Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O’Connor
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
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
Turangawaewae - Identity and Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2nd Edition by Ella Kahu (Editor); Helen Dollery (Editor); Te Ra Moriarty (Editor); Richard Shaw (Editor)
60.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of ...Show more
Tangata Ngai Tahu / People of Ngai Tahu: Volume Two by Helen Brown & Michael Stevens
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present. The people in the book have contributed to their iwi, hapū and whānau in myriad ways: here ...Show more
He Puna Iti i te Ao Marama: A Little Spring in the World of Light by Pa Henare Tate (Ngati Manawa, Te Rarawa)
80.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
How to reconcile the deeply held Christian beliefs of Maori with the indigenous world view that they have inherited and are in many cases rediscovering? In Pa Henare's view, the traditional Christian message has fallen short of speaking intimately and powerfully to the Maori experience. Maori are crying ...Show more
Aotearoa Endless Sea: Our story told through the taonga of the National Maritime Museum by Frances Walsh
70.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
A BOOK FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WHO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE SEA. This year New Zealands National Maritime Museum will be in the thick of the action when the Americas Cup defence comes to Auckland. This beautiful book, photographed by Jane Ussher, surveys its collection and explores New Zealandmaritime histo ...Show more
Mana From Heaven: A Century of Maori Prophets in New Zealand by Elsmore, Bronwyn
43.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Te Kīngitanga: The People of the Māori King Movement by Angela Ballara (Introduction)
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: Dictionary of NZ Biography Ser.
Since the mid-1800's Te Kingitanga has been a force in New Zealand society. The Maori King movement combines spiritual and political elements which conserve the "turangawaewae" (standpoints) of the past with practical leadership in the contemporary Maori world. This collection of 14 biographies of leade ...Show more
Wars Without End: New Zealand's Land Wars - A Maori Perspective by Danny Keenan
40.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Māori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Māori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensified. For both sides, land ...Show more
The Treaty of Waitangi - 2nd Edition by Claudia Orange
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Claudia Orange's remarkable history was first published in 1987. Winning the Goodman Fielder Wattie Award, it went on to sell over 40,000 copies. Much that the book said was new to Pakeha - and even more surprising was the force with which Maoridom welcomed (and drove forward) the government's initiativ ...Show more
Maori Tribes of New Zealand by Te Ara
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
A guide to the main Maori tribes written especially for visitors and students, combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history. Written by New Zealand's top Maori historians, this is a perfect compact guidebook to the tribes of New Zealand.
Sharing the Cloak Te Korowai Atawhai by Pam Kopecky
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
“ ‘Sharing the Cloak’ is unique, in that it manages to blend historical fact with a deep and often moving personal narrative ... and also shines an excellent spotlight on the more intimate side of Maoridom; exploring the multiple issues of Tikanga, personal histories, contemporary issues such as the Tre ...Show more
Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War by Monty Soutar
89.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ's leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Maori Battalion. A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that wi ...Show more