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9781849290128

Achieving the Goals

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Author: Steve Packer & Carlos Aggio

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DoP December 2009, UK
152pp / 297x210mm
softcover

This report explores progress towards achieving good quality basic education for all. Section A describes briefly the composition and diversity of the Commonwealth before providing two short overviews on trends and significant advances in basic education across all of the countries of the Commonwealth. SEction B presents data for each Commonwealth country in graphical and diagrammatic form contrasting wherever possible, the state of basic education in 1999 with the latest available statistics.

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9780810868304

A to Z of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

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NZ$ 120.00 each

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Author: Max Quanchi

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DOP JULY 2009, USA
338pp
softcover

The long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were an exercise in logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. This ambitious and informative reference includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are cross-referenced entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading.

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9780956306005

Commonwealth Education Partnerships

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NZ$ 220.00 each

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Author: Various

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DoP November 2009, UK
384pp /297x210mm

Pacific content: Solomon Islands,Borneo

Commonwealth Education Partnerships is the essential overview of education in the Commonwealth. In 2009 in Malaysia, the Commonwealth will celebrate 50 years since its first ministerial conference on education.
The articles in this volume look at the education-related Millennium Development Goals and how far these have been achieved, and raise issues which will be addressed at the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in Malaysia in 2009.

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9398710978490

Darwin's Brave New World - DVD

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NZ$ 40.00 each

DVD Media

Author: ABC

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Release date December 2009
3 part DVD

In this three-part dramatised series, we meet the man, his family and the colleaques who supported him through years of illness, isolation, self-doubt and religious crisis. We gain a glimpse into the courage it took Darwin and other great thinkers to change the way they understood the world and their place in it.

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9781848420410

Death of Long Pig

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Author: Nigel Planer

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DoP July 2009, UK
Softcover

'Long Pig; A white man to be eaten' Here where the living eat the dead, the dead may eat the living too. Their spirits are all around us now, carved in the rock, in the shells, in the trunk of the Pandanu tree - Deep in the Polynesian islands of the Pacific Ocean, hungry spirits circle the homes of writer Robert Louis Stevenson and artist Paul Gauguin. The path to Stevenson's grave, his 'Road to Paradise', is complete; he can pass on anytime he likes. But, having spent thirty years in rigorous combat with the grim reaper, is he finally ready to concede defeat? His islander maid, Java is terrified his spirit will get waylaid on its journey back to Edinburgh and stay to devour her soul. Gauguin too, is ready - he has bought rum, arsenic and morphine for his suicide cocktail and is certain he's not long for this world. It seemed easy enough to avoid being arrested by the gendarme, but he'll be damned if ... more

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9780195336665

Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds

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NZ$ 170.00 each

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Author: Vanessa Agnew

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Dop 2009, UK
indent title
hardcover
263pp

Vanessa Agnew is the first since James Cook to take seriously the Royal Society's emphasis on the importance of playing music to natives as a way of soothing and rendering them receptive to their visitors. She gives detailed descriptions of chants and dances in the voyages of discovery in the South Seas, not just as pastimes and amusements but as deliberate elements of a colonial enterprise. To notice this has been Agnew's first triumph. To consider how native music contributes to a comparative critique of a national standard of music is her second. Thus 'earwitnessing' is conceived of in the same terms as Mary Louise Pratt's eyewitnessing, namely a far from disinterested aesthetic activity that has many colonial jobs to perform. That local musical scales were actually used in systems of racial classification I find a truly astounding fact. Agnew has taken the study of Pacific exploration ... more

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9780868407005

Fishes of the Open Ocean

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Author: Julian Pepperell

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DoP November Australia
Hardcover

The largest, swiftest, highest-leaping and most migratory fishes on the planet all live in the open ocean. Beautifully adapted to their world, they range from tiny drift fishes and slow plankton-straining whale sharks to high-energy, streamlined predators such as tunas and marlin. "Fishes of the Open Ocean", from Julian Pepperell, one of Australia's best-known marine biologists and world authority on oceanic fishes, is the first book to describe these fishes, their biology and the complex, often fragile world in which they live. This unique and strikingly designed guide covers not only tunas, marlin, swordfish and sharks, but many other more unusual species such as flying fishes, lancetfish, sunfish, fanfish and basking sharks. Distribution maps for all species, stunning original illustrations from renowned artist Guy Harvey and over 150 images from the world's leading underwater photographers ... more

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9780739134801

Food and Gender in Fiji

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Author: Sharyn Jones

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DoP August 2009, USA
222pp
Hardcover

"This book is an engaging and informative piece of work. Jones accomplishes what many of us would like to do: live and work within a close-knit community to gain greater insight into traditional behaviors and then examine how this information can be extrapolated and compared to the archaeological record. This ethnoarchaeological approach to understanding Fijian lifeways, particularly as it relates to subsistence strategies, will be a useful resource for anthropologists and archaeologists alike—not

just in the Pacific—but elsewhere in contexts where researchers are looking for novel ways to integrate human-environmental interactions across a diachronic spectrum."

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9780313344923

Food Culture in the Pacific Islands

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NZ$ 150.00 each

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Author: Roger Haden

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DOP 2009, USA
HARDCOVER"The Food Culture around the World" series offers individual volumes on a country or regional cuisine for which information is most in demand. These are ideal for country studies for student assignments and for enhancing a foodie's cultural knowledge. All are authored by food historians specializing in the country's or region's cuisine. Each volume is arranged topically or by group, with chapter essays that analyze the role food and food rituals play in the culture and society. All include the following chapters and enhancements: timeline; historical Overview; major foods and ingredients; cooking; typical meals; eating out; special occasions; diet and health; recipes; glossary; and, resource guide. For a complete listing of all titles in this series, go to our associated website.

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9780903850377

From Hook to Plate: The State of Marine Fisheries – A Commonwealth perspective

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NZ$ 52.00 each

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Author: Richard Bourne, Mark Collins

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DoP October 2009, UK
250x170mm / 244pp
Softcover

This book draws together the views of 24 contributors from across the Commonwealth on the state of marine capture fisheries. They confirm the assessments of both the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation that world fisheries are in very poor biological and economic health. They explain why fisheries are unsustainable and wasteful, and are unlikely to be able to meet the needs of the future without radical change. At greatest risk are the livelihoods of those who depend upon fisheries for their daily food and subsistence. Their vulnerability is increased and resilience further reduced by the threat of climate change.

Marine capture fisheries are not delivering what society needs and the authors collectively assert and establish that the greatest barriers are in the deficiencies of current fisheries governance and management arrangements. What is needed is a ... more

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9784486017929

Illustrated flora of ferns and fern -allies of south pacific islands

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NZ$ 250.00 each

Hardback

Author: Various

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DoP 2008, Japan
295pp
Hardcover
Japanese / English text

"The South Pacific Islands cover vast areas of the Pacific Ocean far from Japan and are composed of three large groups of islands: Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesia. These islands are often called the land of everlasting summer and paradise of the southern sea, and are known for their rich natural resources and unique biodiversity. Abundant species of ferns and fern allies occur in these regions. Every year since 1993, the South Pacific Fern Studies Group, continued to survey, observe, study and collect ferns in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and other pacific islands. This book is a result of those years of study.

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9782909407654

Keen Jila: Pacific Contemporary Art Treasures

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NZ$ 80.00 each

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Author: Emmanuel Kasarherou

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DoP - 2009, Nouvelle Caledonia
A-4 / 79pp
Softcover

The Facko collection at the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia is the only public collection focussing exclusively on Pacific contemporary art. This catalogue 'Keen Jila' is designed to reflect the progress achieved since the acquisition of the 26 pieces selected from the hundreds of outstanding pieces belonging to the collection.

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9780415775724

Pacific, The

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NZ$ 225.00 each

Hardback

Author: Donald B. Freeman

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DoP September 2009
272pp
Hardcover

Explores the Pacific Ocean's place in human history, drawing together its long and varied physical, economic, cultural and political history, from Prehistory through to the present day. The book draws on new research in a variety of areas, such as early Pacific migrations, impacts of European colonization, the effects of climate change, and current economic and political developments.

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9780864736178

Pacific Ways : Government and Politics in the Pacific Islands

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Stephen Levine (ed)

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This book provides a new and up-to-date look at the politics of Pacific Island countries and territories. When the South Pacific Forum held its first meeting in 1971 only seven member states participated - New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru and the Cook Islands. Today this organisation, now known as the Pacific Islands Forum and no longer confined to the 'South Pacific', includes 16 member states as well as a handful of associate member and observer member countries and organisations. At the same time, the literature on the politics of the Pacific Islands remains much slimmer than for other regions. This book redresses this balance by providing the kind of information for the Pacific that is readily available for nations in other parts of the globe. This volume provides expert chapters examining the politics of each Pacific Island state and territory, discussing its historical background and colonial experience, its ... more

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WHEREISCHART1

Po'o fe 'o iai Mo'o? (Where is the Gecko? Chart)

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Poster

Author: Donna Lou Kamu

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DOP October 2009, Apia
Chart A3

The Samoan edition of "Where is the Gecko"? Suitable for young children and Samoan language learners.

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9780739116685

Postcolonialism and Political Theory

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NZ$ 120.00 each

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Author: Nalini Persram

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DoP - 2008, USA
346pp
Softcover

Explores the intersection between the political and the postcolonial through an engagement with, critique of, and challenge to some of the restrictive tenets and frameworks of Western political and social thought.

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9780824832391

Sailors & Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples

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NZ$ 130.00 each

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Author: Alistair Cooper

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DoP January 2009, USA
256pp

Written by a senior scholar and master mariner, Sailors and Traders is the first comprehensive account of the maritime peoples of the Pacific. It focuses on the sailors who led the exploration and settlement of the islands and New Zealand and their seagoing descendants, providing along the way new material and unique observations on traditional and commercial seagoing against the background of major periods in Pacific history. The book begins by detailing the traditions of sailors, a group whose way of life sets them apart. Like all others who live and work at sea, Pacific mariners face the challenges of an often harsh environment, endure separation from their families for months at a time, revere their vessels, and share a singular attitude to risk and death.

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9780670073160

Sea of Dangers : Captain Cook and His Rivals

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Author: Geoffrey Blainey

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Dop 2009, Uk
softcover

Two ships set out in search of a missing continent: The St Jean-Baptiste, a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and The Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. Distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Just before Christmas 1769, the two captains were almost close enough to see one another - and yet they did not know of each other's existence. Both crews battled extreme hardships including scurvy, storms and loneliness; but they also experienced the euphoria of 'discovering' new lands, and the fascination of meeting peoples so different they may as well have come from separate worlds. This is the most revealing narrative so far written of Cook's astonishing voyage along the east coast of Australia. It also casts new light on the little-known voyage by Jean de Surville; Blainey argues that the Frenchman ... more

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9780715638781

Sugar: A Bittersweet History

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NZ$ 70.00 each

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Author: Elizabeth Abbott

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DoP December 2009, Australia
Hardcover

In "Sugar: A Bittersweet History" Elizabeth Abbott takes a spoonful of sugar and tells its astonishing story, from its origins in the South Pacific, to the way it transformed eating habits in the nineteenth century, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, and generated a brutal new form of slavery and colonial oppression in the developing world. Finally, she explains how sugary products like ice-cream started the fast food revolution in the early twentieth century and made eating on the run socially acceptable. Now sugar is the chief cause of North America's spike in type-2 diabetes and the single crop that has caused the greatest loss of biodiversity on the planet. It has come a long way since it graced Cardinal Wolsey's table in the form of elaborate castles and churches. Richly detailed, impeccably researched and beautifully written, "Sugar" is both a comprehensive history of a substance that ... more

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9781877385551

Tatau: Samoan tattooing

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Author: Mark Adams

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Mark Adams' renowned images document a great Polynesian art tradition. Samoan tattooing has flourished among Samoan migrants in New Zealand, stimulated major New Zealand artists, and inspired tattoo artists and communities worldwide. Through Adams' photography, Tatau tells the story of Sulu'ape Paulo II, the pre-eminent figure of modern Samoan tattooing. Paulo was a brilliantly innovative and often controversial man, who saw tatau as an art of international importance, and who was killed tragically in 1999. Tatau documents his practice, and that of other tufuga ta tatau (tattoo artists), in the contexts of Polynesian tattooing, Samoan migrant communities and New Zealand art. Tatau presents 100 full-colour plates of Adams' powerful and moving images. Documentary by nature, they also ask tough questions of this scene and its history. Accompanying the photographs are two essays and two interviews: Sean Mallon writes on the tufuga, Peter ... more

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