New Zealand
The World Factbook: Background: :: The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and ...read more [Source: The World Factbook ] Wikipedia: New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/; Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fi...read more [Source: Wikipedia ]
Expertise (alphabetical order)
Apo APOROSA Research Fellow, Anthropology at University of Waikato, New ZealandKeywords: Cultural Studies , Development Studies , Diasporas , Education , Indigenous Epistemology , Post-Colonialism , Spirituality , Kava , Indigenous Substances/medicines , Identity
Apo APOROSA Research Fellow, Anthropology Department/School of Psychology at The University of Waikato, New ZealandKeywords: Development Studies , Education , Kava/Yaqona , Cognition , Health , Applied Anthropology , Community Development , Cultural Studies , Customary Law , Decolonisation
Petra Maria AUTIO Postdoctoral Fellow, Social and cultural anthropology at University of Helsinki, FinlandKeywords: Social Organization , Dance , Custom , Kinship , Narratives , Social Differentiation , Language Ideology , Migration , Resilience , Colonial Discourse
Niko BESNIER Professor, Anthropology at Universiteit van Amsterdam, NetherlandsKeywords: Gender , Sexuality , Globalization , Body Theory , Food and Nutrition , Sport , Morality , Christianity , Conflict , Economic Anthropology
Olivia BLYTH Other staff, Elam School of Fine Arts at University of Auckland, New Zealand
Agnes BRANDT Other staff at European Parliament, BelgiumKeywords: Agency , Biculturalism , Climate Change , Climate Policy , Feminism , Gender , Identity , Indigenous Epistemology , Inter-ethnic Relations , Relatedness
Luka Amber Leleiga BUNNIN PhD Student, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at University of Oxford, United KingdomKeywords: Anthropology Of Knowledge , Anti-colonial , Class, Race, Gender , Contemporary Pacific , Disability , Gender Violence , Indigeneity , Intergenerational Justice , Sexuality , Youth Activism
Domenica Gisella CALABRÒ Lecturer, Gender Studies at University of the South Pacific, FijiKeywords: Identity , Cultural Change , Social Change , Cultural Heritage , Sport , Gender , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Indigenous Epistemology , Indigenous Politics , Engaged Anthropology
Viola CARMILLA Independent researcher, ItalyKeywords: Cultural Change , Diasporas , Exchanges , Globalization , Life-cycle Exchanges , Literature , Migration , Post-Colonialism , Postcolonial Literatures , Power and Resistance
Ellen CARTER Postdoctoral Fellow, Département des langues at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, FranceKeywords: Crime Fiction , Cultural Studies , Creativity , Colonial Literature , Contemporary Literatures , French Overseas Territories , Literature , Postcolonial Literatures , Post-Colonialism
Philip CASS Senior Lecturer, Communication Studies at Unitec, New ZealandKeywords: Newspaper History , Mission Publishing , Language Policy , Development Media , Religion and the Media , Media And National Identity , Pacific Media , Middle East Media , Pacific Diasporic Media , Journalism
Valentin CLAVÉ-MERCIER PhD Student, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at University of Aberdeen, United KingdomKeywords: Colonialism , Decolonisation , Governance , Human-environment Relations , Indigeneity , Indigenous Political Movements , Indigenous Politics , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Modernity , Political Anthropology
Julien CLÉMENT Administrative staff, Departement de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement at Musée du quai Branly, FranceKeywords: Body Theory , Subaltern Bodies , Sport , Social Organization , Social Change , Ritual Studies , Religion And The Environment , Polynesian Chiefdoms , Political Anthropology , Perception
Aurélie CONDEVAUX Associate Professor, EIREST (Interdisciplinary Research Team on Tourism) at University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, FranceKeywords: Art , Cultural Heritage , Gender , Identity , Tourism , Politics , Citizenship , Democracy , Diasporas
Ian CONRICH Professor, Visual and Material Culture at University of Vienna, AustriaKeywords: Film Studies , Audiovisual and Media , Media And National Identity , Popular Culture , Post-Colonialism , Visual Anthropology , Material Culture , Museums , Multiculturalism , Anthropology of Tourism
Paul D'ARCY Associate Professor, Department of Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific at Australian National University, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change , Agency , Anthropology , Conflict Resolution , Coral Reefs , Cultural Geography , Development Studies , Fisheries , Food History , History
Michael Barry DAVIS Independent researcher, Sydney Environment Institute at Sydney University, AustraliaKeywords: Colonial Discourse , Colonial Imagination , Colonialism , Cultural Heritage , Cultural Studies , Environment , Ethics , Ethnographic Encounter , Fisheries , First Contacts
Brian DIETTRICH Lecturer, New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Eveline DÜRR Professor, Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GermanyKeywords: Anthropological Fieldwork , Anthropology of Ontology , Anthropology of Tourism , Colonial Discourse , Cultural Change , Eco-anthropology , Ethnographic Encounter , Globalization , Identity , Indigenous Mobility
Greg DVORAK Professor, Graduate School of Culture and Communication Studies at Waseda University, JapanKeywords: Post-Colonialism , Self-Determination , World War II , Art , Climate Change , Cultural Studies , Critical History , Commemoration , Gender , Sexuality
A. - [Chris]tina ENGELS-SCHWARZPAUL Professor, School of Art and Design at Auckland University of Technology - Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau, New ZealandKeywords: Architectural Anthropology , Audiovisual and Media , Performance , Possession , Post-Colonialism , Spatial Theory , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Indigenous Epistemology , Decolonisation , Exhibitions
Yannick FER Research Fellow, Groupe Sociétés religions laïcités at CNRS - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique, FranceKeywords: Christianity , Social Change , Politics , Emotions , Feeling of Belonging , French Overseas Territories , Migration , Morality , Religion , Institution
Patricia FIFITA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United StatesKeywords: Medical Anthropology , Ethnobotany , Indigenous Epistemology , Colonialism , Biomedicine , Gender , Non Communicable Diseases , Political Economy , Traditional Ecological Knowledge , Climate Change
Dylan GAFFNEY Assistant Professor, School of Archaeology at University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Michael GOLDSMITH Associate Professor, Anthropology Programme at University of Waikato, New ZealandKeywords: Christianisation , Christianity , Citizenship , Colonial Discourse , Democracy , Ethnographic Filmmaking , Governance , Intellectual Property Rights , Media And National Identity , Mission History
Matthew GRAVES Associate Professor, CREDO - Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie at Aix-Marseille University, FranceKeywords: Colonial Imagination , Commemoration , Democracy , Historical Consciousness , History , Identity , International Relationships , Politics , Memorial Diplomacy , Cultural Geography
Garrett HILLYER PhD Student, Department of History at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United StatesKeywords: Food and Nutrition , Food History , Global History , Globalization , Oceanic Historicities , Orality And Oral Traditions , Deep Past , Ethnographic History , Colonialism , Resistance
IATI IATI Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics at University of Otago, New ZealandKeywords: Corruption , Customary Law , Decolonisation , Democracy , Development , Foreign Policy , Governance , Globalization , Land Tenure , Politics
Takiora INGRAM Independent researcher, FRIENDS OF THE LAGOON/PACIFIC PLANNING &RESEARCH at Non-Government Organization, Cook IslandsKeywords: Climate Policy , Development , Gender Violence , Mining and its Discontents , Political Anthropology , Regional History , Seascape , Social Impact Analysis , Sustainable Tourism , World Heritage
Pefi KINGI PhD Student at Victoria University, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change Migration , Community Development , Decolonisation , Development , Ethics , Human Rights , Justice , Language , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) , Social Change
Lea Lani KINIKINI KAUVAKA Independent researcher, Pacific Community at EU PacTVET project, TongaKeywords: Resilience , Indigenous Knowledge , Forced Migration , Subaltern Bodies , Māui Genealogies , Body Theory , Coconut Oil , Race , Settlerhood
Krishna KOTRA Lecturer, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at The University of the South Pacific, VanuatuKeywords: Climate Change , Water , Water And Wastewater Treatment And Reuse , Pedagogy , Micro Plastcis , Ocean Acidification , Environment , Development , Migration , Dispossession
Florence LAMY PhD Student, CREDO - Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie at Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, EHESS, FranceKeywords: Cultural Heritage , Anthropological Field Records , Art , Body Theory , Conservation , Material Culture , Cultural Technology
Jacqueline LECKIE Associate Professor, Anthropology and Archaeology at University of Otago, New ZealandKeywords: Medical Anthropology , Colonialism , Migration , Agency , Diasporas , Ethnicity , Gender , History , Identity , Pacific Studies
Michael LIGALIGA Associate Professor, Intercultural Peacebuilding and Pacific Studies at Brigham Young University Hawaii, United StatesKeywords: Peace And Conflict, Indigenous Peacebuilding, Vābuilding, Decolonizing Pedagogy , Conflict , Conflict Management , Peace, Indigenous Peacebuilding,
Billie Jane LYTHBERG Research Fellow, Mira Szaszy Research Centre for Maori and Pacific Economic Development at University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Contemporary Indigenous Art , Cosmology , Cultural Heritage , Diasporas , Economic Anthropology , First Contacts , Local Nomenclature , Material Culture , Museums , Natural Resources
Payal Nandini MAHARAJ PhD Student, Social Sciences at The University of Queensland, AustraliaKeywords: , Colonialism , Cosmology , Gender , Global Health , Indigenous Knowledge , Medical Anthropology , Pacific Studies , Pacific Relational Hermeneutics , Transdisciplinarity
John Joseph MCCAFFERY Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland at Uniservices Consultancy Ltd, New ZealandKeywords: Education , Education Policy , Language Policy , Language Shift , Language-Culture-Cognition , Polynesian Languages , Pacific Studies , Language , Literacy , Bilingual/Immersion Education
Conal MCCARTHY Associate Professor, Museum and heritage studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandKeywords: Museums
Fiona Elisabeth MCCORMACK Senior Lecturer, Anthropology, School of Social Sciences at University of Waikato, New ZealandKeywords: Class , Conflict , Customary Law , Economic Anthropology , Economy and Finance , Environment , Fisheries , Globalization , Governance , Indigenous Politics
Catherine PELLINI PhD Student, CREDO - Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie at Aix-Marseille University, FranceKeywords: Contemporary Indigenous Art , Decolonisation , Feminism , Gender , Identity , Post-Colonialism , Urban , Visual Anthropology , Art , Biculturalism
Federica PIERISTÈ PhD Student, Dipartimento di Storia, Antropologia, Religioni SARAS at Sapienza Università di Roma, ItalyKeywords: Gastrocolonialism , Sovereignty , Sustainability , Local Ecological Knowledge , Indigenous Political Movements , Food and Nutrition , Decolonisation , Creativity
Mike POLTORAK Adjunct/associate Researcher, School of Anthropology and Conservation at University of Kent, United KingdomKeywords: Medical Anthropology , Visual Anthropology , Pacific Media , Intersubjectivity , Ilness Experience , Mental Illness , Global Health , Ethnographic Filmmaking , Engaged Anthropology
Dr Vaoiva PONTON Lecturer, Interprofessional Health Studies at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Lisa RENARD PhD Student, UMR 7367 Dynamiques européennes at Université de Strasbourg, FranceKeywords: Material Culture , Textiles / Fibre Arts , Exchanges , Museums , Property , Natural Resources , Mediation , Kinship , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , International Relationships
Catherine RIS Associate Professor, LARJE (Research Centre on Economics and Law) at University of New Caledonia, New CaledoniaKeywords: Development Studies , Education Policy , Employment , Ethnicity , French Overseas Territories , Population and Development , Public Policies , Social Justice Policy , Youth , Mining
Amiria SALMOND Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology at University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Anthropology of Ontology , Colonialism , Contemporary Indigenous Art , Cultural Transformation , Digital Resources , First Contacts , Intellectual Property Rights , Kinship , Law and Culture , Museums
Katherine SAMMLER Research Fellow, Marine Political Ecology at Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, GermanyKeywords: State , Spatial Theory , Social-ecological System , Social Studies of Knowledge , Social Movement , Political Ecology , Oceans , Natural Resources , Legal Geography , Interdisciplinarity
Rae SI'ILATA Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Critical History , Cultural Heritage , Cultural Transformation , Decolonisation , Decolonising Academia , Diasporas , Education , Indigeneity , Language Revitalization , Language Shift
Rachel SMITH Lecturer, Anthropology at University of Aberdeen, United KingdomKeywords: Economic Anthropology , Work , Life-cycle Exchanges , Kinship , Land Tenure , Labour Mobility , Christianity , Ritual And Religion , Local Economies , Kava/Yaqona
Ann SULLIVAN Associate Professor, Maori Studies, Te Wananga o Waipa at University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Cultural Studies , Democracy , Identity , Inter-ethnic Relations , Political Process , Post-Colonialism , Race / Racism , Self-Determination , Urban Identity , Urbanization
Serge TCHERKÉZOFF Professor emeritus, CREDO - Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie and ANU CAP CHL at Aix Marseille Uni+CNRS+EHESS--Australian Nat Uni, France
Katerina TEAIWA Senior Lecturer, HoD of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies at Australian National University, AustraliaKeywords: Phosphate , Dance , Mining and its Discontents , Landscape , Cultural Studies , Cultural Transformation , Resilience , Environment , Pacific Studies as Field of Study , Globalization
Hilke THODE-ARORA Curator, Oceania at Museum Fuenf Kontinente, GermanyKeywords: Colonial Imagination , Indigenous Agency , Inter-ethnic Relations , Heritage Management , Ethnicity , Cultural Change , Transnationalism , Women's Associations , Textiles / Fibre Arts , Museums
Nicholas THOMAS Professor, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Cambridge, United KingdomKeywords:
Suzanna TIAPULA Research Fellow, Ho'omaluhia, Hawai'i, International and Indigenous Division at Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, United StatesKeywords: Customary Law , Diasporas , Gender Violence , Health , Human Rights , Identity , Justice , Law and Culture , Mining , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
I'u TUAGALU Other staff, Learning Advisor at Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandKeywords: Cognitive Anthropology , First Contacts , Exchanges , Cosmology , Colonial Literature , Christianity , Christianisation , Myth , Personhood , Ritual Studies
Toon VAN MEIJL Professor, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies - Dept. of Anthropology and Development Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, NetherlandsKeywords: Anti-colonial , Climate Change , Colonial Discourse , Colonial Imagination , Corporations , Cultural Heritage , Identity , Indigenous Politics , Intellectual Property Rights , Land Dispute
Fanny Wonu VEYS Curator at National Museum of World Cultures, NetherlandsKeywords: Art , Exhibitions , First Contacts , Heritage , Indigenous Christianities , Material Culture , Mission History , Museums , Tapa , Visual Anthropology
Michael WALSH , Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University, United States
Heather YOUNG-LESLIE Associate Professor, Office of the Vice-President, Research at University of Alberta, CanadaKeywords: Biomedicine , Development , Gender , Health , Health Workers , Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) , Textiles / Fibre Arts , Body Theory , Mothering , Maternalisms
Dariusz ZDZIECH Adjunct/associate Researcher, President at Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Research Association, PolandKeywords: Christianisation , Citizenship , Coconut , Development , Food and Nutrition , First Contacts , Governance , History , Identity , Library
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Languages
List of languages More on Glottolog More on Ethnologue Recordings at Paradisec
Administrative Areas Auckland (Regional Council) Bay of Plenty (Regional Council) Canterbury (Regional Council) Chatham Islands (Territorial Authority) Gisborne (Regional Council) Hawke's Bay (Regional Council) Manawatu-Wanganui (Regional Council) Marlborough (Unitary Authority) Nelson (Unitary Authority) Northland (Regional Council) Otago (Regional Council) Southland (Regional Council) Taranaki (Regional Council) Waikato (Regional Council) Wellington (Regional Council) West Coast (Regional Council)
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