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.
Mihaia: The Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Maungapohatu by Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin and Craig Wallace
$47.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Rua Kenana was an extraordinary prophetic leader from the Urewera. Resisting threats to expel the Tūhoe people from their ancestral lands, he established a remarkable community at Maungapohatu, identifying himself as the ‘Mīhaia’ or ‘Messiah’ for Tūhoe. Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin and C ...Show more
Maori Carving Illustrated (First Edition) by W. J. Phillipps
$37.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. First edition. Maori carving is the writing of a people who never needed a written language. All the national conceptions of ancestor respect and allegiance, man's struggle to choose between good and evil, love of children, pride, suffering and defiance are there to be read by the initiated ...Show more
Maori Rugby 1884-1979 by Arthur H. Carman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. An early attempt to record the part played in New Zealand Rugby by members of the Maori race. The author not only provides in chronological order the various matches, but also gives pen-portraits of some outstanding Maori footballers.
Rambles in New Zealand 1839 by John Carne Bidwill
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Ex-library. Few other early 19th centuries visitors can claim to have accomplished as much as John Carne Bidwill. Not only was he the first to ascend Mt. Tongariro, but also he was only the second European, after Rev. Chapman, to visit Lake Taupo, 'one of the most superb lakes in the world. ...Show more
Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language Under Siege in the 19th Century by Paul Moon
$42.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Secondhand. Ka ngaro te reo, ka ngaro taua, pera i te ngaro o te moa. If the language be lost, man will be lost, as dead as the moa. In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In Ka Ngaro Te Reo, Paul Moon traces the spira ...Show more
Moko; or Maori Tattooing by Horatio Gordon Robley
$325.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A full survey about Moko based on the author's observations and subsequent reading. In this fascinating book, Horatio Gordon Robley not only demonstrated and explained the art of Māori tattooing, he also wrote chapters on the dried tattooed heads or Mokomokai. This is a 1969 facsimile rep ...Show more
Traditional and Modern Music of the Maori by T. Barrow
$21.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Traditional And Modern Music of the Maori by T. Barrow. Maori music is Polynesian music. In its traditional and modern forms it is basically the same as that of Tahiti, Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, and there are many other Polynesian Islands which share a common culture. In former times there was ...Show more
Washday at the Pa by Ans Westra
$275.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. This is one of the withdrawn first issues of this controversial New Zealand publication. Shows 37,000 on publishing page, and 'A Bulletin For Schools' on front cover. It was later reprinted by Caxton Press. Controversy: Washday at the Pa was a school bulletin published in 1964 by the Educat ...Show more
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori by James Herries
$60.00 NZD
Category: 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: 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 ...Show more
Nga Tohu o Te Tiriti: Making a Mark, The signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi by Miria Simpson
$85.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A rare study of the Treaty of Waitangi, information on the signatories and witnesses. It gives the details of the names of the signatories, their marks and their portraits. In English and Maori.
WAITANGI by Peter Shaw; Photography by Peter Hallett
$32.50 NZD
Category: 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