The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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Marketing Strategy 3. Summary 4. Reference 1. Introduction 1.1 Organisation & Product and Services Source: http://www.google.co.nz/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii ‘AM’ was built by CEO Kim in the middle of Elliott Street‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand‚ started to build its reputation since 2003. It is a Korean fashion style cloth shop and Kim named it ‘AM’ because the word literally means ‘identity’. And now it became one of the most popular Korean cloths shop in Auckland city. ‘Am’ mainly
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agreement between the British crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs and was also made to bring the two cultures together. Another reason was also because the Maori had wanted the British to protect them from other countries who had wanted to colonize in New Zealand. For the treaty signing to have taken place the treaty was written in English and was then translated to Maori by the missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward. Due to Henry Williams translating the treaty it has been a subject of debate as
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The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. When Paikea was born‚ she had a twin brother‚ but unfortunately her brother died along with her mother. Whale Rider was filmed in Whangara in New Zealand. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership. Firstly‚ tradition is expressed in the film when Koro was teaching the boys how to fight like warriors with a taiaha ‘The
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Whale Rider Analysis Most heroes are big strong men‚ or mythical creatures that have thousands of stories and tales written about them. This hero is an unlikely one‚ a small girl‚ from a small tribe‚ in a small village in New Zealand. Paikea is a small girl that is 13 years old‚ and is a direct descendant of Paikea‚ the original whale rider. On her journey to become the leader of the tribe‚ she comes across numerous amounts of challenges from her grandfather‚ Koro. In the Paikea tribe‚ only
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help the United States in the Vietnam War because they were there closest allies and Australia had to pay off debt when United States helped Australia in world war two. Also‚ Australia signed the ANZUS agreement in 1951‚ which included Australia‚ New Zealand and the United States to come help one
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Walker’s The Colour Purple and an article from New Zealand History Online called “The Treaty in Practice” that deals with the Treaty of Waitangi. The Tempest‚ written between 1610 and 1611‚ has a powerful political context as it was in the early years of the 17th century that the British colonization of the Americas began. The British had been exploring and colonizing foreign lands since the late 1400s‚ but the discovery of the Americas led to huge new frontiers‚ massive opportunities for trade‚
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Frederick “Fred” Cossom Hollows was a humanitarian and an ophthalmologist. He was born on 9 April 1929‚ in Dunedin‚ in New Zealand. In 1965‚ when he worked in Australia at The Prince of Wales Hospital he did the first successful cataract operation in the world. After this operation he became famous. From 1965-1992‚ Fred was Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. In 1981‚ he won the Advance Australia award of Aboriginal eye care. In 1985‚ he was a member
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on the beach by Stewart. The Piano is also a metaphor for not only Ada’s but others emotions. When it is not played it cannot “speak”. As it sits on the beach at the beginning of the film‚ nothing more than a piece of baggage. When Ada comes to New Zealand she is isolated and alone The
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formed a big part of how they learned to adapt. They were not too close to any other island and they had no contact with any water-craft. In the other hand‚ the Maori were a strong and bigger community. They were located on the northern part of New Zealand and they were involved in more war-like problems. Their climate was more crop-friendly so it made it easier for them to plant. Some Polynesian Island were colonized later in human
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