakakohi automatically became guilty of treason. A decade later 137 Parihaka men received the same prison sentence for ploughing their confiscated land as a sign of passive resistance to this action. These were dark days in the history of our country, but the telling of these times is more important today than ever. Ka mua, ka muri; we must look back in order to move forward.
| Author | : Rebecca Beyer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781775502067 |
This is the story of Tamanui, the brave kokako of Taranaki, who helped save the kokako from extinction. The Taranaki forest is changing and kokako are finding it difficult to get food and protect their chicks. Rats and possums are raiding nests, taking chicks and eggs, and the kokako Tamanui has lost his brothers and sisters. In the quiet forest, he hears a kokako call, but flying towards it, he is caught in a net. Taken to Mount Bruce, he adapts to a new environment, raises chicks and becomes important in the survival of the kokako. Based on a true story, Tamanui is displayed at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth. The book is available in te reo Maori and English versions.
| Author | : Haidy Geismar |
| Publisher | : UCL Press |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2018-05-14 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1787352838 |
Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age explores the nature of digital objects in museums, asking us to question our assumptions about the material, social and political foundations of digital practices. Through four wide-ranging chapters, each focused on a single object – a box, pen, effigy and cloak – this short, accessible book explores the legacies of earlier museum practices of collection, older forms of media (from dioramas to photography), and theories of how knowledge is produced in museums on a wide range of digital projects. Swooping from Ethnographic to Decorative Arts Collections, from the Google Art Project to bespoke digital experiments, Haidy Geismar explores the object lessons contained in digital form and asks what they can tell us about both the past and the future. Drawing on the author’s extensive experience working with collections across the world, Geismar argues for an understanding of digital media as material, rather than immaterial, and advocates for a more nuanced, ethnographic and historicised view of museum digitisation projects than those usually adopted in the celebratory accounts of new media in museums. By locating the digital as part of a longer history of material engagements, transformations and processes of translation, this book broadens our understanding of the reality effects that digital technologies create, and of how digital media can be mobilised in different parts of the world to very different effects.
