My First Words about Tikanga Māori by Stacey Morrison
21.00 NZD
Category: Children - Te Reo
Stacey Morrison has created an illustrated guide to Maori customs and practices for children (and adults), as a companion to her #1 bestselling My First Words in Maori. My First Words about Tikanga Maori is a guide to Maori customs, practices and ways of doing things, and to the special words we use whe ...Show more
Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill
45.00 NZD
Category: Māori - History
It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing ...Show more
Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry in English by Edited by: Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan
49.99 NZD
Category: Māori | Reading Level: very good
In this pioneering anthology, two leading Māori poets and scholars collect together many Māori poetic voices in English and let flow a wellspring of poetry. From revered established writers as well as exciting new voices, the poems in Puna Wai Kōrero offer a broad picture of Māori poetry in English. The ...Show more
The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori - Maori-English English-Maori by P M Ryan
60.00 NZD
Category: Māori | Reading Level: very good
This dictionary by P.M. Ryan, one of New Zealand's leading Maori-language scholars, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date available.This dictionary by P.M. Ryan, one of New Zealand's leading Maori-language scholars, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date available. Contains over 50,000 concise entr ...Show more
Know Your Maori Weaving by Murdoch Riley
14.00 NZD
Category: Māori
Mini format. Weaving was born of necessity. To keep the body warm, to clothe it; just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. Both processes also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes. This book describes briefly the traditional materials ...Show more
Illustrated Guide to Maori Art, An (2008 edition) by Terence Barrow
35.00 NZD
Category: Māori
DoP 2000, Auckland First published in 1984 178x248mm /104pp Softcover The arts of the Maori are among the most alluring and sophisticated of the Pacific peoples. They developed their skills through centuries of endeavour and craft experimentation, expressing religious and artistic ideas in wood, stone, ...Show more
Te Kai a te Rangatira - Leadership from the Maori World by Rawiri Tapiata (ed.); Renee Smith (ed.); Marcus Akuhata-Brown (ed.)
80.00 NZD
Category: Māori | Reading Level: near fine
‘Awe-inspiring collective wisdom and a snapshot into the current state of Maori leadership’ – this extraordinary book of interviews and photographs enriches our understanding of what it means to be a leader. In 2017 a group of rangatahi came together with the kaupapa of making a contribution to their co ...Show more
Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Maori-English Essentials by A.W. Reed
35.00 NZD
Category: Māori - Language
In compiling this dictionary A.W. Reed set out to entertain as well as educate. Its succinct entries encompass modern and traditional Māori language and customs, as do the fine illustrations by Roger Hart. These Māori to English definitions delve into a variety of associated meanings and derivations — ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
65.00 NZD
Category: Māori | Reading Level: near fine
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Māori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more
Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World by Ngahuia Murphy
37.00 NZD
Category: Māori - History
An Examination of Stories, Ceremonies and Practices Regarding Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World. Based on a Masters Thesis. Te Awa Atua is a ground-breaking study of menstruation in pre-colonial Māori society. Many early ethnographic accounts of menstrual rites were distorted beyond recognit ...Show more
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
Treasury Of Folklore - Seas And Rivers by Dee Dee Chainey, Willow Winsham
28.00 NZD
Category: Māori - Myths & Legends
Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe. Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash. This fascinating book covers English sailor superstitions and ...Show more