Author: Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1646140222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Imagine this: You're having an amazing family holiday, one where everyone is there and all 18 of you are squeezed into one house. All of sudden it's 4 o'clock in the morning and there's banging and yelling and screaming. The police are in the house pulling people out of bed ... Sofia is like most 12-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, "overstayers", and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia's diary entries, with illustrations throughout, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.
Dawn Raid
Author: Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1646140222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Imagine this: You're having an amazing family holiday, one where everyone is there and all 18 of you are squeezed into one house. All of sudden it's 4 o'clock in the morning and there's banging and yelling and screaming. The police are in the house pulling people out of bed ... Sofia is like most 12-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, "overstayers", and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia's diary entries, with illustrations throughout, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1646140222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Imagine this: You're having an amazing family holiday, one where everyone is there and all 18 of you are squeezed into one house. All of sudden it's 4 o'clock in the morning and there's banging and yelling and screaming. The police are in the house pulling people out of bed ... Sofia is like most 12-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, "overstayers", and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia's diary entries, with illustrations throughout, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.
Bastion Point
Author: Tania Kelly Roxborogh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775434795
Category : Ngāti Whātua (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
¿I¿m writing this by lamplight. That¿s right. Like Swiss Family Robinson or something. We¿re up here with no electricity or running water, while just across from us and down the road is the real world.¿ Erica Tito had the perfect summer holiday planned. Then her father decided the whole family would pack up and join the protestors at Bastion Point in Auckland. No way! Instead of spending dreamy summer days training Silver, her first-ever horse, Erica and her family have to camp in tents, without basics like running water and electricity. At first, everyone thinks the protest will be over quickly, but as weeks turn into months, it becomes clear that Erica will not be going home and, worse, may never see Silver again. Through Erica's heartfelt diary entries we learn about the daily lives of the protestors, listen in on grand speeches and fiery confrontations between the protestors, Nga ̄ti Wha ̄tua elders, police and politicians. And we witness the distressing eviction of the occupiers ¿ all seen through the eyes of a Maori girl previously unaware of race and land issues. My New Zealand Story is a series of vividly imagined accounts of life in the past ... making history come alive.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775434795
Category : Ngāti Whātua (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
¿I¿m writing this by lamplight. That¿s right. Like Swiss Family Robinson or something. We¿re up here with no electricity or running water, while just across from us and down the road is the real world.¿ Erica Tito had the perfect summer holiday planned. Then her father decided the whole family would pack up and join the protestors at Bastion Point in Auckland. No way! Instead of spending dreamy summer days training Silver, her first-ever horse, Erica and her family have to camp in tents, without basics like running water and electricity. At first, everyone thinks the protest will be over quickly, but as weeks turn into months, it becomes clear that Erica will not be going home and, worse, may never see Silver again. Through Erica's heartfelt diary entries we learn about the daily lives of the protestors, listen in on grand speeches and fiery confrontations between the protestors, Nga ̄ti Wha ̄tua elders, police and politicians. And we witness the distressing eviction of the occupiers ¿ all seen through the eyes of a Maori girl previously unaware of race and land issues. My New Zealand Story is a series of vividly imagined accounts of life in the past ... making history come alive.
My New Zealand Story
Author: Eva Wong Ng
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435778
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Set in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1942, in an area of the city known as Chinatown where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her worldthe closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775435778
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Set in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1942, in an area of the city known as Chinatown where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her worldthe closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
Author: Christina Thompson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596911271
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"A multilayered, highly informative and insightful book that blends memoir, historical and travel narrative-vivid and meticulously researched."--San Francisco Chronicle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596911271
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"A multilayered, highly informative and insightful book that blends memoir, historical and travel narrative-vivid and meticulously researched."--San Francisco Chronicle
The Penguin History of New Zealand
Author: Michael King
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459623754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459623754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.
Just This Once
Author: Rosalind James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988761902
Category : Businesswomen
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
An American businesswoman decides to have a New Zealand getaway, and once there, she has a fling with a rugby player.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988761902
Category : Businesswomen
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
An American businesswoman decides to have a New Zealand getaway, and once there, she has a fling with a rugby player.
My Nz Story: Stop the Tour
Author: Bill Nagelkerke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775437178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775437178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
My New Zealand Story: the Wahine Disaster
Author: Shirley Corlett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775436379
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
When Debbies grandmother gives her a copy of her forefathers old sea journal, she finds it fascinating. While Debbies own diary tells of 1960s school life and troubles with her friends, excerpts from the diary of 1841 tell of the hardships of life on an emigrant sailing ship. At home, sick with glandular fever, Debbie feels transported back in time. Is it the fever, or is her long-dead relative trying to tell her something? Following a trip to the South Island to visit relatives, Debbie boards the ferry to return home to Wellington. It is April 1968. The ferrys name is Wahine...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775436379
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
When Debbies grandmother gives her a copy of her forefathers old sea journal, she finds it fascinating. While Debbies own diary tells of 1960s school life and troubles with her friends, excerpts from the diary of 1841 tell of the hardships of life on an emigrant sailing ship. At home, sick with glandular fever, Debbie feels transported back in time. Is it the fever, or is her long-dead relative trying to tell her something? Following a trip to the South Island to visit relatives, Debbie boards the ferry to return home to Wellington. It is April 1968. The ferrys name is Wahine...
Harbour Bridge
Author: Philippa Werry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775431664
Category : Auckland (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"New title in My NZ Story series focusing on the building of the Auckland Harbour Bridge 1958-59"--Publisher information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775431664
Category : Auckland (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"New title in My NZ Story series focusing on the building of the Auckland Harbour Bridge 1958-59"--Publisher information.
Canterbury Quake
Author: Desna Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775431824
Category : Canterbury Earthquake, N.Z., 2010
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"Maddy is a typical 11-year-old girl living in Christchurch - her diary starts in early August with her desperate for a mobile phone, and talking about her best friend Laura, Glee and singing in the school choir, homework, teachers, her siblings ... And then the first earthquake hits on 4 September and her world changes"--Publisher information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775431824
Category : Canterbury Earthquake, N.Z., 2010
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"Maddy is a typical 11-year-old girl living in Christchurch - her diary starts in early August with her desperate for a mobile phone, and talking about her best friend Laura, Glee and singing in the school choir, homework, teachers, her siblings ... And then the first earthquake hits on 4 September and her world changes"--Publisher information.