Pacific Islanders and Health in the Print News Media

Description:

Pacific Islanders have faced discrimination in New Zealand particularly since the 1960s when members of communities, particularly from the Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue and Tonga began to be transplanted from their home nations to Aotearoa as cheap immigrant labour. Subsequently, the New Zealand vernacular has contained references to Pacific Islanders as 'overstayers', 'coconuts', 'bungas' and 'fre...

Display date:

2007

Location:

Cook Islands

Format:

Thesis

Collections:

ResearchCommons@Waikato

Publisher:

The University of Waikato

Content partner:

University of Waikato

Availability:

Not specified