New Zealand

significant issue in modern day New Zealand for the Pasifika and Maori communities. Both communities are common statistics for many mental illnesses. The most significant implication that comes from mental illness is suicide. According to Oakley Browne (2006), pacific island people aged 16 to 24 are the most at risk ethnic group. This statement can be based on statistics given by the…

Short Summary Best friends and neighbors Tane and Rebecca have known each other for their entire lives. One night, while floating on their backs in the flooded Sunnyvale playground (affectionately referred to as “Sunnyvale Lake”), the creative-minded Tane catches sight of a shooting star, and has a wildly speculative idea about time travel. Though the brilliant (and college-level physics genius). Rebecca scoffs! at Tane’s silliness at trying to send a human back in time, the two come up with…

Polynesia Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people to inhabit the earth and spread over different countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and still is increasing today. In 1955, the population was 274,119 then by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022 then to the present we know as 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). The population each year increases from 3.8…

Freshwater management has been of major concern in New Zealand, particularly during the last two decades. There has been consistent decline in water quality and quantity in Canterbury during this time. Consequently, work has been made to improving the way water resources are managed. This report will discuss the consent conditions for the Lincoln University Dairy and Research Farms, consent number CRC143396, and how the consent is monitored. The Resource Management Act (1991), the Dairying Clean…

In the film Whale Rider the director Niki Caro shows how the cultural traditions can unite its people and create a sense of unity between the Maori people. The Maori people are a native culture that have been home to New Zealand for over three thousand years. They have a story that has been passed down generation after generation which is the story of Paikea. Paikea was a ancestor that left his homeland Hawaiki on the back of a whale. The filmmaker uses camera, sound and lighting techniques to…

Histories, Auckland, 2005. In this book, Belgrave explores the changes that have occurred in the last hundred and fifty years regarding Waitangi Tribunal claims, the role of the Waitangi Tribunal and the relationship between Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand. Belgrave sheds light on nuances of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal that are not commonly known. Belgrave provides evidence on various historical case studies to prove that attitudes towards the Treaty of Waitangi, and…

Polynesia triangle, little is known about their navigation skills (Evans 22). They are believed to have navigated through the deep, dangerous, and open waters of the Pacific before discovering and settling in the modern-day Hawaii, Marquesas Islands, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Eastern Australia. Technically, the Polynesia navigation is the navigation system that was used by the Polynesians in making their…

In the South Pacific Ocean, about 1,300 miles north of New Zealand, there is a country that is made of 300 islands and 540 islets. These islands combined form the republic of Fiji. Out of all 300 islands, only about 150 are inhabited by humans. The largest island is Viti Levu, also known as Great Fiji, and the capital is Suva. Fiji is a democratic country, with the government system set up very similar to the United States. Sports are also popular in Fiji, such as rugby and soccer. My goal…

New Zealand has seen the ban of cosmetics testing on animals. Isaac Davidson, reporter for the New Zealand Herald released an article on 31st March 2015, explaining the government’s decision to ban the use of animals for cosmetic research. The topic of animal testing is taken very seriously around the world, with the public of Britain protesting for decades and addressing their government to take the necessary steps to ban it. An example of this is the Lush cosmetics campaign, which took place…

I have always found my own cultural identity difficult to discuss. Bell’s discussion of a lack of a sense of cultural identity, the idea of no identity was a familiar feeling, at least initially (Bell, 147). This idea bothered me, in order to decipher my identity I looked to those of my ancestors. Cultural Identity exists, at least to me as an individual and a collective, in the present and the past. I was born in Australia, my father’s side has Scottish roots. Some statements from Bell’s…