Islands of New Zealand

November 2016 The Collapse of Easter Island Every year, hundreds of tourist travel across the Pacific Ocean to visit a small, barren grass island. They do not travel to see grass they travel such a far distance to get a closer look at the giant stone-heads, call moai. These mysterious moai made by the ancient Rapanuian people hold a similar fascination like the Stone Hinge in England. They beg the questions when, how, why, and who? History teaches us through Easter Island that respecting our…

backpackers from New Zealand, Switzerland, and Japan being presented with an ethical dilemma whilst on their sabbatical program. All of them had to cross an 18,000 foot pass over a crest to be able to reach Muklinath. All of them needed to climb over a steep part of their climb, and they departed at 3:30 am before the sun rose and melted the steps cut in the ice. At 15,500 feet into the climb, McCoy and Stephen rested to recuperate. Suddenly, one of the backpackers from New Zealand found a naked…

2 Introduction The following case study will focus on Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company. Utilising the eight environmental areas as defined by Morris as the means of conducting and focusing the analysis. These eight area consist of technological, economic, competitive, labour, resource, customer, global, legal and regulatory concerns. Using this information, a review of the current life cycle stage of Telstra will be discussed to further provide context for a related…

The 18th century explorer James Cook’s ambition in claiming Australia as authentically “British” manifested in the maps he produced. In the time he spent in Australia, James Cook named well over 100 different landmarks. Although it may seem at first as if the names he gave to these bays, isles, and mountains are arbitrary, they most certainly were not. The names given were all of English-style and more importantly arose from his history as a British-born citizen. He assigned names like “Cape…

Born in Marton, a village in England, on November 7, 1728, James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain who “discovered,” or basically rediscovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 during his third voyage into the Pacific. He is best known for his trips in the Pacific Ocean and his precise mapping of it. In 1776, James Cook was a retired captain in the Royal Navy, which is the United Kingdom’s leading naval warfare force. It’s not clear when it comes to who supported James Cook on…

1863 to 1904. The majority were forced out of their homes and others were bribed with things such as mirrors, knifes and other possessions that assist with their survival. The South Sea Islanders migrated to Queensland and northern New South Wales from over 80 Pacific Islands. They were known as the ‘Kanakas’ which is a Hawaiian word that defines to ‘man’. South Sea Islanders had a huge impact on Australia but were treated poorly and went through a high level of racism and general…

Revisiting “expeditionary operations” in Australian defence policy Introduction I thank you all for making this journey to Bita Paka and hope that all of us here today remember our servicemen and women, those who served in decades past and those who continue to serve today. It is up to all of us to ensure their legacy lives on. (senator michael ronaldson REMARKS AT THE BITA PAKA COMMEMORATIVE EVENT, 11 September, 2014) The fight in Bita Paka was Australia’s very first campaign during the…

Christian Chin ISS 1:30 Saculla October 7, 2015 Tahitian Warfare Tahitian culture had many unique traditions that help make up their culture. They also use a lot of unusual or distinctive tactics to some activities or traditions. Some things that make up the Tahitian culture are things we do or see everyday but differs from how they did it before. Some of these activities were marriage, fishing, agriculture, and warfare. In war they used different strategies, weapons, clothing, and…

Welcome to the Pledis Islands! The Pledis Islands are comprised of two main islands and twelve smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, specifically at 42 degrees latitude and 162 degrees longitude. These islands where man made in 2012 by architect Sabine Toews, and have the smooth lines of traditional man made islands, as well as many natural features that truly make it unique. These islands generally experience a climate similar to that of the marine west coast, with warm summers, cool winters,…

impacted immigration laws and restrictions. Before 1901, each colony had different restrictions regarding immigrants, although there wasn’t any action taken to prevent the large numbers. The colony in Queensland had seen the arrival of 60,000 Pacific Island people which hugely affected the Australian’s living there. The number of immigrants entering Australia were spiralling out of control and it became hard for each of the separate colonies to document. In March 1898, Alfred Deakin said that…