This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence over the its islands and shore..
In an important contribution to the history of Aotearoa, Emeli Sione shares her family’s experiences of the Dawn Raids in 1970s Auckland. This highly personal story is followed by a summary of key fac..
Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of the crew on the Endeavour across the Pac..
'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.'
From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and respo..
Te Moana Nui a Kiwa is the great ocean continent. While it is common to understand ocean and seas as something that divides land, for those Indigenous to the Pacific or the Moana, it was traditionally..
`Dark Emu injects a profound authenticity into the conversation about how we Australians understand our continent ... [It is] essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what Australia once w..
'Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to belong to this continent.' - June Oscar
'No other current work has been able to so comprehensively..
"Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians." Prof Patrick Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at th..
This book provides a concise introduction to the history of South Polynesia during the period typically defined as the 'Middle Ages' by western historians, focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand, Rekohu (Ch..
A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill.
Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768, just over 250 years ago. The..
The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year
'Highlights a dizzying bur..