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Ko Te Hiakai Tangata: Te Taniwha o Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Ko Tāwhaki-Nui-a-Hema: Ana Mahi Whakahirahira by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books
This book is the te reo Māori editon of Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod Ko Tāwhaki Nui ā Hema: Āna Mahi Whakahirahira recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his w ...Show more
Mataatua Wharenui: Te Whare I Hoki Mai by Hirini Moko Mead
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture
Mataatua wharenui is the most travelled Maori meeting house in the country. Built in 1875, it was taken to Australia, London and Otago before being returned to Whakatane after more than a century away. The story of Mataatua is part of the story of the desecration of Ngati Awa by the Crown and the fight ...Show more
Nga Moteatea - The Songs Part Four by Apirana Ngata; Hirini Moko Mead
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 ...Show more
Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna - The Sayings of the Ancestors by Hirini Moko Mead; Neil Grove
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture | Reading Level: very good
This collection contains over 2500 'pepeha', or 'sayings of the ancestors', that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, 'pepeha' include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard eve ...Show more
People of the Land - Images and Maori Proverbs of Aotearoa New Zealand by Hirini Moko Mead; June Te Rina Mead
30.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture | Reading Level: very good
He aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is most precious and important in this world? It is people, it is people, it is people. A collection of poignant pepeha (Maori proverbs) explained in English with images of Maori that embody the messages. This precious gift book opens do ...Show more
Tawhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod (Tāwhaki) by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books
Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revealed Tāwhaki’s status as ...Show more
Tawhaki, the Deeds of a Demigod by MEAD, Hirini Moko
65.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books
Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha of Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Childrens' Books
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Art & Crafts
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
Te Whatu Taniko: Taniko Weaving: Technique and Tradition by Moko Mead Hirini
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture
Hirini Mead is a renowned Maori writer and commentator. This contains easy-to-follow patterns and line-drawing instructions for technique The book Taniko Weaving is a taonga handed down by the ancestors to us of today. As a taonga it will always remain a treasure of great value which will be there waiti ...Show more
Tikanga Maori - Living by Maori Values by Hirini Moko Mead
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Culture | Reading Level: near fine
Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori protocol) is the most substantial of its kind ever published. Areas discussed include: social structures and groupings, the tapu-noa principle, protocol of the marae, welcome ceremonies, mourning ceremonies, tikanga of settlement ...Show more