Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere/The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . . Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's 1981 classic story The Kuia and the Spider returns in a dual reo Maori and English text, with Hirini Melbourne's original translation. A bilingual Maori and English editi ...Show more
Te Tuna Wātakirihi me Ngā Tamariki o Te Tiriti o Toa (Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street) by Patricia Grace
$20.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
A bilingual Maori-English edition of Patricia Grace and Robin Kahukiwa's classic story of an eel who brings children together to celebrate their diverse cultures, translated into te reo by Hirini Melbourne.He aha nga koha whakahirahira a te tuna korokoro huna kura ma nga tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa?Kei r ...Show more
Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Children's
Gavin Bishop's stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Māori gods, demigods and heroes, and explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration. Meet the gods, demigods and heroes of the Māori people of Aotearoa in this breathtaking, large ...Show more
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave!: B Company 28th Maori Battalion 1939-1945 by Wira Gardiner
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa) focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in gove ...Show more
Mauri Ora: Wisdom from the Maori World by Peter Alsop & Te Rau Kupenga
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Pearls of wisdom – whakataukī – have been gifted from generation to generation as an intrinsic part of the Māori world. As powerful metaphors, they combine analogy and cultural history in the most economical of words. Short and insightful, they take you by surprise, engendering reflection, learning and ...Show more
Mana Whakatipu - Ngāi Tahu Leader Mark Solomon on Leadership and Life by Mark Solomon; Mark Revington
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In 1998, just as South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu was about to sign its Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the government — justice of sorts after seven generations of seeking redress — a former foundryman stepped into the pivotal role of kaiwhakahaere or chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, the tribal council of ...Show more
The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Māori by Scotty Morrison
$35.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Aotearoa's most trusted guide to te reo Maori, revised and updated.The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is the most up-to-date, versatile and relevant resource for anyone wanting to use the Maori language in everyday life. Whether you're a complete beginner or emergent speaker of te reo Maori, you'll le ...Show more
From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first we ...Show more
Tikanga: Living with the traditions of te ao Māori by Francis Tipene, Kaiora Tipene
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
The stars of The Casketeers on how to live a fulfilling life, rich with tikanga. Following on from the bestseller Life as a Casketeer, Francis and Kaiora Tipene share how they bring the traditional values of tikanga Māori into day-to-day living and what they learnt about the concepts of te ao Māori grow ...Show more
Uprising: Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand by Nic Low
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
This book is about walking as a form of knowing. Armed with Ngāi Tahu’s ancient oral maps and modern satellite atlas, I crossed the Southern Alps more than a dozen times, trying to understand how our forebears saw the land. What did it mean to define your identity by sacred mountains, or actually see th ...Show more
Korero Puakau: mo nga taunahanahatanga a nga tupuna - place names of the ancestors, a maori oral history by Unknown
$0.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
A Te Reo Maori and English account of the ancestral placenames of Aotearoa, including maps and illustraions. Second hand.
Te Hahi Mihinare - The Maori Anglican Church by Hirini Kaa
$50.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hahi Mihinare - the Maori Anglican Church. Anglicanism, brought to New Zealand by English missionaries in 1814, was made widely known by Maori evangelists, as iwi adapted the religion to make it their own. The ways in which Mihinare (Maori Anglicans ...Show more