This Pākehā Life
Title | This Pākehā Life PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Jones |
Publisher | Bridget Williams Books |
Pages | 173 |
Release | 2020-09-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1988587255 |
'This book is about my making sense here, of my becoming and being Pākehā. Every Pākehā becomes a Pākehā in their own way, finding her or his own meaning for that Māori word. This is the story of what it means to me. I have written this book for Pākehā – and other New Zealanders – curious about their sense of identity and about the ambivalences we Pākehā often experience in our relationships with Māori.' A timely and perceptive memoir from award-winning author and academic Alison Jones. As questions of identity come to the fore once more in New Zealand, this frank and humane account of a life spent traversing Pākehā and Māori worlds offers important insights into our shared life on these islands.
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
Title | Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Thompson |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 140882079X |
A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.
The Burning River
Title | The Burning River PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Patchett |
Publisher | Victoria University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2021-02-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1776562666 |
In a radically changed Aotearoa New Zealand, Van's life in the swamp is hazardous. Sheltered by Rau and Matewai, he mines plastic and trades to survive. When a young visitor summons him to the fenced settlement on the hill, he is offered a new and frightening responsibility—a perilous inland journey that leads to a tense confrontation and the prospect of a rebuilt world.
Imagining Decolonisation
Title | Imagining Decolonisation PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Kiddle |
Publisher | Bridget Williams Books |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2020-03-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1988545757 |
Decolonisation is a term that alarms some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and often bewildering concept for many New Zealanders. This book seeks to demystify decolonisation using illuminating, real-life examples. By exploring the impact of colonisation on Māori and non-Māori alike, Imagining Decolonisation presents a transformative vision of a country that is fairer for all.
The New New Zealand
Title | The New New Zealand PDF eBook |
Author | William Edward Moneyhun |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2019-12-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 147667700X |
Today's New Zealand is an emerging paradigm for successful cultural relations. Although the nation's Maori (indigenous Polynesian) and Pakeha (colonial European) populations of the 19th century were dramatically different and often at odds, they are today co-contributors to a vibrant society. For more than a century they have been working out the kind of nation that engenders respect and well-being; and their interaction, though often riddled with confrontation, is finally bearing bicultural fruit. By their model, the encounter of diverse cultures does not require the surrender of one to the other; rather, it entails each expanding its own cultural categories in the light of the other. The time is ripe to explore modern New Zealand's cultural dynamics for what we can learn about getting along. The present anthropological work focuses on religion and related symbols, forms of reciprocity, the operation of power and the concept of culture in modern New Zealand society.
Old New Zealand
Title | Old New Zealand PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Edward Maning |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2011-12-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108039812 |
Published in 1863, this vivid account documents the traditional Maori way of life that was vanishing due to European influences.
Cannibal Jack
Title | Cannibal Jack PDF eBook |
Author | Trevor Bentley |
Publisher | Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2010-05-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1742287271 |
In a frontier society full of colourful characters in early nineteenth century New Zealand, Jacky Marmon, more commonly known as Cannibal Jack, was more colourful than most. Jumping ship off the New Zealand coast, he first lived among Ngäpuhi at the Bay of Islands, where he acquired five wives and served his chief as a trader and white priest. Joining Hongi Hika's great Musket Wars campaigns against the Tamaki and Kaipara tribes, he claimed to have served as Hika's personal war tohunga. He survived to settle in the Hokianga from 1823 and was involved in Hone Heke's Flagstaff War of 1845. In this biography of a wonderfully curious character, the author of the bestselling Pakeha Maori traces Marmon's life and times, drawing on his own knowledge and research as well as on Marmon's own – not always reliable – personal accounts.