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.
Where the People Sing: Green Land of the Maoris by John Lee Zimmerman
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Henare te Ua : In the Air by Henare Te Ua
$42.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Henare te Ua is well known and loved by radio listeners throughout New Zealand. During his radio career, Henare te Ua has met many Maori and Pakeha people who helped to shape our nation. His pen pictures of many of them add new dimensions from his perspective. Descended from heartland Maori stock, he sp ...Show more
Hawaiki - A new approach to Maori Tradition by Margaret Orbell
$55.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A History of St Joseph's Māori Girls College by Malcolm Mulholland; Sisters of our Lady of the Missions (New Zealand) Staff (Contribution by)
$42.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
This is the first comprehensive history of St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, the second oldest Māori boarding school, which was started by Sisters of Our Lady of the Mission in 1868. For 152 years, the college has been dedicated to nurturing the aspirations of young Māori women. Their teachings are grou ...Show more
Hinemoa: The Leapyear Partomime and Memories of Maoriland by Paul Peritas; Isaac Selby
$65.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Me Anga Whakamua Facing the Future by Janet Hetaraka and Diane Stoppard
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Explores the impact of the first encounters between Maori and Europeans through three essays by Tohunga Whakairo - Te Warihi Hetaraka, Professor Alison Jones and a voice of the next generation - Justice Hetaraka. " The question of where does Aotearoa sit with the past and how do we move forward is explo ...Show more
Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
‘This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.’ This stunning book examines how five interconnected car ...Show more
Wawata - Moon Dreaming by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life's lessons - a different face and a different energy for each day of the month. And with her changing light, new insights are revealed. This book gives us the chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people, who reach ...Show more
Some Chapters in the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha by W.L.T. Travers
$42.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Transcripts of conversations between the author and relatives of Te Rauparaha give the work a well-balanced framework and meticulous documentation of tribes, personalities and customs at the time of the coming of the White trader and whaler form a valuable record of a past era.
Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O’Connor
$59.99 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tūpuna of Te Tai Tokerau. ‘E kore e mōnehunehu te pūmahara ki ngā momo rangatira o neherā nā rātou nei i toro te nukuroa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa me Papa Tū a Nuku. Ko ngā tohu o ō rātou tapuwae i kākahutia ki runga i te mata o te whenua – he taonga, he tapu. ...Show more
Trick or Treaty? by Douglas Graham
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Records the Government's endeavours over the past 6 years to address long- standing grievances of Maori under the Treaty of Waitangi.