Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a Maori tribe in New Zealand. This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at birth. However his twin sister, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), survives. At age 12, she enlists the help of her grandmother (...
A new author to me, I became aware of this novel when I saw that it had won Best Novel in theNgaio Marsh Awards2023 (an award made for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novel written by a New Zealand citizen or resident, published in New Zealand during the previous year). Life’...
predominantly European, settlers) in New Zealand and around 120–150,000 Māori. However, the Treaty did little to protect Māori from the worst effects of colonisation. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Pākehā population outnumbered...
New Zealand's Taika Waititi, who is half Maori, is an actor, comedian, and writer, who directed the vampire mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows," "Hunt for the Wilderpeople," and "Thor: Ragnarok." He won an Oscar in 2020 for best adapted screenplay for "Jojo Rabbit," a tale o...
You have a slightly sheepish pride in the success of the New Zealand film industry. You're familiar with Came a Hot Friday, Once Were Warriors, The Piano, Bad Taste, Heavenly Creatures, Goodbye Pork Pie, Sleeping Dogs, and The Navigator. Privatization of the public health service is absolu...
New Zealand's Taika Waititi, who is half Maori, is an actor, comedian, and writer, who directed the vampire mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows," "Hunt for the Wilderpeople," and "Thor: Ragnarok." He won an Oscar in 2020 for best adapted screenplay for "Jojo Rabbit," a tale ...
The wētā derives its name from the indigenous Maori language, meaning "god of ugly things." It is endemic to New Zealand. Because the nation was void of mammals for an extended period, the wētā could evolve to a rodentlike size, though the introduction of actual rodents to the island ...
By boat New Zealand Maori arrived Pristine, survival easily contrived ‘Til extinctions, shortage, then conflict Fortified living, as pleasures constrict. Intelligent discourse to the fore Agreed rules to solve, stop war No-take zones, reserves, closed seasons ...
将“new zealand"翻译成克罗地亚文 novi zeland, Novi Zeland是“new zealand"到 克罗地亚文 的最佳翻译。 译文示例:The whole population of New Zealand is 3,410,000, and one seventh of it are the Maori people. ↔ Ukupno stanovništvo Novog Zelanda iznosi 3,410,000, a jedna sedmina su...
Poetry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 14—four poems from 'Puna Wai Korero' Four poems from 'Puna Wai Korero--an anthology of Maori poetry in English' The launching in Auckland this week of a major anthology of Maori poetry (in English) is cause for celebration and, hopefully, vigorous discussion...