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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143204084
Bible and Treaty : Missionaries Among the Maori - a New Perspective
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Keith Newman
Published by:
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries among the Maori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand. It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and understanding, to the dramatic events that unfolded around the Treaty of Waitangi and the disillusionment that led to the Land Wars in the 1860s. While some missionaries clearly failed to live up to their high calling, the majority committed their lives to Maori and were instrumental in spreading Christianity, brokering peace between warring tribes, and promoting literacy - publishing, for instance, the first indigenous-language Bible in the Southern Hemisphere. This highly readable account, from the author of Ratana Revisited: An Unfinished Legacy (2006) and Ratana: ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869693213
A Well Written Body (poems and paintings)
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Poems by Karlo Mila (paintings by Delicia Sampero)
Published by:
Huia Publishers
A clever, modern and sensitive collection of poetry - a collaborative venture between artist (Delicia Sampero) and poet (Karlo Mila). After reading the first draft of the poems, Delicia envisaged a ten metre painting - a continuous allegory of hte black butterfly. As Delicia's paintings emerged, Karlo wrote new pieces inspired by the images. The book explores issues of desire and longing, identity and belonging, all with Karlo's refreshing honesty and wit.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780854671281
Maori place names explained:
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NZ$ 13.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Murdoch Riley
Published by:
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd
In this booklet are stories about eh early explorers, often captains of the founding canoes. They gave many names from incidents associated with their journeys, both mundane and supernatural.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869693077
The Beating Heart : A political and socio-economic history of Te Arawa
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NZ$ 60.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Vincent O'Malley & David Armstrong
Published by:
Huia Publishers
The Beating Heart details the determined efforts since the 1830s of Te Arawa tribes to work with the Crown and settlers to pursue a mutually advantageous relationship under the Treaty while at the same time maintaining their autonomy, culture, and control over their land and resources. While the ultimate outcomes were often calamitous for Te Arawa, the underlying theme of this book is highly positive. The tribes never ceased to struggle for a genuinely bicultural future. The book tells the story of the survival and resurgence of a dynamic people under circumstances that were often extreme and, as such, reflects the experiences of many other iwi in New Zealand today.
First Published December 2008.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869439538
Manu Haututu (Magpie Mischief)
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NZ$ 19.00 each
Paperback
Author:
June Peka (Illustrated by Jo Thapa)
Published by:
Scholastic New Zealand
Pop's vege garden is growing well until someone gives him a pet magpie - which wreaks havoc on Pop's prize veges! Pop's refusal to put the pesky magpie into a cage results in him ending up building a cage for his veges - and himself - instead!
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780854670178
Maori Legends Of Maui and Others
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NZ$ 13.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Alistair Campbell
Published by:
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877246104
Maori Myths & Legendary Tales
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
A.W. Reed (illus Dennis Turner)
Published by:
New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd
Drama, tragedy and humour relating to Maori Mythology.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582549579
Myths & Legends: The Gift of Stories from Our Cultures
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NZ$ 29.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Jillian Sullivan
Published by:
Prentice Hall New Zealand
Dop May 2007
softcover
Auckland
This book contains 28 myths selected from different cultures that make up our cultural heritage and have helped form our cultural identity. Included are Maori, Aboriginal, Greek, Celtic, Polynesian, Viking, Indian, Chinese and Japanese myths and legends. These will have particular appeal to young adults as they have been retold by Jillian Sullivan, a well-known writer of teenage fiction.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869694036
People of the Land : Images and Maori proverbs of Aoteroa New Zealand
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Hirini Moko &June Te Rina Mead
Published by:
Huia Publishers
He aha te mea nui o te Ao?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
What is most precious and important in this world?
It is people, it is people, it is people.
A collection of poignant pepeha (Maori proverbs) explained in English with images of Maori that embody the messages. This precious gift book opens doors to a Maori world for everyone who is interested in the wisdom, values and advice of past generations.
Hardback 116pp h180mm x w180mm illustrations with dust jacket
First published March 2010
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143203957
Ta Moko : The art of Maori Tattoo
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
D.R. Simmons
Published by:
Raupo (Penguin)
Ta Moko is an outstanding work of Maori scholarship.
The art of Maori tattoo has always been regarded with fascination, and this was one of the first comprehensive books on the subject.
The author,a former ethnologist with the Auckland Museum, provides an examination of Maori moko in all its aspects - its historical develpment, tribal variations, design principles and social significance.
In this illustrated study of male and female moko, the author draws on the records, journals and sketches of early European observers in New Zealand - explorers such as Cook, de Surville and du Fresne and later traders and missionaries. He relies, too, on visual sources, including the work of artists such as Earle, Angas, Robley, Lindauer and Goldie, to document the increasing standardisation, and eventual decline and disappearance of male moko in the nineteenth century.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781442517929
Tangata Whenua - Face to face
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NZ$ 37.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Terri Kessell
Published by:
Prentice Hall New Zealand
In this book – the second in the Tangata Whenua series – students will explore New Zealand’s past in the context of classical Maori culture and first contact with Europeans. These took place in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and had a strong influence on later events such as the Treaty of Waitangi. The events and consequences of these interactions form essential learning about New Zealand’s heritage and culture, both in the past and for the future. Students will gain a deeper understanding of New Zealand’s cultural dynamics.
Chapter headings
1 How did Maori see their World?
2 Classical culture and customs
3 First contact – 1642 to 1800
4 Massacre, missionaries and muskets
5 Seeking solutions – side by side
64pp, softcover
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780790004396
Te Hokowhitu a Tu : The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Christopher Pugsley
Published by:
Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd
1Te Hokowhitu a Tu1, into its second reprint, distinguished military historian Christopher Pugsley recounts the story of the Maori Pioneer Battalion for a new generation.
Drawing on rare archival material and previously unpublished diaries and letters, he not only tells the wider story of the Battalion’s military exploits but also gives a vivid account of daily life for soldiers on active service.
Illustrated with a large number of fascinating photographs, the book includes a complete list of soldiers who fought with the Battalion that will be of particular interest to their descendants.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869691783
Te Kete Kupu (Maori Dictionary)
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Various
Published by:
Huia Publishers
"At last! A dictionary completely in te reo Maori for children learning in te reo Maori. Te Kete Kupu is designed as a dictionary for young children (years 1-3). The head words are not followed by definitions but by sentences illustrating the different meanings and uses of each word. Brian Gunson's inspired illustrations encourage children to engage with the text.
This long-awaited resource will quickly become a part of the classroom literacy environment. Its purpose is to support literacy and language both for fluent speakers and for learners of te reo Maori. Te Kete Kupu can be used to help with spelling and with placement of tohuto (macrons) and to develop dictionary and research skills.
Children may also simply enjoy the activities and challenges it provides them with. The 304 words and the examples of their use in Te Kete Kupu have been selected from texts in te reo Maori published between 1990 and 2004 for children in ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869694227
The Graphologist's Apprentice
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Whiti Hereaka
Published by:
Huia Publishers
January is bored in her life, unhappy and friendless, and she is absorbed in a fantasy romance she has invented with a married man. Through an advertisement in a paper, January meets Mae, an elderly woman, who is a graphologist looking to pass on her knowledge. Mae teaches January graphology skills - how to learn about a person's character from their handwriting - and the two become friends, until Mae challenges January about her fantasy affair. Mae finds 'love letters' that January has written, but are supposedly from her lover. In fury, January retaliates by destroying Mae's life work.
All seems lost, but January seeks to win back her friend and begin building a new life.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869691790
Tirohia Kimihia : A Maori Learner Dictionary
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Ministry of Education
Published by:
Huia Publishers
A long-awaited dictionary with headwords, definitions, synonyms, and passives wholly in te reo Maori,
Tirohia Kimihia
will be welcomed by both fluent speakers and learners of te reo Maori. Teachers can use it to support literacy and language development for students aged 8-12 years. Students can use it to enrich their vocabulary, develop their dictionary and research skills, check spellings and meanings of words, or simply take pleasure in exploring words in te reo Maori.
Ko
Tirohia Kimihia
te papakupu tuatahi kua tuhia ki te reo Maori anake ma nga tamariki. He papakupu tenei ma nga akonga e 8-12 nga tau te pakeke, kei nga whakaakoranga reo Maori.
Neke atu i te rima tau te pukapuka nei e whakawhanaketia ana, a, e takea mai ana hoki i nga mahi rangahau.
Ahua 3500 nga kupu.
Paperback 304pp h220mm x w150mm 528g
Prizes: Shortlisted for Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Reference & Anthology Category ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780790000398
Bone Carving - out of print
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Stephen Myhre
Published by:
Penguin Books Ltd
Bone Carving is an old as civilisation itself. Even some of the oldest bone artefacts have decorative features that are clearly necessary for their functional nature. Showing that there have been complex cultural aspects to the carving of bone since the earliest times. In Bone Carving, Stephen Myhre has drawn with great sensitivity, on techniques and styles of carving from a wide range of Pacific cultures, particulary Maori. The result is a superbly practical handbook for anyone embarking upon this rapidly growing craft.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869505738
Collins Maori Phrasebook and Dictionary (revised edition 2006)
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NZ$ 27.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Patricia Turoa
Published by:
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
First published in 1990, and reprinted steadily ever since, the first edition of the
Collins Maori Phrasebook and Dictionary
was an inaugural Silver Premier New Zealand Bestseller, and has sold over 30,000 copies.
This revised edition includes an update of the original book to incorporate modern terms and useage, as well as providing a comprehensive and authoritative range of simple phrases for use in a variety of social and formal occasions.
Many New Zealanders have a smattering of Te Reo, but are shy of using it in case they make embarrassing errors or because they are afraid their limited vocabulary is insufficient. This book is the perfect stepping stone to greater confidence, with a useful pronunciation guide and helpful information about dialectal and regional differences. With an increasing interest in the Maori language, and the advent of Maori television, many more people are learning and speaking Maori, and this ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869400569
English/Maori-Maori/EnglishDictionary
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NZ$ 14.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Bruce Biggs
Published by:
Auckland University Press
This English-Maori and Maori-English dictionary has over 4000 entries in each section. It provides information on parts of speech; practical help with pronunciation of Maori words; and it relates to contemporary life by including words from English commonly used by today's Maori speakers.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877399411
Exploring Maori Values
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
John Patterson
Published by:
Dunmore Publishing Limited
This book, first published in 1992, offers Pakeha New Zealanders an insight into Maori thought and values and the basis for the sort of understanding and partnership that should exist between Pakeha and Maori. It also presents a new perspective from which long-held Pakeha values can be reassessed.
John Patterson attempts, as an investigative philosopher, to come to grips with personal, embedded limitations that inform any look into one world-view from the perspective of another. He demonstrates a high degree of empathy with and respect for Maori and the book offers a practical model for engagement with this culture and for greater mutual understanding.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869693046
First Hundred Words in Maori
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Huia
Published by:
Huia Publishers
Tired of boring and drab Maori language learning books? THIS book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright that will attract even beginner adult learners.
The book includes verbs, adjectives, opposites, numbers, colours, shapes, and many, many other vocabulary themes. A complete bilingual index of the vocabulary, with a pronunciation guide, is included in the last pages.
'Learn Maori with Huia' is an on-going series of books and resources to inspire and help anyone who is interested in learning Maori. You can go to the Huia website www.huia.co.nz and connect to a link where you can listen to a native Maori speaker to learn how to pronounce every Maori word correctly. You can also download picture puzzles and games for free. (available Oct06)
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877385001
Fishing Methods & Devices of the Maori
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Eldson Best
Published by:
Te Papa Press
Elsdon Best was New Zealand’s foremost writer on pre-European Mâori life. His books are a uniquely valuable record of traditional Mâori culture, social customs and beliefs. Without him, we would know little of the customs and traditions of these times.
Elsdon Best was a prolific recorder of pre-European Maori social life and material culture. His work established him as New Zealand's foremost ethnographer of Maori society.
Best based is research on rare first-hand knowledge, wide reading, informed study and discussion with Maori. His was a lifelong project underpinned by a belief that Maori were a people under threat of extinction, yet by the time of his death in 1931 Best's work had assumed new importance as it informed a Maori cultural renaissance.
Today, the Elsdon Best books are accepted as classic studies. They remain a uniquely valuable record of traditional Maori culture, social customs and beliefs.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143009931
Fun With Flax: 50 Projects for Beginners
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Mick Prendergast
Published by:
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
These 50 interesting and entertaining projects are designed to teach beginners the basic skills of the Maori craft of plaiting. Fun with Flax shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each project is described one step at a time with easy-to-follow line drawings and instructions. All are fun and will delight children and adults with their ingenuity, their beauty and the amusement they provide. This book is ideal for kohanga reo, playcentres, kindergartens, Maori crafts groups and New Zealand homes. It aims not only to teach the skills of plaiting to young New Zealanders but also to nurture a new generation of flaxworkers.
ISBN / ISSN:
9780473131159
He Iti, He Taonga - Taranaki Women Speak
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Kerensa Johnston (editor)
Published by:
bookreps
He Iti, He Taonga records the stories of ten Taranaki Maori women. Although the women differ in age, background and experiences, the common themes of family, community, land and the environment weave their stories together. This book contains a treasure of collective knowledge and wisdom which has been generously shared and recorded in the women’s own words.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780790010595
Ihenga : Te Haerenga Hou _ the evolution of Maori carving in the 20th century - out of print
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Lyonel Grant & Damian Skinner
Published by:
Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd
The Evolution of Maori Carving in the 20th Century
This project explores master carver Lyonel Grant’s carved meeting house, Ihenga, at Waiariki Polytechnic in Rotorua. It looks at the connection between customary and contemporary Maori art, and how Grant has built on his heritage as a customary carver in Ihenga, creating a dialogue through his carving about the development of Mäori art into the 21st century.
The book is both a history of Maori art and a study of one artist and a particular whare whakairo.
The carving of Ihenga is documented in words and photos – a valuable record of this creative process.
First published 2007.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143019459
Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou : Struggle Without End (Revised ed, 2004)
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NZ$ 40.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Ranginui Walker
Published by:
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
This is a revised edition of Dr Ranginui Walker's best-selling history of Aotearoa, New Zealand, from a Maori perspective, containing two new chapters covering the last decade and a half.
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Maori have been involved in an endless struggle for justice, equality and self-determination. In this book Dr Walker provides a uniquely Maori view, not only of the events of the past two centuries but beyond to the very origins of Maori people.
In this updated edition Dr Walker has added new chapters covering the years of 1990, the flowering of the Maori culture and the growth of Maori political and economic power. Recent issues such as the foreshore and seabed legislation, the hikoi and Don Brash’s Orewa speech are discussed.
First published 1990; this revised edition 2004.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869694234
King Potatau: An account of the life of Potatau Te Wherowhero
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Pei Te Harinui Jones
Published by:
Huia Publishers
This book details the background to the Kingitanga and also tells the story of the first king, Potatau Te Wherowhero. It details all the momentous events of Te Wherowhero's life from around 1775 to his death in 1860, including his status as Lord of the Waikato and the famous battles and conflicts with other tribes, his raising up as the First Maori King, and Mana Motuhake, the Maori Kingship, set apart as the symbol of the spiritual and cultural life of the Maori. Pei Te Hurinui's biography of King Potatau tells this story in a Maori voice employing waiata, poetry and whakapapa as well as prose text in English and English translations so that the book is accessible to both Maori language speakers and those with no knowledge of Maori.
About the author:
Pei Te Hurinui (1898-1976), Ngati Maniapoto leader, interpreter, land officer, writer, translator, genealogist, was bilingual and published extensively in both English and ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869694050
Maori and Parliament: Diverse Strategies and Compromises
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NZ$ 45.00 each
Paperback
Published by:
Huia Publishers
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869694029
Maori and the Environment : Kaitiaki
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NZ$ 55.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Rachael Selby, Pataka Moore & Malcolm Mulholland (editors)
Published by:
Huia Publishers
This collection of 19 articles discusses the impact of changes in Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environment due to factors such as climate change, pollution and degredation of waterways and land, pest control and environmental management policy. It highlights Maori perspectives on these issues and actions that Maori have taken to maintain and restore the environment. These contributions demonstrate that the relationship that Maori have with the environment through kaitiakitanga has sound environmental principles and provide a reminder of obligations for future generations of all New Zealanders. With local, regional and central government decisions about the environment continuing to be based on a least expensive option rather than on the most sustainable, the book suggests that Maori should take a lead role as active kaitiaki to promote sound principles in the wider community for the benefit of all.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143010883
Maori : A photographic and social history
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NZ$ 50.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Michael King
Published by:
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
Renowned historian Michael King (1945-2004) presents a comprehensive and searching documentary of Maori culture and society, and Maori-Pakeha contact, conflict and co-operation. From the earliest daguerreotype around 1852 to the strong protest images of the 1990s, King records and analyses changes and upheaval in the commentary that is always intelligent and objective. This book leaves the reader with not only a better understanding of the past but a challenge for the future.
This edition reprinted 2008
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780143010272
Maori Arts of the Gods
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Deidre Brown & Brian Brake (photos)
Published by:
Reed Publishing NZ Ltd
Traditional objects of great beauty, made of wood, bone, greenstone, feathers and fibre, are collected in this sumptuous pictorial guide to Maori art. Deidre Brown has selected the finest of Brain Brake's photo's and adds interesting and informed commentary on the Maori gods and legends that inspired these works.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780854670956
Maori Healing and Herbal
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NZ$ 100.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Murdoch Riley
Published by:
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd
This book sets before the reader a compilation of printed and manuscript information on the healing practices of the New Zealand Maori.
It does not claim to be complete, indeed this is impossible, and probably always was, given the secrecy surrounding the rituals, practices and healing methods of individual iwi and tribes. The noted ethnologist Elsdon Best acknowledged that even in his day, when discussion could be held with persons of great knowledge, only a mere fraction of understanding could be obtained by a non-Maori researcher of the philosophies of the learned tohunga of pre-Euroman times. Therefore, the first part of the book entitled "Maori Healing and Health Topics'' incomplete as it must be, is particularly valuable since it draws together all the available information on spiritual healing, then directs the reader to the relevant herbs.
The "Maori herbal remedies'' section includes over 200 plants, some not previously ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780854670147
Maori Songbook
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NZ$ 9.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Sam Freedman
Published by:
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd
Well ilustrated and pocket size.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877385070
Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Elsdon Best
Published by:
Te Papa Press
Elsdon Best was a prolific recorder of pre-European Maori social life and material culture. His work established him as New Zealand's foremost ethnographer of Maori society.
Best based is research on rare first-hand knowledge, wide reading, informed study and discussion with Maori. His was a lifelong project underpinned by a belief that Maori were a people under threat of extinction, yet by the time of his death in 1931 Best's work had assumed new importance as it informed a Maori cultural renaissance.
Today, the Elsdon Best books are accepted as classic studies. They remain a uniquely valuable record of traditional Maori culture, social customs and beliefs.
ISBN / ISSN:
9781869537395
Maori Tribes of New Zealand
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Te Ara online encyclopedia
Published by:
David Bateman Ltd
Designed for the visitors market this book combines great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history. Contributors include some of New Zealand's top historians.
A guide to the main Maori tribes written especially for visitors and students, combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history. Written by New Zealand's top Maori historians, this is a perfect compact guidebook to the tribes of New Zealand.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780854670932
Maori Vegetable Cooking
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NZ$ 13.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Murdoch Riley
Published by:
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd
ISBN / ISSN:
9780908912391
Mapihi Kahurangi: Illustrated Biographies from
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Various
Published by:
Auckland University Press
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780670045617
Mau Moko : The World of Maori Tattoo
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NZ$ 65.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Te Awekotuku Ngahuia with Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua & Rolinda Karapu (new photography Becky Nunes)
Published by:
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd.
Winner Montana Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award 2008
In the traditional Maori world, the moko, or facial or body tattoo, was a sign of great mana and status. Male warriors wore elaborate tattoos on their faces and bodies; women took more delicate chin tattoos. After almost dying out in the twentieth century, Maori tattooing is now experiencing a powerful revival, with many young Maori wearing the moko as a spectacular gesture of racial pride.
Mau Moko is probably the most magnificent book ever produced about the moko, from pre-European times to the present day. It examines the use of tattooing by traditional and contemporary Maori and links it to other aspects of Maori culture. Gender issues are considered along with tattooing techniques both old and new. The book features case studies of modern Maori who have made a personal decision to be tattooed; the role and status of the tattooers; exploitation of the moko in ...
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869532871
Natural World of the Maori : Revised Edition
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NZ$ 25.00 each
Paperback
Author:
Margaret Orbell
Published by:
David Bateman Ltd
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877242397
Ngai Tahu : A Migration History
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NZ$ 70.00 each
Hardback
Author:
Te Maire Tau & Athol Anderson (eds.)
Published by:
Bridget Williams Books
Te Maire Tau writes:
'I first came across the Carrington typescript in 1987 when, as an under-graduate, I was researching our tribe's history in the Alexander Turnbull Library. Reading the text, I was captured for the rest of the day. Besided the exhilaration that historians always feel on coming across an old and little known manuscript, the story that Carrington told read differently from the standard histories of Ngai Tahu written by nineteenth-century scholars. ...'
English journalist Hugh Carrington wrote a history of Ngai Tahu in the 1930s, drawing on the knowledge of Oaro elder Hariata Beaton-Morel and earlier scholars. This text has been framed and edited by Te Maire Tau and Atholl Anderson, creating a history of Ngai Tahu's migration from the Wellington region through to Rakiura. Complementary traditions, in particular those recorded by Thomas Green, are also included.
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9781877283987
Nga Kahui Pou : Launching a Maori Future
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author:
Mason Durie
Published by:
Huia Publishers
This substantial change in our society will have major implications for Maori and wider society.
Professor Durie discusses traditions and customs and addresses contemporary needs in order to build development strategies for the launch of the Maori population into the new millenium. This work also suggests models for the development of other indigenous peoples.
Professor Mason Durie (Rangitane, Ngati Kauwahata, Ngati Raukawa) is currently a professor of Maori research and development, and assistant vice-chancellor (Maori) at Massey University. He is one of New Zealand's most respected social policy experts. With a background in psychiatry spanning over thirty years, he has published widely both within New Zealand and internationally, mainly on the topics of health, education and models for indigenous self-determination.
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