Introduction: Māori and the Pacific -- Part I. Tapa : Aotearoa in the Pacific Region -- Māori People in Pacific Spaces -- Pacific-Based Māori Writers -- Aotearoa-Based Māori Writers -- The Realm of Tapa -- Part II. Koura : The Pacific in Aotearoa -- Māori/Pasifika Collaborations -- "It's like that with us Māoris" : Māori Write Connections -- Manuhiri, Fānau : Pasifika Write Connections -- When Romeo Met Tusi : Disconnections -- The Realm of Koura -- Conclusion: E Kore Au e Ngaro -- Epilogue: A Time and a Place
Summary
Once Were Pacific considers how Maori and other Pacific peoples frame their connection to the ocean, to New Zealand, and to each other through various creative works. In this sustained treatment of the Maori diaspora, Maori scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville provides the first critical analysis of relationships between Indigenous and migrant communities in New Zealand
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Best First Book, 2012