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.
Te Maiharoa and the Promised Land (First Edition) by Buddy Mikaere
$55.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. In 1877 the prophet Hipa Te Maiharoa led a heke from Arowhenua into the high country. After decades of land loss and unease at settler society’s influence on tikanga, Te Maiharoa looked to the mountains to land not included in Kemp’s Deed. When parliamentary petitions and legal challenges ...Show more
Nga Tupuna Ancestors by Various Authors
$16.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. A cartoon history of Maori in New Zealand and European immigrants to New Zealand. 78 pages drawn by 78 different New Zealand cartoonists.
Grown Settlement Offer: Consultation Document from the Ngai Tahu Negotiating Group: Five generations of Ngai Tahu men and women have grown old in the shadow of our tall trees
$18.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Te Karaka Special Edition. Leaflet summary and errata sheet included. In 1998 Ngāi Tahu settled historical grievances with the Crown. In accordance with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act, the Crown formally apologised, returned the tribal maunga Aoraki, and provided both cultural and eco ...Show more
Ki Te Whaiao: An Introduction to Maori Culture & Society (First Edition) by Tania Ka'ai, John Moorfield, Michale Reilly, Shoron Moseley
$75.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. Ki Te Whaiao : An Introduction to Maori Culture and Society, is intended for students of Maori studies at tertiary institutions. It is also aimed at several other audiences those Maori who want to know more about their own world, Pakeha living in this country, and people from overseas who w ...Show more
Ki Te Whaiao: An Introduction to Maori Culture & Society by Tania Ka'ai, John Moorfield, Michale Reilly, Shoron Moseley
$55.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: good
Secondhand. Ki Te Whaiao : An Introduction to Maori Culture and Society, is intended for students of Maori studies at tertiary institutions. It is also aimed at several other audiences those Maori who want to know more about their own world, Pakeha living in this country, and people from overseas who w ...Show more
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori by James Herries
$60.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture
Journalist James Herries Beattie recorded southern Māori history for almost fifty years and produced many popular books and pamphlets. Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori is his most important work. This significant resource, which is based on a major field project Beattie carried out for the Ota ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
$35.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu spe ...Show more
WAITANGI by Peter Shaw; Photography by Peter Hallett
$32.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Waitangi, the Treaty House and its environs, each year become the focus for New Zealanders' reflection about their nation's past and its future. It's Bay of Islands location has long been the subject of academic enquiry. Now, Peter Shaw has brought together the fruits of this research in a highly reada ...Show more
Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black
$45.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black’s new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Māori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapeka ...Show more
Hihita & Hoani : missionaries in Tuhoeland, Sunday 13 July-Friday 15 August 2008.
$21.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
This publication was produced on the occasion of the exhibition highlights Presbyterian missionaries and Tūhoe histories. Hihita & Hoani: Missionaries in Tuhoeland, celebrates the lives of two well-known Presbyterian missionaries to Tūhoe, Sister Annie Henry (Hihita) and Reverend John George Laughto ...Show more
Māori and Genetic Engineering by Fiona Cram, Leonie Pihama & Glenis Philip Barbara
$21.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A research to examine with Maori the issue genetic engineering across Food, Human health, and Biological diversity areas. Other Reports in this series: I. Maori and Genetic Engineering. II. Maori Provider Success: A Pilot Study. III. Meeting the Needs of Maori Victims of Crimes. IV. Maori and Scien ...Show more
Māori and science : three case studies by Fiona Cram
$21.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A research focuses on Maori views of science and technology. The report contains three case studies of Maori communities/groups who had had reasonably positive interactions with scientists. Other Reports in this series: I. Maori and Genetic Engineering. II. Maori Provider Success: A Pilot Study. II ...Show more