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9781869694043
Weeping Waters : The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change
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Malcolm Mulholland] (ed)
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Weeping Waters is a must read for anyone who wants to be informed about the current debate regarding the Treaty of Waitangi and a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand. The book features essays from eighteen well-known and respected Maori figures including Professor Margaret Mutu, Bishop Muru Walters, Judge Caren Fox and lawyer Moana Jackson. This is the first book in recent years to offer a Maori opinion on the subject of constitutional change. It shows how Maori views have been ignored by successive governments and the courts and how Maori have attempted to address constitutional issues in the past. The book also provides suggestions for a pathway forward if the Treaty of Waitangi is to be fully acknowledged as the foundation for a constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.
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9780143203025
Hui: A Study of Maori Ceremonial Gatherings
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Anne Salmond
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When Maori gather for a hui, they have immediate access to a world of history, mythology and traditions which remain a vital reality for as long as the hui lasts. Hui incorporate all Maori ceremonial gatherings: openings of new marae, tangihanga (funerals), hurahanga kôhatu (unveilings), birthdays and anniversaries, and tribal policymaking. This book introduces us to all aspects of the hui and its significance to Maori. It is a definitive study of ceremonial gatherings and the rituals that are the life blood of the marae.
Professor Dame Anne Salmond describes the history of the marae as an institution, the different aspects of rural and urban marae, and marae procedures in different parts of New Zealand. She presents a comprehensive account of Maori ceremonial gatherings for the formal student of ethnology and anthropology and provides absorbing reading for the lay person with an interest in Maoritanga.
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9780582545724
Ki Te Whaiao : An Introduction to Maori Culture & Society
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Tânia M Ka'ai, John C moorfield, Michael P J Reilly & Sharon Mosley (ed.)
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Ki Te Whaiao : An Introduction to Mâori Culture and Society
, is intended for students of Mâori studies at tertiary institutions. It is also aimed at several other audiences those Mâori who want to know more about their own world, Pâkehâ living in this country, and people from overseas who want to learn about the history of the Indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The book describes traditional and contemporary Mâori society and its interaction with Pâkehâ society since first contact. It gives expression to the voices and words of Mâori scholars and those informed by their world-view.
Emphasis has been placed on the clarification of Mâori cultural concepts throughout, in order to give readers a deeper understanding of the Mâori world and to excite their interest in the key themes developed throughout the text.
The book has been arranged in two parts:
Part one is called
Te Ao Mâori
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9781869403669
Nga Moteatea Part 3 : The Songs - Scattered Pieces from many canoe areas
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Author:
Ngata Apirana (Translated by Pei Te Hurinui Jones)
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This is the third 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 in four volumes by the Polynesian Society with English translations of the first three volumes by another great Maori scholar Pei Te Hurinui Jones.
This completely redesigned and reset edition, published in association with the Polynesian Society, preserves the integrity of Ngata's text and Jones's translations and their commentary but modernises the typography by the inclusion of macrons.
It also includes an audio-CD of waiata drawn from the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland.
An essential text for anyone studying Maori culture.
First published 1970(as Maori Texts, No 3); this edition July 2006.
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9781877378041
A Tohunga's Natural World : Plants, Gardening and Food
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Author:
Paul Moon
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In this remarkable sequel to his ground-breaking Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa (2003), historian Dr Paul Moon again travels deep into Tuhoe territory – and deep into its past – to uncover a wealth of material. This time he reveals his discussions with Hohepa Kereopa on traditional plants, cultivation, gardening, foods, medicines, and other aspects of the natural Maori world. This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in customary Maori life, and provides a unique perspective on the work of a great tohunga at the height of his powers.
Beautifully written, with vivid, memorable descriptions of encounters with Kereopa and his world, Moon has crafted a book that will serve as a taonga for generations to come.
First published 2005.
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9780790002903
Haka: The Dance of a Noble People
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Author:
Timoti S. Kaaretu
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All New Zealanders are familiar with haka, especially the famous 'Ka mate ka mate', but few would be able to describe what haka really is.
Timoti Karetu describes the various types of haka and their different roles in Maori customs.
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9780854671069
Maisy Rika's Maori Songbook
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Rika Maisey
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9780143011125
Maori Architecture : From Fale to Wharenui and Beyond
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Author:
Deidre Brown
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A landmark achievement in New Zealand history,
Maori Architecture
charts, for the first time, the genesis and form of indigenous buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand.
It explores the vast array of Maori-designed structures and spaces - how they evolved over time, and how they tell the story of an ever-changing people. Throughout this captivating story, the book looks at facets of early Polynesian settlement, the influence of Christian and western technology, the buildings of religio-political movements such as Ringatu, Parihaka and Ratana, post-war urban migration, and contemporary architecture.
Deidre Brown's absorbing, informed and sometimes controversial text is lavishly illustrated with over 130 photos and artworks - all providing a long-overdue and fascinating survey of an important aspect of New Zealand culture and history.
First published May 2009.
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9780854670956
Maori Healing and Herbal
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Author:
Murdoch Riley
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This book sets before the reader a compilation of printed and manuscript information on the healing practices of the New Zealand Maori.
It does not claim to be complete, indeed this is impossible, and probably always was, given the secrecy surrounding the rituals, practices and healing methods of individual iwi and tribes. The noted ethnologist Elsdon Best acknowledged that even in his day, when discussion could be held with persons of great knowledge, only a mere fraction of understanding could be obtained by a non-Maori researcher of the philosophies of the learned tohunga of pre-Euroman times. Therefore, the first part of the book entitled "Maori Healing and Health Topics'' incomplete as it must be, is particularly valuable since it draws together all the available information on spiritual healing, then directs the reader to the relevant herbs.
The "Maori herbal remedies'' section includes over 200 plants, some not previously ...
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9780908608638
Maori Moko or Tattoo (Discover New Zealand)
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Author:
Pita Graham
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9781869401443
Maori Music
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Author:
Mervyn McLean (formerly Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Head, Archive of Maori and Pacific Music, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
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Maori Music records and analyses ancient Maori musical tradition and knowledge, and explores the impact of European music on this tradition.
First published 1996.
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9781869535896
Maori Treasures of New Zealand - Ko Tawa
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Author:
Paul Tapsell
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This new book Maori Treasures of New Zealand - Ko Tawa tells the fascinating stories behind some of our most significant Maori treasures. All are from the collection of Captain Gilbert Mair, or Tawa as he became known among Maori, held at the Auckland Museum. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mair built up a huge collection of prestigious weapons, carvings and weavings and, more importantly, he collected the stories of the tribes and people associated with each of the taonga. This book brings these stories to life and carries them into the present with interviews and photographs of the descendants of those who both created and gifted these special treasures to Gilbert Mair.
Everyone knows the legend of Tutanekai and Hinemoa, and how Hinemoa swam the waters of Lake Rotorua following the sound of Tutanekai’s flute. This flute, Murirangaranga, is in Mair’s collection and is made from the right arm bone of a powerful tohunga (after ...
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9780854670987
Neuseelands Maori ABC NZ Pocket Guide
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Author:
RILEY, Murdoch
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9781869403218
Nga Moteatea Part 1 : The Songs - Scattered Pieces from many canoe areas
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Author:
Apirana Ngata (ed Jenny Curnow
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A completely redesigned and reset edition which preserves the intgrity of Ngata's and Pei's texts and their commentary.
This edition also includes 2 audio CDs of waiata drawn from the archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland.
Is part of a four-volume collection.
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9781869403447
Nga Moteatea Part 2 : The Songs - Scattered Pieces from many canoe areas
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Author:
Apirana Ngata & Pei Te Hurinui Jones (trans.)
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This is the second volume of a new edition of a classic work, the annotated collection of waiata made by a distinguished Mâori leader and scholar and previously published in four volumes by the Polynesian Society with English translations of the first three volumes by another great Mâori scholar Pei Te Hurinui Jones.
This completely redesigned and reset edition includes two audio-CDs of waiata drawn from the Archive of Mâori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland.
Volume One of this edition, published in 2004, was so successful it will be reprinted along with this volume.
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9781869403867
Nga Moteatea Part 4: The Songs - remnants left behind from many canoe areas
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Author:
Apirana Ngata (tr from Maori Hirini Moko Mead)
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This is the final volume of the complete, new edition of this national treasure Nga Moteatea, published by Auckland University Press. For the first time, the waiata in Part Four appear translated into English. Over 40 years Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngati Porou) recorded hundreds of songs and chants which became the four volumes of Nga Moteatea. The first three volumes included translations and annotations by Ngata and Ngati Maniapoto scholar, Pei Te Hurinui Jones. The contents of the Part Four, unavailable until after Ngata and Jones died, now appear for the first time with translations and annotations by Hirini Moko Mead (Ngati Awa). Part Four also includes two CDs of waiata, collected by Mervyn McLean, and held in the Archive of Maori & Pacific Music, The University of Auckland, are included. Nga Moteatea is the largest and most comprehensive collection of Maori waiata and offers an enduring record for the practice of Maori waiata and ...
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9780864734624
Nga Pepeha a NgaTipuna : The sayings of the ancestors
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Author:
Hirini Moko Mead & Neil Grove
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This is a collection of more than 2500 "sayings of the ancestors". Neil Grove and Hirini M Mead spent more than twenty years collecting and compiling these pepeha from all over New Zealand.
Pehepa are not just proverbs; the term includes charms, witticisms, figures of speech and boasts. Neither are they historical relics; they feature in the formal speeches heard every day on the marae, and in the oral literature handed down from past generations.
First published 2001.
Winner of the 2002 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Reference and Anthology.
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9780143009702
Nga Taonga Takaro : Maori Sports and Games
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Author:
Harko Brown
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In
Nga Taonga Takaro
, Harko Brown writes about the revival of more than 20 ancient games and sports of the Maori - including poi, stick games, kites, ball games, memory games, and board games. He traces the history and legend behind each game, and gives clear instructions on how to play, the rules of the game, and how to create the equipment used. The games are illustrated with action colour photographs throughout, to enhance readers' understanding of these indigenous sports. Traditional Maori games were used to transfer skills and techniques from playgrounds to battlefields, to promote learning in wananga, to problem-solve everyday situations, and to pass on the values and intellect from one generation to the next.
In
Nga Taonga Takaro
, the games have been adapted for a contemporary audience - individual and team sports for schools, community groups, marae and workplace.
First published July 2008.
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9781869402587
Songs of a Kaumatua (Sung by Kino Hughes)
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Author:
Margaret Orbell
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Longlisted, Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2003 (Non-Fiction: History section)
Kino Hughes was an outstanding singer and orator and respected kaumatua who determined to preserve for future generations all the songs he knew and who asked these authors to compile this magnificent record.
The introduction includes information on Kino Hughes, on the people of Tuhoe, on the song categories used and on the music. Also included are black and white photographs, a glossary, notes on the texts and the transcriptions and an index of song types as well as two CDs of Kino Hughes singing recorded for the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland.
This is a unique historical document uncovering the richness of Tuhoe music and poetry; it will be of wide interest. The two editors are assisted by a leading scholar of Tuhoe waiata, Dr Taiaharoa Black.
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9780143203957
Ta Moko : The art of Maori Tattoo
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Author:
D.R. Simmons
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Ta Moko is an outstanding work of Maori scholarship.
The art of Maori tattoo has always been regarded with fascination, and this was one of the first comprehensive books on the subject.
The author,a former ethnologist with the Auckland Museum, provides an examination of Maori moko in all its aspects - its historical develpment, tribal variations, design principles and social significance.
In this illustrated study of male and female moko, the author draws on the records, journals and sketches of early European observers in New Zealand - explorers such as Cook, de Surville and du Fresne and later traders and missionaries. He relies, too, on visual sources, including the work of artists such as Earle, Angas, Robley, Lindauer and Goldie, to document the increasing standardisation, and eventual decline and disappearance of male moko in the nineteenth century.
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