Like Them That Dream

Like Them That Dream
Author: Bronwyn Elsmore
Publisher: Oratia Media Ltd
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2011-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1877514268

The seminal work on the interaction of New Zealand's indigenous population with the Old Testament message brought by missionaries in the 19th century

Pacific Ethnomathematics

Pacific Ethnomathematics
Author: Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2007-09-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0824874641

This ground-breaking bibliography by distinguished Pacific researcher Nicholas Goetzfridt examines mathematical concepts and practices in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. It covers number systems, counting, measuring, classifying, spatial relationships, symmetry, geometry, and other aspects of ethnomathematics in relation to a wide range of activities such as trade, education, navigation, construction, rituals and festivals, divination, weaving, tattooing, and music. In compiling nearly five hundred citations, Goetzfridt makes use of the vast resources of writing about the Pacific from the 1700s to the present. In addition to discussing Pacific knowledge systems in general, his introductory chapter includes a helpful overview of the relatively new field of ethnomathematics and important theoretical reflections on the discipline as a research program. Extensive subject and geographic indexes provide numerous ways to experience the rich heritage and history of Pacific ethnomathematical concepts covered in this book, including: the 256 possible knotted fates enabled by the Carolinian sky god Supwunumen, etak segmentation concepts in stellar based voyaging, the highly diverse counting systems of Papua New Guinea, the alignment of stone structures with stars to mark the appearance of the equinox and solstice, and contemporary educational issues in the standardized teaching of Western mathematics.

Kāi Tahu

Kāi Tahu
Author: Arthur Hugh Carrington
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 187724239X

This remarkable account presents oral tradition alongside archaeological evidence and narrative history. The editors both have extensive experience in researching the past of southern New Zealand, particularly Ngai Tahu. Te Maire Tau lectures in history at Canterbury University; Atholl Anderson is Professor of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

La Rochelle's Road

La Rochelle's Road
Author: Tanya Moir
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1869793390

This is a story of settling in a new land, of hardship, resilience and of love. In 1866, Daniel Peterson and his family give up their comfortable life in London for an unseen farm on Banks Peninsula. Daniel plans to make a fortune growing grass-seed; until he does so, there can be no going back. But the realities of a remote hill country block are very different to the cosy imaginings of a clerk. The Petersons find themselves at the mercy of the land, the weather and their few neighbours - a motley, suspicious assortment of old whalers, escaped convicts, wary French settlers and true-blue Tory squatters. Even their own house has a secret to hide - that of its first inhabitant, the scandalous Etienne La Rochelle and his Maori lover. When Daniel's daughter Hester discovers La Rochelle's journal, it leads her on a journey of discovery - a path into a world of beauty, darkness and illicit love, which she may follow if she dares.

Webs of Empire

Webs of Empire
Author: Tony Ballantyne
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 077482770X

Breaking open colonization to reveal tangled cultural and economic networks, Webs of Empire offers new paths into our colonial history. Linking Gore and Chicago, Maori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing, empire building becomes a spreading web of connected places, people, ideas, and trade. These links question narrow, national stories, while broadening perspectives on the past and the legacies of colonialism that persist today. Bringing together essays from two decades of prolific publishing on international colonial history, Webs of Empire establishes Tony Ballantyne as one of the leading historians of the British Empire.

The Big Questions

The Big Questions
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018-07-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0143772384

New Zealand is at a crossroads. People are increasingly concerned about where we are headed. Can we improve our appalling statistics on poverty and violence? What about work - will we all be replaced by robots? Will our children (let alone our grandchildren) be able to afford to buy a house? Can we clean up our rivers? This book looks at many aspects of our lives and our nation. Experts in their fields write about the challenges that face us and the opportunities we have to make changes for the better. A fascinating set of perspectives and ideas on our way of life and our future as a nation. Writers are: Dame Anne Salmond, Judge Andrew Becroft; Rod Oram; Jacinta Ruru; Felicity Goodyear-Smith; Tim Watkin; Derek Handley; Jarrod Gilbert; Stuart McNaughton; David Brougham and Jarrod Haar; Golriz Ghahraman; Theresa Gattung; Peter O'Connor; and Leonie Freeman.

The Journal of the Polynesian Society

The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1988
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.