New Zealand

Patricia Grace is one of New Zealand’s foremost Maori authors. Her novel Potiki displays many aspects of Maori culture. One important conflict in the novel is the different value money has between the tribe (the Tamihana family) and the dollarman. The different value that it has proves to be an important conflict in the novel as it conveys the message of the tribes independence without the large influence of money. This essay will discuss the different value of money by focussing on the…

Marger begins by emphasizing the history of migration by Asian people into the USA; he notes that there are two distinct parts. The first wave is said to have begun around the middle of the 19th century and was spearheaded by Chinese migrants (Marger 2008a: 248). Their movement reflected the neoclassical theory of migration where people’s movements are dictated by push-pull factors especially on an economic level (Castles and Miller 2003: 22). The United States provided opportunities for…

In the town of Pézenas, the history of Domains Paul Mas begins at Château Paul Mas in Conas hamlet. With the acquisition in Montagnac of the vineyard of Nicole and the organic vineyard Mas des Tannes, the Paul Mas domains were developing. Auguste Mas, the great-grandfather of Jean-Claude Mas (the current owner), bought in 1892 his first vineyards with the acquisition of 9 hectares of vines in the Mas de Bicq, close to Montagnac. His son Raymond bought in 1934 15 hectares to the Domaine…

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…

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…

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 behalf of the Board I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your significant contribution to Capecare over this past twelve months. The Board recognises this has been a particularly challenging period for the organisation as we faced unprecedented changes dictated largely by the aged care reforms and preparation for the successful three year reaccreditation audit. The steps that have been taken over the past year, under the strong leadership of your CEO Ms Krystal Laurentsch have…