Daughters of the Pacific are a group of New
Zealand-born Pacific Islanders, most of whom have a
Samoan background. On this site they tell stories
of their search for identity.
This feature on the NZHistory.net website provides an overview of New Zealand's administration of Samoa from 1920 to 1962.
More suggestions and sources
Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy, and Gabrielle Sisifo
Makisi. Making our place: growing up PI in New
Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.
Lal, B. ‘Perspectives on ethnicity: old wine in
new bottles.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 6,
no. 2 (1983): 154–173.
Macpherson, Cluny, Paul Spoonley and Melani
Anae, eds. Tangata o te moana nui: the evolving
identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa/New
Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2001.
Mallon, Sean, and Pandora Fulimalo Pereira, eds.
Pacific art Niu Sila: the Pacific dimension of
New Zealand contemporary arts. Wellington: Te
Papa Press, 2002.
New Zealand, an immigrant nation. Searching
for paradise [videorecording]. Producer,
Jennifer Bush. Wellington: Top Shelf Productions,
1994.
Pitt, David, and Cluny Macpherson. Emerging
pluralism: the Samoan community in New
Zealand. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1974.
The social & economic status of Pacific
peoples in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry
of Pacific Island Affairs, 1999.