Maori History, Society & Culture
This category deals with the Maori as they have written about themselves, or as they have been written about by scholars and storytellers. The latter is more numerous.
Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black
$45.00 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black’s new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Māori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapeka ...Show more
Hihita & Hoani : missionaries in Tuhoeland, Sunday 13 July-Friday 15 August 2008.
$21.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
This publication was produced on the occasion of the exhibition highlights Presbyterian missionaries and Tūhoe histories. Hihita & Hoani: Missionaries in Tuhoeland, celebrates the lives of two well-known Presbyterian missionaries to Tūhoe, Sister Annie Henry (Hihita) and Reverend John George Laughto ...Show more
Māori and Genetic Engineering by Fiona Cram, Leonie Pihama & Glenis Philip Barbara
$21.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A research to examine with Maori the issue genetic engineering across Food, Human health, and Biological diversity areas. Other Reports in this series: I. Maori and Genetic Engineering. II. Maori Provider Success: A Pilot Study. III. Meeting the Needs of Maori Victims of Crimes. IV. Maori and Scien ...Show more
Māori and science : three case studies by Fiona Cram
$21.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
A research focuses on Maori views of science and technology. The report contains three case studies of Maori communities/groups who had had reasonably positive interactions with scientists. Other Reports in this series: I. Maori and Genetic Engineering. II. Maori Provider Success: A Pilot Study. II ...Show more
Point of Order, Mr Speaker: Modern Maori political leaders by Selwyn and Rahui Katene (eds)
$32.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good
Eight current or former Maori politicians from different political parties recount their leadership experiences, and describe the significant events in their journeys from their early lives to Parliament. Paula Bennett, Te Ururoa Flavell, Hone Harawira, Tau Henare, Shane Jones, Nanaia Mahuta, Hekia Para ...Show more
Still Being Punished by Rachael Selby
$17.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
This book records the stories of five Maori men and women. They are not their life stories, and they haven't told them over and over again. They've snuck bits of these stories into conversations they've had with families and friends over the years. They've tentatively tested some of the contents on frie ...Show more
Titus Angus White & the Maori Captives on Waitemata Harbour 1863/4 by Barbara Francis
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
In November 1863 at the battle of Rangiriri, over 180 Māori defenders were taken prisoner. They were marched up the Great South Road to Ōtāhuhu, from where they were transferred onto the Waitematā Harbour. There they were held captive on the prison ship Marion for nearly eight months, supervised by thei ...Show more
Maori Origins and Migrations - The Genesis of Some Pakeha Myths and Legends by M P K Sorrenson
$21.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: good
Second hand. Since Europeans first set foot in New Zealand they have speculated about where the Māori people came from, how they made their way to New Zealand and how they lived when they arrived here. Theories have abounded: some of them have hardened into accepted truth. The result has been an accumu ...Show more
Mokorua: Nga korero mo toku moko kauae - My story of moko kauae by Ariana Tikao
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
One woman’s journey to her moko kauae as an expression of her Kāi Tahu identity. I kā rā o mua, I would know my place in my tīpuna’s time, I would know my face. Mokorua is a revealing and emotional account of one woman receiving her moko kauae. Ariana Tikao grew up in suburban Christchurch in the 1970s ...Show more
Nana's Baking Day/TeRa Tunu Keke a Kui by Marie Munro, Rachel Doragh, Piripi Walker
$25.00 NZD
Category: 5 to 10 years
Bella, Jacob and Lucas are hands-on in the kitchen as they follow three recipes in English and Māori, all the while looking forward to the satisfaction of eating the sweet treats that they have baked for themselves. These three recipes are included at the back of the book in English and te reo Māori. Na ...Show more
Te Taonga Whakamiharo mo te Huritau o Nanny Mihi by Melanie Drewery
$12.99 NZD
Category: Books in Te Reo Maori
It's Nanny Mihi's birthday and her grandchildren have arrived with a car full of presents. But one of the presents has a mind of its own and ends up giving Nanny Mihi more than she bargained for.
Takaparawha Bastion Point 506 Days on Ancestral Maori Land: Bastion Point defenders reply to government and Justice Speight by Various Authors
$85.00 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: very good