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The Resource Being Pakeha : an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance, Michael King

Being Pakeha : an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance, Michael King

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Author
Summary
"Michael King, half Irish, a quarter Scottish and a quarter English - was born in New Zealand. He grew up in the Pakeha New Zealand of the 1940s and 1950s, in which Britain was Home, families were Christian and nuclear, and demonstrations, inflation and racial unrest were things that occurred abroad... Unlike most New Zealands, however, he became dramatically involved in the Maori renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s. He was forced to reassess his assumptions and Maori and Pakeha culture, and to examine his conscience and that of his country on racial issues. This book if the result of that reassessment, and the story behind his Maori histories, biographies and documentaries..."--Publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
214 pages
Note
Autobiography
Contents
  • Author's note -- Introduction: A view from the high ground -- 1. Immigrants -- 2. A New Zealand family -- 3. Gaps in the spectrum -- 4. Into history -- 5. Tangata whenua -- 6. Pursuit of Te Puea -- 7. Home thoughts from abroad -- 8. The climate changes -- 9. Being Pakeha
  • Appendices: 1: Taha Maori: things Pakeha ought to know ; 2: Sporting contacts with South Africa ; 3: Television and Maori topics ; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi)
Isbn
9780340382110
Instance
Label
Being Pakeha : an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance
Title
Being Pakeha
Title remainder
an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance
Statement of responsibility
Michael King
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Michael King, half Irish, a quarter Scottish and a quarter English - was born in New Zealand. He grew up in the Pakeha New Zealand of the 1940s and 1950s, in which Britain was Home, families were Christian and nuclear, and demonstrations, inflation and racial unrest were things that occurred abroad... Unlike most New Zealands, however, he became dramatically involved in the Maori renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s. He was forced to reassess his assumptions and Maori and Pakeha culture, and to examine his conscience and that of his country on racial issues. This book if the result of that reassessment, and the story behind his Maori histories, biographies and documentaries..."--Publisher description
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
NZNB
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1945-2004
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
King, Michael
Dewey number
993.10924
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
no index present
LC call number
DU109.K56
LC item number
A3 1985
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Michael
  • Maori (New Zealand people)
  • Historians
  • New Zealand
  • New Zealand
Label
Being Pakeha : an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance, Michael King
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Autobiography
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Author's note -- Introduction: A view from the high ground -- 1. Immigrants -- 2. A New Zealand family -- 3. Gaps in the spectrum -- 4. Into history -- 5. Tangata whenua -- 6. Pursuit of Te Puea -- 7. Home thoughts from abroad -- 8. The climate changes -- 9. Being Pakeha
  • Appendices: 1: Taha Maori: things Pakeha ought to know ; 2: Sporting contacts with South Africa ; 3: Television and Maori topics ; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi)
Control code
000004494624
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
214 pages
Governing access note
AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
Isbn
9780340382110
Lccn
86182153
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)16757367
Label
Being Pakeha : an encounter with New Zealand and the Maori renaissance, Michael King
Publication
Note
Autobiography
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Author's note -- Introduction: A view from the high ground -- 1. Immigrants -- 2. A New Zealand family -- 3. Gaps in the spectrum -- 4. Into history -- 5. Tangata whenua -- 6. Pursuit of Te Puea -- 7. Home thoughts from abroad -- 8. The climate changes -- 9. Being Pakeha
  • Appendices: 1: Taha Maori: things Pakeha ought to know ; 2: Sporting contacts with South Africa ; 3: Television and Maori topics ; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi)
Control code
000004494624
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
214 pages
Governing access note
AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
Isbn
9780340382110
Lccn
86182153
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)16757367

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