Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori world, 1880-1910 by Blackley Roger
75.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
Galleries of Maoriland introduces us to the many ways in which European colonists to New Zealand (called Pakeha by the indigenous Maori) discovered, created, propagated and romanticised the Maori world at the turn of the century summed up in a popular nickname describing New Zealand; Maoriland. It could ...Show more
Decoding Maori Cosmology by Laird Scranton
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
An exploration of New Zealand's Maori cosmology and how it relates to classic ancient symbolic traditions around the world - Shows how Maori myths, symbols, cosmological concepts, and words reflect symbolic elements found at G bekli Tepe in Turkey - Demonstrates parallels between the Maori cosmo ...Show more
Ko Taranaki Te Maunga (BWB Texts) by Rachel Buchanan
17.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
In 1881, colonial troops invaded the village of Parihaka on the Taranaki coast. In an attempt to quell the non-violent direct action taken by the community against land confiscations, the government sent over 1500 troops into the village. Many people were expelled, buildings destroyed, and chiefs Te Whi ...Show more
Te Hokowhitu A Tu - The Maori Pioneer Battalion In The First World War by Christopher Pugsley
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Some 2,227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders enlisted with the Maori Pioneer Battalion, providing an essential element in the New ...Show more
Ko Rongowhakaata: Ruku I Te Po, Ruku I Te Ao | The Story of Light and Shadow by Te Papa
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
This book is published to mark the opening of the Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow exhibition at Te Papa, which represents the culmination and breadth of Rongowhakaata history and whakaaro (considerations) and has the significant meeting house Te Hau ki Turanga as its central statement of ...Show more
Te Ao Hou: The New World 1820-1920 by Judith Binney; Vincent O¿Malley; Alan Ward
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Te Ao Hou: The New World takes up the increasingly complex history of Maori entwined with Pakeha newcomers from about 1830. As the new world unfolded, Maori independence was hotly contested; Maori held as tightly as they could to their authority over the land, while the Crown sought to loosen it. War br ...Show more
Jade Treasures of the Maori by Murdoch Riley
10.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: NZ Pocket Guides | Reading Level: very good
Migratory and other legends, working methods, the Hei Tiki, The Mere, Body Ornaments, Jade Varieties.
Glimpses of the Moriori World by Johan Bonnevie
11.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
When His Majesty?s brig the Chatham, under the command of Lieutenant Broughton, entered Kaingaroa Bay on 29th November 1791 it broke into a sealed world. In the beginning the Chatham Islands were only known to the birds, to the seals, and the whales, and all the creatures of the sea. Then came the peopl ...Show more
Wise Words of the Maori: Revealing History and Traditions by Murdoch Riley
44.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Over 4000 proverbs, aphorisms and other expressions from the rich resources of Maori literature, legends and everyday life. Indexed under personal names, iwi, hapu and migratory canoes.
Urban Maori: the Second Great Migration by Haami Bradford
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
The post-1945 migration to the cities by Maori transformed Aotearoa New Zealand forever. Exploring whatbeing Maori means today, bestselling author Bradford Haami looks back to the experience of the first migrants, and traces the development of an urban Maori identity overthe interceding years. Numerous ...Show more