Cook Islands are a pacific country which has the series of 15 islands spread across a square the ocean, inhabited by Polynesians in a sub-tropical location (Spoonley, January 01 2014). The look of this island changed in late 1900’s where the islanders started migrating in drastic range. Different scholars have given different reasons for the population migration. Cook Islanders were mainly migrating to New Zealand and Australia for better life. Therefore there was a sweeping change in the population due to the alarming migration of people that has exaggerated the economy in a massive way. Due to the historical background the Islanders were easily able to migrate and from numerous points of view, it is less demanding to travel …show more content…
The public servants gradually decreased by 57 percent, the public sectors wages halved and most diplomatic missions of overseas were shut. There were two periods where there was a terrifying migration rate that were “firstly during 1970s when the airport opened in Rarotonga, making international travel easier and more affordable and secondly in 1996 after the recession when 1,600 public servants were made redundant”. As a result there was incredible skilled labor drained in the economy. There are more than 600 Fijians working in the Cook Islands (Vltchek, November 8 2008). This shows that the Cook Islands had to employ the workers from outer countries to work. There were many times when the population deterierated in a alarming way for instance on 2003 the population decline was due to the NZ$2.8 million pearl decline because of the unexpected disease broke out. Where the national debt remained at NZ$111 million in 2002-2003 and the cost of substantially exceeds the cost of the import than export. Moreover the income rate of the workers was very low and the communication, shipping, airlines and most merchandising was owned by smaller expatriate businessmen who kept the prices high but the cost of living was
...work else where especially during the boom in Upper Canada, living off as little as possible so they could provide for their families back home. This additional income and fewer amount of mouths to feed was a great benefit of having larger families back in the day. This was only up until the depression when out-migration became static as the islanders children began to return home with the lack of jobs across Canada. Population drastically increased throughout the thirties as more and more children returned home. This brought joy but also hardship as well to the families as they were forced to rely on only income generated from the harvest they could procure. To this day, the islands population continues to increase as more people flock to the province for its lust landscapes and sandy red beaches.
This caused a huge damages to the islander itself as well as to the vast ocean. For example, in the poem “Pohnpei Seringiring” the first stanza mentioned that the “sign of addiction from drinking too much sakau “include a drying of the skin”, “ darkening of the skin”, “loss of appetite”, “weight loss”, “feeling lethargic”, and “sleeping throughout the day”. (Kihleng 2008, 33) This is a indication explain the negative effect of overly drinking too much Sakau. Furthermore, this poem also pointed out that the islanders lush of “over planting Sakau for market” caused to damage their beautiful ocean by “choking the reef”. (Kihleng 2008, 33) This is a very important issues to the PACS108 course and to the pacific island because it explain the Pohnpei’s cultural value in a different perspective and that we get to understand more of their tradition and culture. In addition, the second issues that I noticed when reading My Urohs is the discrimination against islander on islanders. In the poem, “To Linda Rabon Torres”, the author talk about many stereotype people had about the chuukese, “one of those stealers, pugua chewers, heavy drinkers without any indoor plumbing?”. (Kihleng 2008, 3) And also the fact that a woman from Yigo, Guam fired her “.22-caliber rifle” into her
ROPER, B. S. 2005. Prosperity for all?: economic, social and political change in New Zealand since 1935, Southbank, Social Science Press.
History can significantly influence the ways in which a place, along with its community, evolves. Now considered postcolonial, not only are Hawaii and Antigua heavily defined by their colonial pasts, but they are also systematically forced into enduring the consequences of their unfavorable histories. Through their unconventionally enlightening essays, Jamaica Kincaid and Juliana Spahr offer compelling insights into how the same idea that exists as a tourist’s perception of paradise also exists as an unprofitable reality for the natives who are trapped in their pasts yet ironically labeled as independent. The lasting impacts of colonialism on the history of Antigua and Hawaii can be noted through their lasting subservience to their colonizing
78,086,081 people, domestic and internationally have gone to Hawai’i in 2015 (Historical Visitors). However, has anyone truly went past the beautiful scenic lands and Hawaiian culture to learn the origin of everything? Fittingly, this essay will go in-depth of the Polynesian culture that soon settled on the Hawaiian islands of today: identifying cultural norms, symbols, and values that influences their communication that encompasses the Hawaiian spirit tourist known to love. Lastly, a comparison of Hispanic culture and investigate qualities that are similar and different between the two cultures.
Island (some being sent back to their home country), as well as the harsh living
Jovik, Sonia P. and James O. Jovik. (1997). “History.” Atlas of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, p.408.
Hawaii is a top vacation destination by many tourists all over the world. When Hawaii comes to mind many people and different cultures imagine sandy beaches, warm, blue waters, lush green backdrops, Hula dancers in grass skirts with flowers in their hair and leis around their necks. These visual representations are iconic symbols of Hawaii and of what many have come to define as Hawaiian. These images and ideas painted by the visitor industry most often take place at the expense of the Hawaiians historic culture. These stereotypes conjured up by the tourist indus...
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
Hawai'i's rich culture and history started with the arrival of the Polynesians to the islands between 300-500 A.D. After settling they adapted to the islands and began to create a society. But hundreds of years later in 1778, the western world came to put a stop to the Hawaiians lives. Captain James Cook and his crew were the first to arrive, setting off a chain of events that rid the Hawaiians of their lifestyles. Christian missionaries banned tattoos and hula dancing, getting rid of the people's culture. Diseases brought from the west killed hundreds of civilians. Hunters, whalers, fur traders began ravishing the islands of its animals. In the nineteenth century sugar plantations were created, and the U.S. overthrew their queen and her kingdom, making Hawaii American territory. A naval base was soon set up in Honolulu, only to have it attacked, launching the U.S. into WWII. Years after the attack, Haw...
In the chronological, descriptive ethnography Nest in the Wind, Martha Ward described her experience on the rainy, Micronesian island of Pohnpei using both the concepts of anthropological research and personal, underlying realities of participant observation to convey a genuine depiction of the people of Pohnpei. Ward’s objective in writing Nest in the Wind was to document the concrete, specific events of Pohnpeian everyday life and traditions through decades of change. While informing the reader of the rich beliefs, practices, and legends circulated among the people of Pohnpei, the ethnography also documents the effects of the change itself: the island’s adaptation to the age of globalization and the survival of pre-colonial culture.
The Polynesian peoples have a lifestyle quite different than that of any other culture, as living on an island requires a level of flexible adaptability in order to cope with such a different, sometimes difficult environment. We see the way diverse cultures build their lives around their circumstances and how they respect them in their cultural myths and stories. The Polynesian legends emphasize the physical environment that they live in. They are quite different than any other region in the world, but the beauty and individuality of the Polynesian culture is prominent as seen in their mythology.
Roderick Nash. ISLAND CIVILIZATION A VISION FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY OF EARTH IN THE FOURTH MILLENNIUM. 2001. .
Located deep within the vast open waters of the South Pacific Ocean is a nation that is seemingly hidden to the rest of the world. The country of Vanuatu is a world within itself full of cultural diversities, geographical wonders and natural beauty that cannot compare to anywhere else in the world. The natives who inhabit the cluster of islands that make up the country of Vanuatu are proud of their heritage and have strong beliefs in their ways of life. With countless influences from other cultures, they have become their own breed of sorts. Their richness and cultural diversity is one of its main attraction to visitors, who can witness rituals and traditional ceremonies that are an integral part of modern life. Due to the natural boundaries, large open stretches of water, and the jungle and mountainous terrain, tourism is very low, leaving Vanuatu as one of the most untouched native areas remaining on Earth today. By taking a deeper look inside at what all it has to offer, Vanuatu is a county of the South Pacific rich in culture and local traditions that many may soon realize that they need to discover.
In 1,850 A.D. the population was decimated to mere 111 sick and starving islanders, and for some reason all of the trees were gone. It is believed that the Rapa Nui cut all the islands trees down to aid in the sculpting and production of the massive Moai statues. The declination of trees and overall island life is what escalated the islanders to start fighting each other. The inhabitants had spread out and made clans around the production of Moai, trying to make the largest possible statues they could to please the gods (Henriksen 1-2). Then the islands first documented discovery was made by the Dutch explorer Admiral Roggeveen on Easter Sunday in 1722, ergo the name Easter Island (Judd 2). The dis-covery of the island by the Europeans wasn’t a good thing this is where all of the horrible diseases came from, which made the already high death count rise even more, and as if that wasn’t enough this discovery helped Peruvian slave ships find the island and kidnap the inhabitants to sell into slave