Being Palangi : my Pacific journey / a memoir by Anthony Haas.

"Being Palangi tells of the ongoing development of New Zealand as a Pacific nation through the personal and professional experience of New Zealand born Anthony Haas. In this book Haas builds on the work of Dr Michael King about who New Zealanders are, where they have come from and what might affect their future. Haas reflects on the influence of his German Jewish heritage and the extent to which his focus was, in part, a rejection of Europe, Germany in particular. His father, Karl Haas, had been told by his father, Dr Ludwig Haas, leader of the German Democratic Party, to go away as far as he could. He foresaw the evils that were coming with the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. This memoir is about stories of people. It uses the interaction of five generations of the Haas and Tongan Afeaki family to show how peoples from different countries and cultures can work together and succeed in making a better place to live in, despite trials and tribulations"--Publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references.

First print English edition.