Pacific

Art of the Tongan Artists Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck & Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Amui 'i Mu'a, ancient futures : Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck and Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi, held at the Wallace Arts Centre, The Pah Homestead in conjunction with the Auckland Arts Festival Visual Arts Programme, 16 March-2 May 2021"--Publisher information.

In La'u penina tautele, 11 young people from Tangaroa College in Ōtara, South Auckland, share how they stay connected to their culture, though far from home. The young writers worked with teacher-writer David Riley to select objects that represent who they are as Pacific young people, and to tell stories about them in English and Samoan. You'll be inspired to read how proud these youth are of their identity-it's a penina tautele to them, a pearl of great price.

The first houses in the Pacific Island countries were built using materials from the environment. The leafy houses were ideal for the hot climate but not always long-lasting.

Hundreds of creatures live on the reef. They scuttle across the sand, crawl over the sea bed, swim through the warm waters and cling to rocks"--Page 4.

Today the coconut palm plays an important role in the lives of Pacific Island people. The roots, trunks, leaves, husks, water, oil, milk and meat provide food, shelter, drink, and fuel"--Page 3.

en navigators ... share the challenges and triumphs of traditional wayfinding based on the deep knowledge of legendary navigator Mau Piailug. They also discuss the significance of receiving the title of Pwo (master navigator) ... Their stories are intertwined with the renaissance of knowledge and traditions around open-ocean voyaging"--Back cover

For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding--and distinctly Micronesian--voice. With over two thousand islands spread across almost three million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia and its peoples have too often been rendered invisible and insignificant both in and out of academia. This long-awaited anthology of contemporary indigenous literature will reshape Micronesia's historical and literary landscape. Presenting over seventy authors and one hundred pieces, Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia features nine of the thirteen basic language groups, including Palauan, Chamorro, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Marshallese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, and Yapese.

The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did they come? And how were they able to reach islands dispersed over such vast tracts of ocean?