Making our place
Subtitle: growing up PI in New Zealand
By: edited by Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop and Gabrielle Sisifo Makisi.
Contributors: Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy.; Makisi, Gabrielle Sisifo.; Pacific Vision International Conference (1999 : Auckland, N.Z.)
Publisher: Dunmore Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Palmerston North, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Pacific Islanders -- Cultural assimilation -- New Zealand.; Pacific Islanders -- New Zealand -- Biography.; Pacific Islanders -- New Zealand -- Social life and customs.; Pacific Islanders -- New Zealand -- Ethnic identity.; Pacific Islanders -- Migrations.; New Zealand -- Ethnic relations.; New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Growing up Pacific Islander in New Zealand
Description: Stories from New Zealand-born Pacific Island people who speak of their experiences growing up in this country, their personal journeys, changes they have seen, their pride in their Pacific Island enthnicity and the struggles they had to form their bi-cultural identity. Ideal reading "for all New Zealanders, especially those who value a strong and harmonious multicultural society"--Foreword.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Outgrowth of the Pacific Vision International Conference in Auckland in 1999.