Faces: People, Places, and Cultures articles from January 2001

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures archives from January 2001

Editor's Message.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Dear Reader, New Zealand lies about 1,200 miles southeast of Australia across a portion of the southwest Pacific Ocean called the Tasman Sea. The country, located midway between the equator and the South Pole, consists of two large...

New Zealand.(demographics, government, geography, and agriculture of New Zealand)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Location: New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 1,200 miles (1,930 km) southeast of Australia. Area: 103,747 square miles (268,704 square kilometers) Terrain: The two main islands of New Zealand are North...

Only in New Zealand.(Glowworm Caves, New Zealand)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Imagine for a moment that you are a Maori chief in New Zealand more than 100 years ago. Your name is Chief Tane Tinorau. You and your friend, Fred Mace, who is visiting from England, have decided to explore an underground limestone cave system...

Land of Variety.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... About 55 million years ago, New Zealand was part of the huge continent Gondwanaland. Then the earth's crust slowly drifted apart. Maori mythology says Maui, a demigod, sat in a canoe (South Island) and hauled up a fish (North Island) from the...

The Maori and the Pakeha.(New Zealand: history highlights, including discovery, colonization, Land Wars, etc.)
January 1, 2001... The Maori's first contact with the Pakeha (PAH-keh-hah), as the Maori call people of European descent, occurred in 1642 when a Dutch navigator tried to land in New Zealand before being turned back by Maori warriors. Nearly 130 years passed...

The Tree that Built New Zealand.(the kauri trees of New Zealand were harvested almost to extinction)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Meet Tane Mahuta, "Lord of the Forest." Named by the Maori people, Tane Mahuta is a giant among trees. More than 1,000 years old, it is one of the last surviving kauri (COE-ree) pines of New Zealand's North Island. Cousin to the California...

Grab Your Swannies & Jandals for a Cracker Day.(many words and names in New Zealand were influenced by Maori or British phrases)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Today the Maori account for about 10 percent of New Zealand's population, and some of their words are commonly used among all the people. For example, Maori ("belonging to this place") is what New Zealand's indigenous people are called today....

Living Above the Boiling Earth.(Rotorua, New Zealand, is located on a thermal zone that causes numerous geysers and hot springs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... You know immediately that something strange is going on in the city of Rotorua. The air smells like rotten eggs. Plumes of steam rise from road drains. Peculiar crusts of yellow, white, and red cover the rocks. Mud puddles bubble. Rocks burn...

School Days.(education in New Zealand)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A New Zealand Education School has a different meaning for students in New Zealand. Sure, it is still the place where kids go to learn. But subtle variations make going to school in New Zealand different from doing it anywhere else in the...

KiwiSport for Kids.(KiwiSport is a program that adapts adult sports for the use by school children)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... KiwiSport is one of New Zealand's greatest sporting success stories. Organized 12 years ago, it is now a regular activity in nine out of 10 primary and intermediate schools and has spread to youth clubs and churches as well. Its main goal is to...

An Interview with a Tattoo Artist.(Tricia Allen)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... Most scholars today believe the tradition of Polynesian tattoo originated in the ancient culture of the Polynesian people. One such scholar, Tricia Allen, is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Hawaii. She completed her...

Kiwi x 3.(Recipe)
January 1, 2001... Which of these statements is true? Kiwi... A bird that does not fly, has a long bill, no tail, and lives in New Zealand. Kiwi... A person who lives in New Zealand. Kiwi... A popular fruit. Give up? They are all true. A...

The Milford Track.(New Zealand hiking trail)
January 1, 2001... Finest Walk in the World Kiwis are a nation of hikers, and New Zealand is a hiker's paradise. Across the length and breadth of the North and South Islands, trekking paths abound. Whether a path is a 30-minute walk, or a six-day hike, a...

Amazing Creatures of New Zealand.
January 1, 2001... Giant wingless birds as tall as elephants, parrots that burrow beneath tree roots, exotic blue-green birds with bright red beaks, and lizards that can live for hundreds of years are some of the amazing creatures that have lived in New Zealand....

Searching for Heroes.(Short Story)
January 1, 2001... These are three stories of discovery. It began long ago. The Sky Father and the Earth Mother were in love, and they held each other very tightly. "We must do something," cried the children, who were sandwiched between them and had no...

Maori Superstar on the World Stage.(Kiri Te Kanawa)
January 1, 2001... The life story of Kiri Te Kanawa (KIH-ree TEH KAH-nah-wah) began n 1944 when she was born in Gisborne, North Island, and was adopted by Nell and Tom Te Kanawa. Both Kiri's biological father and Tom were Maori, while her biological mother and...

Letters.(Poem)
January 1, 2001... Friends They keep you warm on a winter day. They blow all of your sorrows away. They keep you company for a while. They make you laugh and smile. They lock your secrets in your heart. They are trustworthy from...

Books.(Review)
January 1, 2001... New Zealand by Roselynn Smelt This is another standout title in the publisher's Cultures of the World series. Attention to both Maori and Pakeha history and cultures is thorough. Brilliant color photographs complement the well-written...

Video.(videos on New Zealand)
January 1, 2001... New Zealand and the Islands of the South Pacific (Hello! From Around the World! series) produced by Patti & Roy Ernst and Karen Melynchuck The producers describe this video recording as an "interdisciplinary study of the culture of New...