Description: "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international…

Description: Essays and personal narratives contributed by fifteen writers reflect upon the diversity and complexity of Asian experiences [in New Zealand], examine geographical, social and cultural locations and different perspectives in which Asia is actualised, embodied and imagined. Different ethnic and national groups are discussed, including Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Maori and Pakeha. - Publisher description

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Essays and personal narratives contributed by fifteen writers reflect upon the diversity and complexity of Asian experiences [in New Zealand], examine geographical, social and…

Description: What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes New Zealand complex, and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of things. In a post-Trump, post-Brexit world, easy slogans have taken the place of reasoning and reasonableness, empathy is in retreat, and intolerance is on the march. History tells us that this is never a good mix. In this engaging book, experts and thinkers direct their sharp analysis at these and other important issues. Written for university students, it will appeal to anyone interested in where we have come from and where we are headed. It's a book for active participants in Aotearoa New Zealand and in global society.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes New Zealand complex, and unique? And what creates…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "The task of living in modern New Zealand - and especially in modern Auckland - is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened. New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a fuller understanding of what life is really like on these shores. After all, Salesa argues, in many ways New Zealand's Pacific future has already happened. Setting a course through the 'islands' of Pacific life in New Zealand - Otara, Tokoroa, Porirua, Oamaru and beyond - he charts a country becoming 'even more Pacific by the hour'. What would it mean, this far-sighted book asks, for New Zealand to recognise its Pacific talent and finally act like a Pacific nation?"--Publisher's website.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "The task of living in modern New Zealand - and especially in modern Auckland - is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future…

Description: Social scientists connected to the Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington examine issues of New Zealand identity.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Social scientists connected to the Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington examine issues of New Zealand identity.

Description: "Early British settlement of New Zealand, and particularly systematic settlement, is seen through the eyes of ordinary people who came at the outset in the context of the circumstances and forces in Britain which shaped their emigration, their contributions upon arrival and whether their legacies and characteristics have endured - with an eye to the search for a separate identity for New Zealand today."--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Early British settlement of New Zealand, and particularly systematic settlement, is seen through the eyes of ordinary people who came at the outset in the context of the…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "This is a book about the art of early New Zealand advertising, before colour photography and TV changed the media landscape forever. With close to 750 images and 11 essays by respected commentators, it fills an important gap in our art history as the first dedicated and extensive collection of this rich material. But more than that, Promoting Prosperity is a celebration of the dreams and aspirations of early New Zealanders, and of our development as an emerging nation. It profiles many of the economic and social foundations that once made New Zealand the envy of the world; successes that offer an inspiring reminder that no challenge is too big to overcome and no opportunity beyond reach."--Dust jacket.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This is a book about the art of early New Zealand advertising, before colour photography and TV changed the media landscape forever. With close to 750 images and 11 essays…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "Delves into the archives to tell a very human story of New Zealand, a story that involves love, death, war, immigration, disaster, protest, defiance, censorship and hokey pokey"--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Delves into the archives to tell a very human story of New Zealand, a story that involves love, death, war, immigration, disaster, protest, defiance, censorship and hokey…

Description: "What does it mean to be a New Zealander? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of things. So often, easy slogans take the place of reasoning and reasonableness, empathy is in retreat, and intolerance is on the march. History tells us that this is never a good mix. In this engaging book, experts direct their sharp analysis at these and other important issues. Written for university students, it will appeal to anyone interested in where we have come from and where we are headed."--Publisher information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "What does it mean to be a New Zealander? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both…