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bullet World Surfari - was started by a schoolkid and visits a different country each month. See his visits to Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand
bullet South Pacific Travel Organiser
bullet Australia and Pacific maps
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bullet Pacific Countries and Pacific Flags - animated flags
bullet Languages of the Pacific

Pacific Island nations

bullet Aotearoa (New Zealand) - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
bullet The Heart of Polynesia - the Cook Islands
bullet The Official Kia Orana Website (Cook Islands) - Click on the  "Katakata" button for easier access to the rest of the site.
bullet Fiji - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Fiji Visitor Information
bullet Hawaii - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Hawaii 
bullet Marquesas - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Marshall Islands
bullet Nauru - Lonely Planet World Guide
bullet Nuie - Lonely Planet World Guide
bullet Peace Corps Kids World - Kiribati
bullet The Living Edens: Palau, Paradise of the Pacific
bullet Pitcairn Island Office
bullet Rapa Nui (Easter Island)  - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Easter Island Foundation and Easter Island Guidebook
bullet NOVA Online | Secrets of Easter Island
bullet Easter Island Virtual Tour
bullet Samoa  Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Samoa A to Z
bullet Fa'a Samoa - the Samoan way of life
bullet Siapo
bullet Tahiti  - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Tokelau
bullet Tonga - Polynesian Cultural Centre
bullet Tonga Experience - a tourism site with maps. information about geography, culture, climate.
bullet Tonga on the 'NET
bullet Tuvalu
bullet Vanuatu Visitor Information
bullet Wallis & Futuna - Lonely Planet World Guide

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Pasifika Patterns Make some Polynesian designs for tapa and siapo and learn about symmetry at the same time
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Survival on Niu Island It is 2170 and two kids have crashed. Can ancient knowledge help them survive.
bullet Pacific Adventure -  Web Trek (Jill Barrett, Many West SS, Qld.)
bullet Pacific Beat - Pacific News from Radio Australia. Includes Podcasts.
bullet Pacific Islands Report - News site from Hawaii
bullet TAGATA PASIFIKA | TV ONE - Watch online videos of some of the summer series of NZ TV program Tagata Pasifika. Click on the links in the box headed 'online videos' to access the video files.
bullet Pacific Island Flag Quiz
bullet Brookvale School Tongan Project
Learn all about Tongan from Tongan kids, check their Tongan-English Dictionary and find out what life is like for them in Australia. Email them.
bullet Samoan Dictionary

Navigate

bullet Wayfinders : a Pacific Odyssey
bullet The Wayfinder Game
bullet Vaka Taumako - The Art and Craft of a Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
bullet Polynesian Explorers: Packing a Waka 
bullet Canoe navigation - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
 

Read and view

bullet Pasifika - Digital legends  - Movie, sound or text versions.  Listen in English and a variety of Polynesian languages. Made by NZ students
bullet Oceania Mythology
bullet Pacific Lore - Share the stories of the Pacific Islands
bullet TKI - Maori Myths, Legends and Contemporary stories
bullet Skin Stories - the art and culture of Polynesian tattoo
bullet TKI - Pasifika - Hotshots - Student videos
 
 

Resources for Teaching

  
 
bullet Jane's Oceania
bullet AusAid information on Pacific Island countries
bullet ERO - The Achievement of Pacific Students_June 2006
bullet Paradise or Problem:Educating students from the Pacific Islands
bullet POP: A Handbook for Teachers of Pacific Island Children
bullet Glenala Students Report SARUA 2000
bullet Pacific Education - Ministry of Education NZ Research papers
bullet O le Tama Ma Lana A'oga, O le Tama Ma Lona Fa'asinomaga - Nurturing Positive Identity in Children. Final Research Report - NZ Ministry of Education

 
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Polynesian Dances  - Teaching progressions for some Maori and Samoan dances
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Pacific Stories - ABC/Film Australia : seven personal stories exploring key themes such as colonisation, land loss, cultural identity, and the future of unique cultures
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Team Up  Pasifika -

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Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies | NZETC

 

 


 

  
     

Updated March 2007