75.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture
| Reading Level: very good
This is the fourth and last volume of a new edition of a classic work, the annotated collection of waiata made by a distinguished Maori leader and scholar and previously published by the Polynesian Society with English translations of the first three volumes by Pei Te Hurinui Jones. The waiata in this v
This is the fourth and last volume of a new edition of a classic work, the annotated collection of waiata made by a distinguished Maori leader and scholar and previously published by the Polynesian Society with English translations of the first three volumes by Pei Te Hurinui Jones. The waiata in this volume were not translated originally and completely new translations by distinguished Maori scholar Hirini Mead are published here for the first time. Mead’s translations are made in the spirit of those of Pei Te Hurinui and in deep sympathy with the Maori text. This completely redesigned and reset edition, published in association with the Polynesian Society, preserves the integrity of the original text and commentary but modernises the typography by the inclusion of macrons. It also includes two CDs of waiata drawn from the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland. An essential text for anyone studying Maori culture. Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngati Porou, 1874-1950) was the leading Maori figure of his day, a land reformer, politician and scholar. He made a vital contribution to the revival of Maori culture in the early years of the twentieth century and is the subject of a biography by Ranginui Walker. Hirini Moko Mead (Ngati Awa) was the foundation professor of Maori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, is chair of the Ngati Awa Trust board and founder of Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. He is the author of many books on Maori art and custom. McRae.
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