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Fast talking PI- By Selina Tusita Marsh. 2009
- "Fast Talking PI is a first 'singular, confident and musical' collection of poetry by Auckland writer and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh. 'Tusitala' means writer of tales, and Marsh here lives up to her name with stories of her life, her family and her community, her ancestry, her influences and her history. Using lush imagery and clear rhythms and repetitions to power it forward, Fast Talking PI is structured in three sections, 'Tusitala' (personal), 'Talkback' (political and historical) and 'Fast Talking PI' (already a classic). In poems such as 'Guys Like Gauguin' she writes as a 'calabash breaker', fighting back against historic injustices, but other poems explore the idea of the calabash as the honoured vessel for identity and story. A generous work that will thrill readers and a tremendous first book." (From Auckland University Press)
Community Information
- Ministry for Pacific Island Affairs Services Directory
A list of organisations that provide services for Pacific peoples. - Wellington City Council Pacific Community Directory
Contact information for community and church groups. - Wellington City Libraries Migrant Community Guide
Information pages available in Samoan, Tongan, Tokelauan, Fijian, Kiribati and Cook Islands.
Special days
Independence Days:
| Country: | Date |
|---|---|
| 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.
Useful websites
- EventPolynesia.com
For flags, news and events from around the Pacific. - Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
- Tagata Pasifika
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
For up to date facts and information about Pacific Islands.
Shelf help
| Subject: | Dewey No. |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Modelling diabetes | 616.462 TOB |
| 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 |
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