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Island time : New Zealand's Pacific futures

By: Series: BWB textsPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Bridget Williams Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 256 pages ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781988533537
  • 1988533538
  • 198853352X
  • 9781988533520
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DU 410 SAL .S25 2017
Contents:
The Pacific future has already happened -- A tale of two cities: racial segregation in Auckland -- Building different cities -- The Pacific economy -- Future economy, future work -- New Zealand's Pacific way: Pacific politics in New Zealand -- Pacific politics 2.0: fragmenting Pacific politics -- The rain from Manu'a.
Summary: "The task of living in modern New Zealand - and especially in modern Auckland - is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened. New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a fuller understanding of what life is really like on these shores. After all, Salesa argues, in many ways New Zealand's Pacific future has already happened. Setting a course through the 'islands' of Pacific life in New Zealand - Ōtara, Tokoroa, Porirua, Ōamaru, and beyond - he charts a country becoming 'even more Pacific by the hour'. What would it mean, this far-sighted book asks, for New Zealand to recognise its Pacific talent and finally act like a Pacific nation?"--Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific NZ & Pacific NZ&P DU 410 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0013379

Includes bibliographical references.

The Pacific future has already happened -- A tale of two cities: racial segregation in Auckland -- Building different cities -- The Pacific economy -- Future economy, future work -- New Zealand's Pacific way: Pacific politics in New Zealand -- Pacific politics 2.0: fragmenting Pacific politics -- The rain from Manu'a.

"The task of living in modern New Zealand - and especially in modern Auckland - is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened. New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a fuller understanding of what life is really like on these shores. After all, Salesa argues, in many ways New Zealand's Pacific future has already happened. Setting a course through the 'islands' of Pacific life in New Zealand - Ōtara, Tokoroa, Porirua, Ōamaru, and beyond - he charts a country becoming 'even more Pacific by the hour'. What would it mean, this far-sighted book asks, for New Zealand to recognise its Pacific talent and finally act like a Pacific nation?"--Publisher's website.

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