Islands of New Zealand

learns first hand from Ultima by helping her in the llano while she gathers herbs for her medicines. The first time that Ultima came to stay with the Marez family “the beauty of the llano unfolded before [Antonio’s] eyes” and he saw the plain in a new perspective while the “gurgling waters of the river sang to the hum of the turning earth” creating a beautiful harmony in nature. Antonio also learns the uses of special herbs and how to ask for the plant’s medicine before pulling the roots. Ultima…

Identity Identity is a character’s personality of an individual or a group that links together by different threads, to develop and recognise personal identities which can change as we are exposed by influences in our surroundings. Different threads are the creation to identity itself which include gender, ethnicity, culture and other representatives. Each person will have different identities as they have different ideas and threads so represent them. As for me, I am a 18 year old asian male, a…

Since 2003, New Zealand has had a Pacific Security Fund which has been aimed at supporting vulnerable nations in the Pacific region to prevent terrorism entering the region, which would be a threat to New Zealand’s safety and security. The importance of such a Fund was noted by the government after the Boston Bombings. The bombings also made the New Zealand government consider making changes to the Government Communication Security…

The Assassination of JFK was hugely significant to New Zealand as where the events that followed it. The significance of the event can simply be determined by the importance of the event. And how people perceived the event. Internationally, New Zealand’s people saw that the assassination of JFK as huge event that deeply affected people at the time. Some accounts, record information such as “the importance she felt… that she was able to follow an world event for the first time”. This account…

effort to achieve equity, and cease the discrimination. While there are many countries around the globe that have been involved with such discrimination, two fascinating examples to compare and contrast are Australia and the Aboriginal Australians, and New…

The diverse architecture and landscape found in and around the antiquated community of Beechworth, a small town located in the northeastern part of Victoria, Australia is quite superb when compared to other places that offer so many natural wonders. One of the cities best features is that it is located in the colorful southeastern region of the country. In this part of the world, you will find an enormous mix of plush green rainforests, red sandy deserts, craggy ocean cliffs, emerald green…

the gold rush 146 Greeks migrated to Victoria to mine for gold. Some of these people moved back to Greece while others stayed in Victoria or moved to other places around Australia finding jobs in factories, local restaurants or cafes, hoping for a new life. Many Greeks also migrated to Australia after WWII when Australia introduced the post war migration policy. Greek Care (2015) estimated that the majority of Greeks came to Australia between 1945 and 1982. 0.42% of Australia’s Population are…

A consideration of diversity in policy-making should shift the current discourse of culture away from a deficit, behavioural change approach to a rights-based, structural determinant approach. Attention to diversity, thus, may support policy-makers in changing broader social processes and beliefs that presently constrain healthy public policy and maintain ethnic health inequities. There are two theories as to why Māori suffer from health inequalities; one being that Māori have inferior…

Australia day commemorates the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet on the 26th of January 1788. To some, it means the beginning of the dispossession of aborigines and the lost of their culture, but to others that was the birth of a great nation. This time of the year sparks many debates on whether Australia day should be celebrated or not. Chris Berg contends that the emergence of Australia as a great and powerful nation cannot be pinpointed to a certain date, nor is the 26th of…

The Great Mahele was the start of land divisions in Hawaii that started in 1848 created by King Kamehameha III. The foreigners came to Hawaii to gain land and to take over Hawaii. Land was very important to the foreigners because the land they got was used to start companies, sugar plantations, and to take over Hawaii. The foreigners also underwent a rule that states that land equalled to power (Potter, Kasdon, and Rayson). The Great Mahele benefited the foreigners because they easily got land…