Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
This category deals with the Maori as they have written about themselves, or as they have been written about by scholars and storytellers. The latter is more numerous.
Folk-Tales of the Maori by A.A. Grace
$75.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race by George Grey
$1500.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. First published in London in 1854 under title: "Ko nga mahinga a nga tupuna Maori he mea kohikohi mai : Mythology and traditions of the New Zealanders" with Maori text only. An English translation was published in 1855 under title: Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the ...Show more
Apirana Turupa Ngata - Ana Tuhinga I Te Reo Maori by Wiremu Kaa (Editor); Jossie Mateohorere (Te Ohorere) Kaa (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
First published in 1996, Apirana Turupa Ngata: Āna tuhinga i te reo Maori is the collected writings in te reo Māori of Sir Apirana Ngata – Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician and scholar. ‘He tangata rongonui no Ngāti Porou. He tangata pūmau ki ngā tikanga o te ao Māori. Na āna mahi huahua i ...Show more
Mohi Turei - Ana Tuhinga I Roto I Te Reo Maori by Wiremu Kaa (Editor); Jossie Mateohorere (Te Ohorere) Kaa (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
First published in 1996, Mohi Turei: Āna tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is the collected writings in te reo Māori of Mohi Turei (circa 1830–1914), Ngāti Porou leader, scholar and Anglican minister.Mohi Turei is thought to have been born about 1830 and was brought up at Te Kautuku near Rangitukia in the W ...Show more
Nga Korero a Reweti Kohere Ma by Wiremu Kaa (Editor); Jossie Mateohorere (Te Ohorere) Kaa (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
First published in 1994, Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere mā is the collected writings in te reo Māori of Reweti Kohere (1871–1954) and his associates. Reweti Kohere was a prolific writer who contributed articles to publications such as Te Kopara, Te Toa Takitini, the Poverty Bay Herald and Te Ao Hou in both ...Show more
Ngaa Mahi Whakaari a Tiitokowaru by Ruka Broughton (Ng¿ Rauru
$40.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
First published in 1993, Ruka Alan Broughton’s book on Ngāti Ruanui leader Tiitokowaru is one of a small number of histories or biographies written in te reo Māori. Ngaa mahi whakaari a Tiitokowaru draws upon a wide range of Māori oral literature and is complemented by commentary and oral testimony pro ...Show more
Nanny Mihi's Harvest / Te Hauhake a Nanny Mihi by Melanie Drewery; Suzanne Simpson (Illustrator); Kanapu Rangitauira (Translator)
$21.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
The fourth in the new Nanny Mihi series extends the nature connection from 2022's Nanny Mihi's Medicine/Te Rongoa a Nanny Mihi, with a fully bilingual text about gardening (publishing ahead of Matariki 2024). When her mokopuna arrive for the spring school holidays, they are in time to help Nanny plant h ...Show more
Nga Kupenga a Nanny Rina by Qiane Matata-Sipu
$21.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
He kairaranga pūhara a Nanny Rina, ka taea te raranga i nga momo kupenga katoa! Ka patai ana tana mokopuna, a Haeata te Kapua, mo nga kupenga ka rarangahia hei powhiri i te tau hou, ka tohua e Nanny me pēhea te whai i nga whetū o Matariki hei arahi i tana mahi kupenga. He pūrakau whakamanawa tēnei, mo t ...Show more
Echoes from Hawaiki : The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments by Jennifer Cattermole
$50.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga pūoro ancestral musical traditions and instrument-playing techniques.In this thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated book, Jennifer Cattermole traces the origins and development of taonga pūoro, the stories they carry and how they connec ...Show more
Living in a Maori Village by A. W. Reed; Russel Clark
$32.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. First edition. A pictorial children's book providing a graphic and authentic picture of life in a Maori pa.
Games and Dances of the Māori : A guide book for teachers by Various
$15.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. A fascinating book that describes games and pastimes of the Maori people with vivid illustrations.