Pacific

In the 1960s and 1970s, the staff and students of two newly founded universities in the Pacific Islands helped foster a golden age of Oceanian literature

The small, scattered islands of the Cook group - in the Pacific - had a rich artistic tradition and a remarkable level of craftsmanship in a variety of materials

Features descriptions and beautiful color illustrations of over 400 species of marine and terrestrial fauna found in the ecosystems of Samoa's coral reefs, ocean waters, sea grass beds, rain forests, mangrove forests, and wetlands

Geography and environment
Map of Tuvalu
Map of Fonafuti

NAVIGATE THE PACIFIC! From the islands of American Samoa, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Australia, Hawaii and more...

The illustrations include a great number of these varied artifacts as well as pictures of Tahitian life, including contemporary engravings from Captain Cook's expedition

"A Niu Dawn collects creative responses by Pasifika visual artists to the traumatic events of the Dawn Raids in 1970s New Zealand. The resulting work is vital and diverse, and spans the generations from over the past 50 years-honouring the past, it is a snapshot of the contemporary Pacific arts landscape in Aotearoa and a beacon of what's to come

Stories in Samoan and English providing an insight to the Samoan way of life in pre-papalagi times, and a valuable record of a culture rich in history and spirituality