Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. ...Show more
Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
Maori Made Easy Workbook 1/Kete 1 by Scotty Morrison
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy workbook series is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori language. While dictionaries list words a ...Show more
Maori Made Easy Workbook 4/Kete 4 by Scotty Morrison
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy workbook series is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori language. While dictionaries list words a ...Show more
Maori Made Easy Workbook 3/Kete 3 by Scotty Morrison
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy workbook series is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori language. While dictionaries list words a ...Show more
Maori Healing and Herbal. New Zealand Ethnobotanical Sourcebook by Murdoch Riley
119.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: near fine
A comprehensive study of the healing arts of the Maori from the time before contact with Europeans till the present. One section lists individual diseases and injuries in alphabetical order, describing traditional treatments and frequently referring to aspects of Maori astronomy and religion. The bulk o ...Show more
Te Puna Waiora - The Weavers of Te Kahui Whiritoi by Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku, Donna Campbell; Nathan Pōhio; Awhina Tamarapa
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
A stunning new book on the work of Aotearoa New Zealand’s senior Māori weavers. The story of Māori weaving is one of great skill, determination and survival. When colonisation threatened Māori society, the women continued to weave. When their taonga plant species were threatened, they advocated for thei ...Show more
Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists by Baye Riddell
70.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
This book is the first comprehensive overview of Māori claywork - its origins, its loss and its revival. Richly illustrated, it introduces readers to the practices of the five founders of Ngā Kaihanga Uku (the national clayworkers' collective) and surveys the work of the next generation.
He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival by Max Matenga, Moana Aroha Henry, Ruth Smith, David Jones, Wi Pere Mita, Amokura Panoho, Wenarata Tait-Kingi
70.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
"Mā tini, mā mano ka rangatira a kapa haka" Kapa haka flourishes through the efforts of many. Embrace the joy and wonder that is kapa haka through the experiences, people and triumphs of the past 24 festivals, and relive memories that will stir, ignite and uplift the soul. He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te ...Show more
Tikanga - An introduction to te Ao Maori by Keri Opai
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: near fine
An introduction to te ao Māori. The guide to understanding the Māori world from a 21st century point of view. The book we’ve all been needing for decades – a unique explanation of the world of Māoridom for Pakehā, and all others disconnected from the Māori world. Told with simple lucidity and great expe ...Show more
Marae - Te Tatau Pounamu: A Journey Around New Zealand's Meeting Houses by Muru Walters; Sam Walters; Robin Walters
65.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
A magnificent, prize-winning documentation of and tribute to New Zealand's wharenui, big and small. Bishop Muru Walters is a very well-known Anglican minister. He is also a master carver, poet, broadcaster and former Maori All Black. His son Robin is a photographer and filmmaker, who is director at Curi ...Show more
Know Your Maori Weaving by Murdoch Riley
12.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Weaving was born of necessity. To keep the body warm, to clothe it : Just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. Both processes also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes. Weaving of natural, organic materials has soothing ahd therapeutic ...Show more