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://www.starbulletin.com/specials/millennium/

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

Music Archive for the Pacific
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/sass/music/musicarchive/Archiv...

Music of the indigenous people of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the nations of the Pacific Islands. Resources on this site will be of interest to those conducting research and include articles about musical styles, musical instruments, audio examples, and a bibliography.

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."