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
Waitangi: A Living Treaty by Matthew Wright
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Maori and Pakeha that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reinte ...Show more
Speeches That Shaped New Zealand: 1814-1956 by Hugh Templeton; Ian Templeton; Josh Easby
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
This collection of 48 speeches tells the story of New Zealand’s development as a nation. Through the eyes and words of those at the heart of landmark events, you’ll learn how our country was shaped. They include declarations of war and peace, stirring orations that changed our social attitudes and visi ...Show more
Walter Callaway: A maori warrior of the Boer War by Mike Dwight
32.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Walter Callaway was among the first ever to fight abroad for New Zealand. Being Māori, he defied the British dictum of the day that “no natives could fight in a white man’s war.’ Brushing aside these bigoted attitudes, he excelled as a soldier in the harsh Southern African conditions and was eventually ...Show more
Tangata Whenua - A History [text-only edition] by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Māori past from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format. The authoritative text is drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History; the full text of the big hardback is ...Show more
Maori Carving - The Art of Recording Maori History by Malcolm Mulholland; Robyn Bargh
20.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
This photograph-rich book shows and describes the process of carving, covering the types of materials and tools used, the carving strokes and surface patterns and different regional styles. It shows the range of items carved from meeting houses to musical instruments, waka or canoes, storehouses, weapon ...Show more
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
99.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts the sweep of Māori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories.The story begins with the migration of a ...Show more
Maori Myth and Legend: Traditional Stories by A. W. Reed
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend - many of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic, bestselling book. Written with the general reader in mind, the stories range from the creation of the world to the coming of life, death and knowledge. They incor ...Show more
Te Puea - A Life by Michael King
40.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Te Puea Herangi, whom Professor John Pocock identified as 'possibly the most influential woman in our political history', wanted an honest biography of her turbulent life. Michael King has written such a book. He did so with the full support of Te Puea's tribe, Tainui, and of her surviving family and pr ...Show more
Te Ohaki Tapu: John Stuart Mill & Ngati Maniapoto by Maurice Ormsby
40.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
He Reo Tuku Iho - Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Maori by Awanui Te Huia
30.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
Reclaiming a language is a slow-burning process, both deeply personal and intricately connected to the socio-economic, historical and political conditions in which we live. In He Reo Tuku Iho: Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Māori, Awanui Te Huia focuses on the lived experiences of tangata whenua and explores ...Show more
Horouta by Rongowhakaata Halbert
125.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from Polynesia to the lands that stretch from East Cape to northern Hawke's Bay.Assembled through painstaking historical and genealogical research over more than 70 years by Rongowhakaata Halbert ...Show more