Islands of New Zealand

Saipan is a small Island in the Pacific Ocean with about 65,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This is the least known territories of the United States with diverse cultures, year-round tropical weather, historical significance as well as natural beauty. As a point of fact, Saipan has fantastic facts as well as unique features since it is about 3 hours from Japan, 5 hours from Shanghai, China, 4 hours from Korea, 15 hours from…

colonization the formation of the western research and narrates the example of how research colonized the Maori people of New Zealand. Linda Tuhiwai Smith is an associate professor and Director of the International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education at the University of Auckland. Linda Tuhiwai Smith is the leading theorist on decolonization of Maori in New Zealand. Smith focuses her argument onto…

Throughout western governments there has been a focus on utilizing French philosopher Michael Foucault governmentality theory (Krasmann 2015). Foucault governmentality theory has been applied to various health conditions with regards to health promotion campaigns. In this essay I will be examining the key concepts around governmentality, whilst applying it to health issues related to smoking. Foucault governmentailty shades away from previously used government method of governing by virtue of…

Albany When we drove down to Albany it was about a 4.5 hour car ride south of Perth. The Longitude and Latitude of Albany is 35.0228° S, 117.8814° E. It is located on the tip of South West Australia. The car ride down had a lot of traffic on the Albany Highway which links Perth to Albany. But eventually when we passed the city there wasn’t as much. Along the ride I enjoyed the scenery of the farms with lovely animals such as horses and cows. Albany established itself as an important European…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

actions and protest of the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand. At the time of the tour in 1981 Sgt Willcox's view of the tour was either pro tour or anti-tour but instead preferring to stay neutral. He stated “I didn’t really associate myself on any side of the tour”. Rather later saying that the tour was inevitable due to everything being uncivilised. Also he found that the tour was ‘New Zealand's Baptism’ and because of this he felt like ‘We (New Zealand) grew up over the whole tour.…

On 13th Feb 2008 prime minister delivered his speech and apologized on behalf of all australians and saying that we are sorry for what we had done. This was a well known symbolic strategy that has a major impact on the Indigenous peoples. The main message of the speech was to apologize to the indigenous for all the mistreatment that they caused in the past and the effect that it had on them and their families. This was a way to try and remove barriers and build a better relationship and bring…

Anthony Robles is a former wrestler who won the 2010-11 NCAA individual wrestling championship in the 125-pound weight class while attending Arizona State Unviersity. In 2012, he released his book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion. During this time, he was also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Robles’ mother gave birth to him at the age of 16. Doctors were not prepared to find that he was born with only one leg. There was simply no medical…

limitations can cause this approach to fail. Strengths of Approach An asset-based, internally focused, relationship driven approach can grant power to South Asian immigrants to make changes that will benefit them. Once an individual immigrates to a new country, they can be required to adopt the mainstream beliefs and lifestyle of that region, which can lead them to experiencing deteriorations in health and well-being (Kobayashi, Prus, & Lin, 2008). The values and beliefs of South Asian…

On the 26th of January, 1788, the Eora people watched as the first fleet, a group of 11 ships carrying convicts and supplies landed in Sydney Cove. In 1818, the founding of the colony's 30th anniversary, the first official celebration for foundation day, as it was called, was held. The government ordered a 30-gun salute at Dawes Point. In 1837 the first running of the Australia Day regatta was held in Sydney Harbour. Happy with the success of the regatta, the organizers resolved to make it an…