Non-fiction

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Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face

David Robie

A comprehensive "hidden stories of the Pacific" media and communication book about many of the region’s major issues of the past two decades such as the Fiji coups, Papua New Guine… [+]

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Eyes of Fire

David Robie

On 10 July 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira died i… [+]

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Fatu Feuʻu On Life & Art

Shona Jennings

Fatu Feuʻu is an internationally recognised Samoan-New Zealand artist. He has been pivotal in shaping the interest in contemporary Pacific art globally and nurturing a generation o… [+]

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The King and People of Fiji

The Reverend Joseph Waterhouse witnessed Fijian life at the earliest stages of the nineteenth century. His work offers an excellent insight into the traditional Fijian way of life… [+]

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Mua i Malae

Komiti o Tinā / Matua Atinaʻe

In 1980s Auckland there were many New Zealand Samoan children whose first language was not English and who struggled in mainstream classes. One small community of parents and their… [+]

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Pacific Auckland

Evotia Tamua

Evotia Tamua's photographic essay on Pacific Islands life in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. Full colour and b/w photographs. "Polynesian Festival and Pacific Auckland take us… [+]

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Polynesian Festival

Evotia Tamua

The ASB PolyFest is an annual celebration of Pacific Islands' culture for the secondary schools of Auckland, captured here in photographs taken over the last 15 years of the festiv… [+]

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So Far the World

Tavaʻe Raioaoa

When his boat engine failed him in March 2002, Tahitian fisherman Tavaʻe Raioaoa was cast adrift in the currents and winds of the Pacific Ocean. He travelled over 1,200 kilometres… [+]