Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Pasefika
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Community Information
- Wellington City Council Pacific Island communities
- Wellington City Libraries Migrant Community Guide
Information pages available in Samoan, Tongan, Tokelauan, Fijian, Kiribati and Cook Islands.
Special days
Independence Days:
Country: | Date |
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Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) | 1/1/1962 - celebrated June 1-3 |
Tonga (Emancipation Day) | June 4 |
Solomon Islands | July 7 |
Kiribati | July 12 |
Vanuatu | July 30 |
Tuvalu | October 1 |
Fiji | October 10 |
Niue | October 19 |
The Cook Islands celebrates Constitution Day on August 4th every year.
Shelf help
Subject: | Dewey No. |
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Art of the Pacific | 709.9 & 709.96 |
Finau pea ia malo | Score 780.58 FIN |
Learning Pacific Island languages | 499.4 |
Material in Pacific Island languages | 899.4 |
Pacific crafts | 745.50996 |
Pacific Islands guidebooks, description & travel | 919.593-919.69 |
Pacific Index of abbreviations and acronyms | 423.1 IVO |
Pacific Islanders living in NZ | 305.8994 |
Pacific Islands : an encyclopedia | 990 PAC |
Pacific Islands history, social life & customs, politics & government | 995.93-996.9 |
Pacific Islands literature : one hundred basic books | 990.016 DAY |
Pacific Islands statistics & economic progress | 319.31 |
Priorities for Maori & Pacific health | Ref 614.42 THO |
Tapa | 746.0454 |
Newspaper & magazine links
All our Pacific Island newspapers are held at Newtown Library only. Titles we hold include: Cook Island News, Samoana, and Tonga Chronicle (last 3 months), but papers may also be accessed online via Pressreader with your library card.
- Spasifik magazine (or in the catalogue)
- Fijilive
- Guam Pacific Daily News
- Honolulu Star Advertiser
- Niue News from the NZ Herald
- Papua New Guinea Post-Courier
- Samoa News
- Tokelau webdirectory
- Matangi Tonga
- Tuvalu Online
- The Contemporary Pacific
Covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
Useful websites
- Pacific & Polynesia events
For events, news and community notices from around the Pacific. - Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
- Tagata Pasifika
- South Pacific Organizer
Travel with South Pacific
Music
- Pacific Music Awards
This site contains information about the latest award winners as well as news from the world of contemporary Pacific music. - Dawn Raid
News and links and information from Auckland based Pacific Hip-hop label - Music archive for the Pacific, Southern Cross University
This site provides information about traditional music and instruments from Australasia and the Pacific.
Arts
- Victoria University Wellington, Pacific Studies
- University of Canterbury, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
- Tautai: Guiding Pacific arts
- Pacific tapa designs
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