Beneath the waves of the south pacific, lays a land mass known to scientist as Zealandia, the land of which makes up New Zealand and New Caledonia. Zealandia spans 5 million square kilometers and is very vast. Zealandia broke off from the super continent Gondawana about 100 million years ago and has been hidden under the ocean for years. Only about six percent of zealandia shows to the world and that is known as New Zealand and New Caledonia. So why is Zealandia not considered a continent if it is so big? Well because Zealandia is underwater, as I previously said there is only six percent of the total mass showing to the world. “If you could pull the plug on the world’s oceans, then Zealandia would probably long ago have been recognized as
Ancient Hawaiian system have very stick laws, they call it Kapu. They think their Gods
The ocean takes up about 71 percent of the world, and, oddly enough, if someone can’t grasp how massive that is, it is also 1.3 billion cubic kilometers, holding over 99 percent of area that
In the colonization of Turtle Island (North America), the United States government policy set out to eliminate the Indigenous populations; in essence to “destroy all things Indian”.2 Indigenous Nations were to relocate to unknown lands and forced into an assimilation of the white man 's view of the world. The early American settlers were detrimental, and their process became exterminatory.3 Colonization exemplified by violent confrontations, deliberate massacres, and in some cases, total annihilations of a People.4 The culture of conquest was developed and practiced by Europeans well before they landed on Turtle Island and was perfected well before the fifteenth century.5 Taking land and imposing values and ways of life on the social landscape
The international factors include the geography, population, economy and the structure of international alliances. The interaction shaped by the governmental factors are the characteristics of the political and bureaucratic institutions are responsible for producing policy decisions. Finally, the local levels, the domestic societal interests in foreign policy outcomes from commercial interests to humanitarian and environmental public interests. Australia is more powerful than the largest of the Pacific islands. However, the islands’ reliance to Australia is the trade and aid which makes them particularly vulnerable to Australian foreign policy. New Zealand plays an important role in Australia’s relationship with the Pacific region. Social, political and economic wise, New Zealand has much in common with Australia and shares similar interests in stabling Pacific island
Hawaii, a tropical state known to many, and originally founded by the Polynesians, is a dream vacation spot for people around the world. It is full of beaches, volcanoes, and unique wildlife. Hawaii was announced the 50th state of the United States of America in 1959, however, was not always accessible to outsiders. The island has a rich history of cultural and political independence behind them before being annexed by the United States.. Imperialism has changed Hawaii for the worse due to the wrath of the United States infringing the indigenous culture.
The Annexation of Hawai’i to the United States occurred in 1898 and even at the time there was no agreement on causation, effect, or even on the useful nature of the legislation. Since the Annexation, Historians have attempted to recreate the situation into understandable terms for readers while also outlining their arguments for cause, effect, or use. As each generation enters with new sources and new perspectives, the understanding of the Annexation becomes less straight forward but also more informed.
A small archipelago off the northwest coast of Britsh Columbia is known as the “islands of the people.” This island is diverse in both land and sea environment. From the 1700’s when the first ship sailed off its coast and a captain logged about the existence, slow attentiveness was given to the island. Its abundance, in both natural resources physical environment, and its allure in the concealed Haida peoples, beckoned settlers to come to the island. Settlers would spark an era of prosperity and catastrophe for the native and environmental populations.
Since 1840 the Hawaiian Islands have been an escape to a tropical paradise for millions of tourists. People all over the world encounter alluring, romanticized pictures of Hawai'i's lush, tropical vegetation, exotic animals, beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, and fantastical women. This is the Hawai'i tourists know. This is the Hawai’i they visit. However, this Hawai'i is a state of mind, a corporate-produced image existing on the surface. More precisely, it is an aftermath of relentless colonization of the islands' native inhabitants by the United States. These native Hawaiians experience a completely different Hawai'i from the paradise tourists enjoy. No one makes this as clear as Haunani-Kay Trask, a native Hawaiian author. In her book, From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i and through her poetry in Light in the Crevice Never Seen, Trask provides an intimate account of the tourist industry's impact on native Hawaiian culture. She presents a negative perspective of the violence, pollution, commercial development, and cultural exploitation produced by the tourist industry. Trask unveils the cruel reality of suffering and struggling through a native Hawaiian discourse. Most of the world is unaware of this.
Manifest Destiny was the idea that the United States not only could, but was destined to stretch from coast to coast. The United States obtained many territories and pieces of land during the 19th century that led to the achievement of Manifest Destiny. After this accomplishment, the nation looked to expand beyond their current borders, so they settled on a collection of islands situated in a desirable location in the middle of the Pacific. These islands, known as Hawaii, would provide our country with an excellent advantage to aid our military, and they would also serve to strengthen our economy.
In the essay “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji,” the author Ellen Goodman claims that because of the influence of media, women in the Fiji islands have suffered eating disorders. As Goodman points out, before 1995, people believed their culture that big meant beautiful and bigger meant more beautiful in Fiji. And the Fijians were a reverse image of American culture. But after 1995, while American television came to the island, and it gradually entered their lives. Then the media made their belief totally changed, and they started to believe that fat is disgusting. And the Goodman shows her argument that due to the public media destroyed the culture of Fijian and caused a social issue about people were chasing to control their weight, but it also caused eating problem.
The Maori myth is a Polynesian story about the creation of the universe which according to Rosenberg was different from other creation myths because it begins with nothing and then progresses through a process of “nonbeing to thought to the creation of the universe and human beings” (351). Even though it may be different because it goes from “nonbeing to thought” instead of nothingness to a spoken word or action, it has many similarities to other creation myths in how it explains the origins of the Gods and how each one represents a natural event or aspect of nature and humanity. The myth begins with an “idea” that “was remembered” and then “became conscious” and then “a wish to create”, all of which created a “power to live and to grow, even in emptiness” (352). At this point there was still no being, only thought and desire which gives the idea that what is being addressed are the human attributes of feeling, sensing, desire and thought, this is where this story is different from other creation myths.
Gondwana was built of almost all of the landmass, nowadays found in southern hemisphere containing Africa, Australia, Antarctica, South America, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula and India subcontinent. The later two landmasses mentioned have moved into the northern hemisphere. Furthermore, Florida and most of Central America, southern Europe and much of south-central and southeastern Asia all were parts of Gondwana at different times (Cocks, et al., 2013). North China, South China, Tarim and Annamia might also have been primary parts of Gondwana during the latest Precambrian. Even the large continents of Baltica and Siberia were very close to the superterrane in Late Neoproterozoic and Early Palaeozoic times (Cocks, et al., 2013).
In the continent of Oceania, halfway between Australia and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, lies a group of 32 islands and a coral atoll straddling the equator. This country is named The Republic of Kiribati (pronounced kee-ree-bahs), or simply Kiribati. Kiribati is a unique country with intriguing customs and people. It comes from a European and Asian background but has developed a culture of its own with unique government, customs, history, religion, and more. Sadly, this country is one natural disaster away from losing everything and disappearing under the waves.
Vanuatu is a series of islands located of the coast of Australia-Oceania. Vanuatu is rich with resources. Their working on fixing their economy. They have a very interesting culture. The geography of this country is very intriguing.
The Treaty of Waitangi held many agreements and promises. It held many rights within it also. For the Crown, it granted the right to governorship, not sovereignty, over Maori land. But for Maori, there were many more rights for iwi and hapu that the Treaty contained. Maori were granted the right to full rangatiratanga of their lands, they had the right that the Crown would protect them from further invasion of their land and Maori were also given the same rights and privileges as British people. With the Treaty came many responsibilities to both the Crown and Maori. The Crown had a responsibility to govern the land, not possess the land, but merely guard it. In the Treaty of Waitangi the Crown granted Maori rangatiratanga over their lands, so the Crown had a responsibility to let Maori have chieftainship over their lands and taonga, and with that The Crown also had the responsibility to actively protect Maori and Taonga. The Queen, the Crown and all of Britain had a responsibility to honour the Treaty, in which th...