Story: Samoans
Page 7 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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An immigrant nation - searching for paradise
Excerpts from a 1997 documentary profiling Pati 'Albert' Umaga, one of the first generation of New Zealand-born Samoans, on the NZ On Screen website.
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Children of the migration
A 2004 documentary about Pacific Island immigrants in New Zealand, on the NZ On Screen website.
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Daughters of the Pacific
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.
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Living Heritage – Fa'a Samoa
This is an excellent introduction to Samoan culture by Samoan students at Marcellin College.
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New Zealand in Samoa
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
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Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy, and Gabrielle Sisifo Makisi. Making our place: growing up PI in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.
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Lal, B. ‘Perspectives on ethnicity: old wine in new bottles.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 6, no. 2 (1983): 154–173.
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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.
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Mallon, Sean, and Pandora Fulimalo Pereira, eds. Pacific art Niu Sila: the Pacific dimension of New Zealand contemporary arts. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2002.
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New Zealand, an immigrant nation. Searching for paradise [videorecording]. Producer, Jennifer Bush. Wellington: Top Shelf Productions, 1994.
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Pitt, David, and Cluny Macpherson. Emerging pluralism: the Samoan community in New Zealand. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1974.
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The social & economic status of Pacific peoples in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, 1999.
