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Pacific and Pasifika: PACS 111

PACS 111

Welcome to the PACS 111 Subject guide page.

Here you will find some extra readings and more links to find more resources! 

For more resources search the library catalogue or Multisearch or ask us. For videos and films, see the 'How do I find?' tab at the top of the page.

Country Resources

Cook Islands

  • Crocombe, R. G., & Holmes, R. (2014). Southern Cook Islands customary law, history and society l Akapapaʻanga, kōrero tupuna, e te ākonoʻanga ture ʻenua o te Pā ʻenua Tonga o te Kūki ʻAirani. Cook Islands Library and Museum Society.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection KT 5589.1 .Z7 .C938 2914
  • Crocombe, R. G., & Crocombe, M. T. (Eds.). (2003). Akono'anga Maori l Cook Islands culture. Institute of Pacific Studies in association with the Cook Islands Extension Centre, University of the South Pacific; the Cook Islands Cultural and Historic Places Trust, and the Ministry of Cultural Development.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection GN 671 .C7 .A315 2003
  • Siikala, A., & Siikala, J. (2005). Return to culture: Oral tradition and society in the Southern Cook Islands. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection GN 671 .C7 .S579 2005

Solomon Islands

Lending copies in the Macmillan Brown Library

  • Kwa'ioloa, M., & Burt, B. (2012). The chiefs' country: Leadership and politics in Honiara, Solomon Islands. UQ ePress.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection  DU 850 .K93 .K98 2012
  • Bennett, J. A. (1987). Wealth of the Solomons: A history of a Pacific archipelago, 1800-1978. University of Hawaii Press.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 850 .B471

Library-use only copy in the Macmillan Brown Library

  • Liligeto, W. G. (2006). Babata: Our land, our tribe, our people : a historical account and cultural materials of Butubutu Babata, Marovo. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 850 .L728 2006

Tonga

Lending copies in the Macmillan Brown Library

  • Lee, H. M. (2003). Tongans overseas: Between two shores. University of Hawaii Press.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 880 .L478 2003
  • Steen, T. M., & Drescher, N. L. (2011). Tonga: Land, sea and people. Tonga Research Association.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 880 .T6648 2011
  • Wood-Ellem, E. (Ed.). (2007). Tonga and the Tongans: Heritage and identity. Tonga Research Association.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 880 .T6643 2007

Available online:

West Papua

  • Chauvel, R. (2005). Constructing Papuan nationalism: History, ethnicity, and adaption. East-West Center.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 744.5 .C511c 2005
  • Elmslie, J. (2002). Irian Jaya under the gun: Indonesian economic development versus west Papuan nationalism. Crawford House Publishing.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 744.5 .E48 2002
  • Hisada, T. (2008). Indigenous development and self-determination in West Papua: A case study of the socio-political and economic impacts of mining upon the Amungme and Kamoro communities of West Papua. VDM Verlag, Dr. Mü̈ller
    ​​​​​​​Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 744 .H673 2008
  • Leadbeater, M. (2018). See no evil: New Zealand's betrayal of the people of West Papua. Otago University Press.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 744.5 .L434 2018
  • Pouwer, J. (2010). Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua: A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat. KITLV Press.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection DU 744.35 .M55 .P879 201

Web resources:

  • The Papuan Archive documents human rights violations from 2009 to 2019.
  • Papua Storyteller  is a cultural struggle where Papuan telling story from their eyes. Created by Wensislaus Fatubun, an Papuan fillmaker, human rights defender and anthropologist.
  • Papuan Voices

Dawn Raids

Books:

  • Anae, M., Iuli, L., & Tamu, L. (2015).  Polynesian Panthers: Pacific protest and affirmative action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971-1981. Huia.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection JQ 5881 .P783  2015  
  • Anae, M., Iuli, L., & Burgoyne, L. (2006). Polynesian Panthers: The crucible years 1971-74. Reed.
    Central Library, Level 8   JQ 5881 .P783 
  • Anae, M. (2020). The platform: The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. Bridget Williams Books. 
    Available online (click link above or at Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection JQ 5881 .A532 2020
  • Anae, M. (2012). All power to the people: Overstayers, Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers. In S. Mallon, K. Māhina-Tuai, & D. Salesa, D. (Eds). Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the people of the Pacific (pp. 221-240). Te Papa Press.
    Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection  DU 413 .P15 .T164 2012 & Central Library, Level 4, Classroom Resources 305.8995 TAN

 

Resources on the web:

There's loads more online and in the library- ask us if you need information on any particular aspect.

Early Migration and Settlement of the Pacific

Pacific Diaspora

Pacific Festivals

  • Giles, M., Giles, H., & Bernhold, Q. (2019). Cultural Festivals as Intergroup Settings: A Case Study of Pacific Islander Identification. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40(9), 818–832. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2019.1569666

This is a thesis so it’s a bit long but you can just go to the sections that interest you (or read the following article).

  • Mackley-Crump, J. (2016). From Private Performance to the Public Stage: Reconsidering ‘Staged Authenticity’ and ‘Traditional’ Performances at the Pasifika Festival. Anthropological Forum, 26(2), 155–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2016.1155972

  • Williams, M. L. (2022). The ASB Polyfest: The Construction of Transnational Pacific Cultural Spaces in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Pacific Arts, 22(1), 156–188. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48662955

Pacific Labour Trade / "Blackbirding"

Historic

 

Online/Film

 

Current Labour Conditions

Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme (in horticulture and viticulture industries)

 

Google John Vea (artist and UC academic) for his work on Pasifika workers in Aotearoa.