NGATI WHAKAUE HE IWI PIRIPONO KI TE KARAUNA - Regal and Vice-Regal Visits to Rotorua 1840 - 2020 by Hamuera W Mitchell

$34.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

TE KAOKAOROA HE PAKANGA MO MANA MOTUHAKE 1864 - Battle to Repel Tairawhiti Invaders by Hamuera W Mitchell

$34.99 NZD

Category: Māori Military History

Te Kaieke Tohorā (The Whale Rider Maori language edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Timoti Karetu i whakamaori

$26.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

Whakamiharo ana tera te tirohanga atu ki a ia, ki te kaieke tohora. I rere atu te wai i a ia, ka hamama tona waha kia taea ai te hau makariri te kupa iho. Ko ana karu e kohara ana i te ahurei. Korekoreko katoa ana te tinana i te rehu taimana. I runga i taua taniwha ano nei he tekoteko paku kua whakairot ia, e tino haura ana, e koratarata ana, e tu torotika ana. Ano nei na tona tino kaha, e to ake ana ia i te tohora ki te rangi . . . Ko Kahutia-te-rangi te kaieke tohora, te tipuna o nga iwi o Te Tai Rawhiti. I haere mai ia i Hawaiki, te kainga o nga Tawhito, ki te tai rawhiti o Aotearoa. No muri mai ko Kahu, te matamua o nga mokopuna tuarua a te whanau. I arohaina ia e ona whanaunga katoa engari ko tera i tino pirangi ia kia aroha atu, kaore i aroha atu - ara, ko tona tipuna tane tuarua.Kua rongo au i a Kui Putiputi e tiwe ana i te hau, 'E Kahu!'I te toia iho au e oku putu. Me tu rawa au ka wetewete. I moumou noa iho te wa ki tenei mahi engari he pai ake tera i te toromi. Riro atu ana nga putu i nga au pioi.Ka titiro ake au. I te kimi au i hea ke ra a Kahu. I hikitia ake au e nga ngaru ka tuku iho ano.Ka tiwaha atu au, 'E Kahu, kaua.'Kua tae ke atu ia ki te tohora, a, e pupuri ana i te kauwae.Mama noa iho te huri mai i te ao purakau ki te ao tuturu, mai i te whakatangi ki te whakakata. Ko tenei pukapuka ko Te Kaieke Tohora ka whakamanaru i te kaipanui ahakoa pehea te pakeke. ...Show more

AUETANGA O NGATI WHAKAUE KI TE KARAUNA- Roar of Ngati Whakaue Against the crown 1880 - 2020 by Hamuera W Mitchell

$24.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

Te Manu Huna a Tane: The Hidden Bird of Tane by Edited by Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen

$45.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

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 c onservationists and weavers that returned accidentally killed kiwi to the hapu or family of the rohe or district in which they were found. It offers a particular perspective on the contemporary hapu-led cultural practices of Maori women and their intersection of the sacred and profound in the everyday. It also brings a greater understanding of conservation efforts and, in particular, of how the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai works closely with tangata whenua. ...Show more

Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

English language edition. In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing in terest in Māori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What is Matariki? Why did Māori observe Matariki? How did Māori traditionally celebrate Matariki? When and how should Matariki be celebrated? Based on research and interviews with Māori experts, this book seeks answers to these questions and explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in our modern society. ...Show more

Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka a Te Whānau-ā-Apanui by Wiremu Tāwhai

$25.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

The dependence of Te Whanau-a-Apanui ancestors on the environment led them to closely study the changes and cycles in nature so they could ensure their survival in their tribal area. Knowledge of aspects such as the sea conditions and best planting and harvesting times at each day of the month were care fully observed and remembered and community activities were arranged according to the phases of the moon. This book records this traditional knowledge, handed down orally and through practical demonstration to Te Whanau-a-Apanui elders by their forebears, and from them to the next generations.  Prizes: Short-listed for Nga Kupu Ora Te Korero Pono / Non-Fiction Book Award 2014 and PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Educational Book 2014. Originally researched and written as part of an academic study, Living by the Moon sets out and discusses the maramataka or lunar month and the understanding of the days and nights according Te Whanau-a-Apanui tribal knowledge. ...Show more

Te Kuia Moko by Harry Sangl

$65.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

Te Kuia Moko is a taonga recording 34 Maori women, all bearing moko kauae (chin tattoos). First published in 1980 as The Blue Privilege , this new printing evidences the book's ongoing importance as a record of moko art. Biographies of the women are printed substantially as they spoke them, supplemented by essays by Merimeri Penfold and D.R. Simmons. The records are accompanied by black-and-white sketches of the kuia's moko complementing the beautiful, full colour paintings. ...Show more

When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon

$29.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking.  The work climaxes with a staggering oral history that has never appeared in print until now, and which reveals one of the most tragic and distressing events in the country's colonial era. ...Show more

Maori Made Fun: 200+ puzzles and games to boost your reo by Scotty Morrison; Stacey Morrison

$25.00 NZD

Category: Learn Te Reo Māori / Te Reo Māori Language Resources

A brand-new way to have fun with te reo Māori.Māori Made Fun contains over 200 word games, puzzles and activities - a jam-packed box of te reo tricks for everyone. Whether you're already a confident speaker of Māori or just getting started, use te reo Māori every day or almost never, have one hour spar e or only one minute, this is the book for you. Featuring-Crosswords and wordfindsWord searchesRhyming riddlesVisual puzzlesColouring-in activitiesWord matchesCode crackers. . . and much more! From the authors of Māori Made Easy, Māori at Home and My First Words in Māori. ...Show more

E Nga Uri Whakatupu: Weaving Legacies by Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa

$58.00 NZD

Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro

E Nga Uri Whakatupu is a tribute to the life achievements of Dame Rangimarie Hetet (1892 - 1995) and her daughter Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920 -2009), (Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Kinohaku) tohunga of mahi raranga whatu (traditional Maaori weaving experts). These remarkable women are acknowledged as New Zeal and's finest traditional Maaori weavers. Their generosity of spirit and passion for the revival of Maaori women's arts gave new life to traditional Maaori weaving in Aotearoa. ...Show more

Te Wheke - Pathways Across Oceania by Ken Hall

$39.90 NZD

Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro

Te wheke means octopus in te reo Maori. For many cultures the Pacific Ocean, this resourceful, adventurous creature is a symbol of early voyages from the Polynesian homelands of Hawaiki. In Aotearoa New Zealand, conventional art history tells the stories of art that ties us to Britain and Europe. This book looks in a different direction - from the Pacific outwards. Te Wheke features a selection of excellent examples of art from Aotearoa and the Pacific, each with a short text opening up conversations about the journeys, tensions and connections that shape Oceania's past, present and future This book accompanies the Te Wheke - Pathways Across Oceania exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū . ...Show more