{"product_id":"island-time-by-damon-salesa-9781988533537","title":"Island Time","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a fuller understanding of what life is really like on these shores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter all, Salesa argues, in many ways New Zealand's Pacific future has already happened. Setting a course through the \u003cem\u003eislands\u003c\/em\u003e of Pacific life in New Zealand - Otara, Tokoroa, Porirua, Oamaru and beyond - he charts a country becoming \u003cem\u003eeven more Pacific by the hour\u003c\/em\u003e. What would it mean, this far-sighted book asks, for New Zealand to recognise its Pacific talent and finally act like a Pacific nation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Bateman Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844309504236,"sku":"9781988533537","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27773323482895.jpg?v=1758833723","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/island-time-by-damon-salesa-9781988533537","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}