Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | 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
Me Anga Whakamua Facing the Future by Janet Hetaraka and Diane Stoppard
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
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
Victory at Gate Pa? The Battle of Pukehinahina 1894 by Mikaere, Buddy
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Victory at Gate Pā? examines, in exquisite detail, the historical background to the battle, the battle itself and the subsequent Battle of Te Ranga. The aftermath that saw 50,000 acres of prime land confiscated and a people driven into poverty and despair. The 29 April 1864 Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate ...Show more
Te Rā: The Maori Sail by Ariana Tikao; Mat Tait
24.90 NZD
Category: Maori History
Te Rā, which means the sail in te reo Māori, is the last remaining customary Māori sail in the world. Woven from harakeke more than 200 years ago, Te Rā has for many years been held in storage at the British Museum in London. In July 2023, our oldest taonga will once again be brought into the light as i ...Show more
Te Kooti's Last Foray by Ron Crosby
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
- Bold, brilliant interpretation of overlooked episode in New Zealand Wars - Crosby's hallmark clarity and detailed maps bring events to life - Teacher resource available. On 7 March 1870 the prophet and rebel Te Kooti swept out of Te Urewera to Opape, east of Opotiki, in what would be his last major ac ...Show more
Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People / Nga Koorero Tuku Iho o Nga Tuupuna by Jones Pei Te Hurinui
69.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
A paperback edition of the landmark, bi-lingual, book of the histories, genealogies, songs and chants of the Tainui people, descended from the occupants of the Tainui canoe, who arrived at and settled the area around Kaawhia harbour about 1300AD.
Te Arawa. A History of the Arawa People by Stafford, Don
98.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Published in 1967, "Te Arawa" was the major work by distinguished Rotorua historian, the late Don Stafford. This sumptuous new edition reproduces the complete history of the Arawa people from the arrival of Te Arawa canoe until the late nineteenth century, and includes a new foreword by Professor Paul T ...Show more
The Survival of Maori as a People: A Collection of Papers by Emeritus Professor Whatarangi Winiata by Whatarangi Winiata
65.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
This collection of twenty-five papers by Professor Whatarangi Winiata and co-authors given over the last forty years, comment on Maori spirituality, social development, education and political affairs. They cover Professor Winiata's experiences of and thinking about reengineering the working of the Hahi ...Show more
He Kupu Taurangi: Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand by Christopher Finlayson
60.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
As Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations from 2008 to 2017, Christopher Finlayson completed an unprecedented number of settlements with iwi. In 2012 alone, Parliament passed more Treaty legislation than it had over the previous twenty years. Christopher Finlayson gained unique insight into the el ...Show more
Wise Words of the Maori by Murdoch Riley
69.95 NZD
Category: Maori History
Revealing history and traditions by way of 4000 proverbs, and other expressions. Taken from the rich resources of Māori literature, legends and everyday life. Indexed under personal names, iwi (tribes), hapū (sub-tribes) and migratory canoes.
Mihaia - The Prophet Rua Kenana and his Community at Maungapohatu by Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin and Craig Wallace
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Rua Kenana was an extraordinary prophetic leader from the Urewera. Resisting threats to expel the Tühoe people from their ancestral lands, he established a remarkable communityat Maungapohatu, identifying himself as the ‘Míhaia’ or ‘Messiah’ for Túhoe. Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin and Craig Wallace re ...Show more
Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds by Anne Salmond
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes, and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remo ...Show more