Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore : A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook by Edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori
Soil health and security are key components of our wellbeing. Even so, soil is faced with many environmental challenges under the current iteration of capitalism. A paradigm shift is needed to encourage care for this resource. In te ao Maori, soil is taonga. It is also whanaunga - it holds ancestral co ...Show more
Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds by Anne Salmond
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes, and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remo ...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
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
Wise Words of the Maori by Murdoch Riley
$74.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Revealing history and traditions by way of 4000 proverbs, and other expressions. Taken from the rich resources of Māori literature, legends and everyday life. Indexed under personal names, iwi (tribes), hapū (sub-tribes) and migratory canoes.
Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World by Ngahuia Murphy
$35.00 NZD
Category: Maori
An Examination of Stories, Ceremonies and Practices Regarding Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World. Based on a Masters Thesis. Te Awa Atua is a ground-breaking study of menstruation in pre-colonial Māori society. Many early ethnographic accounts of menstrual rites were distorted beyond recognit ...Show more
Te Kai a te Rangatira - Leadership from the Maori World by Rawiri Tapiata (ed.); Renee Smith (ed.); Marcus Akuhata-Brown (ed.)
$80.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
‘Awe-inspiring collective wisdom and a snapshot into the current state of Maori leadership’ – this extraordinary book of interviews and photographs enriches our understanding of what it means to be a leader. In 2017 a group of rangatahi came together with the kaupapa of making a contribution to their co ...Show more
Aotearoa Endless Sea: Our story told through the taonga of the National Maritime Museum by Frances Walsh
$70.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
A BOOK FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WHO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE SEA. This year New Zealands National Maritime Museum will be in the thick of the action when the Americas Cup defence comes to Auckland. This beautiful book, photographed by Jane Ussher, surveys its collection and explores New Zealandmaritime histo ...Show more
He Pukapuka Tataku I Nga Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui: A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha by Tamihana Te Rauparaha
$59.99 NZD
Category: Maori
A biography of Te Rauparaha by his son Tamihana, published for the first time in a bilingual Māori/English edition. Kaore kau he kaumatua hei rite ma Te Rauparaha te mahio ki te whawhai, me te toa hoki, me te tino tangata ki te atawhai tangata. There has never been a man equal to Te Rauparaha in terms o ...Show more
Aroha - Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati - When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through some of the wisest of human eyes. Discover traditional Māori philosophy through 52 whakataukī - simple, powerful life lessons, one for ...Show more
Ruru's Hangi Multilingual Edition by Nikki Slade Robinson
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Auē! Ruru's babies have hatched! In this delightful sequel to the award-winning The Little Kiwi's Matariki, the loveable Kiwi and friends welcome Ruru's babies with a very special surprise celebration. This edition features the story in three languages - English, Māori and Mandarin.
Te Manu Huna a Tane: The hidden bird of Tane by Jennifer Gillam
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori
This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between co ...Show more
Maori Made Easy Workbook 6/Kete 6 by Scotty Morrison
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy workbook series is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori language. While dictionaries list words a ...Show more