Me Anga Whakamua Facing the Future by Janet Hetaraka and Diane Stoppard
5.00 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
Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa; Paora Tapihana (Foreword by)
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
One of the greatest books ever written about the peopling of the Pacific, Te Rangi Hiroa's masterpiece interweaves oral history, scholarship and personal reflections to recount the movements of seafarers from East Asia to the furthest corners of Polynesia. Out of print for many decades, Vikings of the S ...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
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
Ngatokimatawhaorua - The Biography of a Waka by Jeff Evans
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Ngatokimatawhaorua, the longest waka taua to be built in modern times, is a national taonga and resides at the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Harangi's dream to build seven waka for the 1940 centennial commemorations of the signing of the Treaty of Wai ...Show more
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave!: B Company 28th Maori Battalion 1939-1945 by Wira Gardiner
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa) focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in gove ...Show more
Victory at Gate Pa? The Battle of Pukehinahina 1894 by Mikaere, Buddy
40.00 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
Whispers of Waitaha : Traditions of a Nation by Peter & Makere Ruka Te Korako
58.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Whispers of Waitaha: traditions of a nation tells simply of the oral transfer of information from grandparent to grandchild. This transfer, allowing for the "moko", design and the "puna", pool, to hold onto not only the physical attributes of transfer, but for the grandchild to become aware of the great ...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
Tangata Whenua - A History [text-only edition] by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
50.00 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
Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes by Jeff Evans (Gaian Group, UC Berkeley College of Business)
48.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
This is the essential reference work to the traditions of Maori canoes that voyaged to New Zealand - including lists of the waka, names of crew members and vessels, karakia and waiata, and maps. A must for lovers of history, students of Maori and nautical enthusiasts.
When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
29.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more