Walter Callaway: A maori warrior of the Boer War by Mike Dwight
32.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Walter Callaway was among the first ever to fight abroad for New Zealand. Being Māori, he defied the British dictum of the day that “no natives could fight in a white man’s war.’ Brushing aside these bigoted attitudes, he excelled as a soldier in the harsh Southern African conditions and was eventually ...Show more
Tangata Whenua - A History [text-only edition] by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Māori past from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format. The authoritative text is drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History; the full text of the big hardback is ...Show more
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
99.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts the sweep of Māori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories.The story begins with the migration of a ...Show more
Maori Myth and Legend: Traditional Stories by A. W. Reed
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend - many of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic, bestselling book. Written with the general reader in mind, the stories range from the creation of the world to the coming of life, death and knowledge. They incor ...Show more
Te Puea - A Life by Michael King
40.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Te Puea Herangi, whom Professor John Pocock identified as 'possibly the most influential woman in our political history', wanted an honest biography of her turbulent life. Michael King has written such a book. He did so with the full support of Te Puea's tribe, Tainui, and of her surviving family and pr ...Show more
Te Ohaki Tapu: John Stuart Mill & Ngati Maniapoto by Maurice Ormsby
40.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People / Nga Koorero Tuku Iho o Nga Tuupuna by Jones Pei Te Hurinui
69.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
A paperback edition of the landmark, bi-lingual, book of the histories, genealogies, songs and chants of the Tainui people, descended from the occupants of the Tainui canoe, who arrived at and settled the area around Kaawhia harbour about 1300AD.
He Reo Tuku Iho - Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Maori by Awanui Te Huia
30.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
Reclaiming a language is a slow-burning process, both deeply personal and intricately connected to the socio-economic, historical and political conditions in which we live. In He Reo Tuku Iho: Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Māori, Awanui Te Huia focuses on the lived experiences of tangata whenua and explores ...Show more
Horouta by Rongowhakaata Halbert
125.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from Polynesia to the lands that stretch from East Cape to northern Hawke's Bay.Assembled through painstaking historical and genealogical research over more than 70 years by Rongowhakaata Halbert ...Show more
Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O’Connor
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tūpuna of Te Tai Tokerau. ‘E kore e mōnehunehu te pūmahara ki ngā momo rangatira o neherā nā rātou nei i toro te nukuroa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa me Papa Tū a Nuku. Ko ngā tohu o ō rātou tapuwae i kākahutia ki runga i te mata o te whenua – he taonga, he tapu. ...Show more
Turangawaewae - Identity and Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2nd Edition by Ella Kahu (Editor); Helen Dollery (Editor); Te Ra Moriarty (Editor); Richard Shaw (Editor)
60.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of ...Show more
Tangata Ngai Tahu / People of Ngai Tahu: Volume Two by Helen Brown & Michael Stevens
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present. The people in the book have contributed to their iwi, hapū and whānau in myriad ways: here ...Show more