This collection of personal stories is a record of our Pacific histories in Aotearoa New Zealand from the mid-1940s to the present. The writers are twenty amazing people, including community practitioners, public servants, musicians, academics and sportspeople. The stories express alofa, resilience and grit in the face of adversity, discrimination and systemic racism. Each contributors shows how by taking their cultural values into everything they do, they are diversifying and enriching our Pacific legacy and the national knowledge base, whilst at the same time shaping new Pacific pathways. Written against the backdrop of a nation seeking to find itself and its place in the world and navigating the complexities of Tiriti o Waitangi obligations, biculturalism and multiculturalism, and Pacific and international diplomacy, these accounts
"Pasifika navigators are all around us, constantly trying to find their place in the world while still wanting to find, reconnect and honour who they are, what they are and everything that comes with this. Pasifika students across Aotearoa share their dreams, aspirations, life changing challenges and learnings. Helping us all to better connect, understand and support each other as we journey back home to ourselves"--Back cover
Chapter 4 Invisible Villages in the City - Niuean Constructions of Place and Identity in Auckland - Hilke Thode-Arora
Chapter 5 Migration and Identity - Cook Islanders' Relation to Land - Arno Pasch.
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