Table of Contents

PART 1. Introduction: the Identity Politics in Colonial New Zealand. 'Teach the body': Maori in Colonial New Zealand; Austrians (or Croats) in Colonial New Zealand. PART 2. Introduction: Spaces, Memories and Identity Construction; Narratives of Gumfields as a Home; Maori and Tarara on the Gumfields; After all I am partly Maori partly Croatian, but first of all I am a New Zealander: Maori-Croatian descendents; Visiting the Past: Kauri Gum Stories; Welcome to 'Our Place': Biculturalism in New Zealand. Conclusion. Bibliography.

About the Author

Senka Bozic-Vrbancic is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland. She completed her doctoral thesis on Maori-Croatian relationships in 2004. Her scholarly interests range widely, from the indigenous to migrant identity formations, the politics of representation, visual culture, diaspora, nationalisms and multiculturalisms, and addresses questions of globalization, home, belonging, community, and transnational connections. She published her work in peer reviewed international academic journals.