South Pacific History

Resources in this category:

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/

"This website contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have 'made their mark' on this country. It does not include people who are alive."

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Hawaii Looking Back
http://starbulletin.com/specials/millennium/

Short history of Hawai`i; originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1999.

New Zealand History
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/

Authored by the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand, this site includes annotated links organized by subject and a gallery of exhibitions on NZ history subjects.

Polynesian History and Origin
http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/polynesian.html

This website from PBS Online explores Polynesian history and how "Hawaiians, Tahitians, New Zealand and Cook Island Maori, and other Pacific Islanders have begun to reconstruct their ancient craft and sail them over the long seaways of the Pacific in order to rediscover their oceanic heritage."

Southern Cross University: Music Archive for the Pacific
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/arts/music/musicarchive/Archiv...

Music of the indigenous people of Australia (incl. Torres Strait), Papua New Guinea (incl. Bougainville), New Zealand as well as the nations of the Pacific Islands - Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, Hawaii, Nauru, New Caledonia, Rarotonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.? Resources on this site include general information articles about musical styles, audio examples, and a bibliography for further research.