Whariki: The growth of Māori community entrepreneurship by Merata Kawharu; Paul Tapsell

$39.99 NZD

Category: Maori Books

Told through case studies of entrepreneurs, companies and social enterprises, Whāriki weaves together business theory and day-to-day practice to analyse Māori commercial leadership. From Tai Tokerau (Northland) to Ōtepoti (Dunedin), these are stories of business leadership informed by traditional values in a modern setting. Academically rigorous yet easy to access, Whāriki is an essential companion to the Māori economy. ...Show more

Haare Williams : Words of a kaumatua by Haare Williams; Witi Ihimaera (Introduction by)

$49.99 NZD

Category: Maori Books

A kaumatua - an elder of the Maori people - reflects in poetry and prose on his journey from te ao Maori on the East Coast to contemporary Auckland, New Zealand.Ko te kopara anake e tarere ki te tihi o te makauri. Oti rawa! Kia oti rawa, e!Haare Williams grew up with his Tuhoe grandparents on the shores of Ohiwa Harbour on the East Coast of New Zealand in a te reo world of Tane and Tangaroa, Te Kooti and the old testament, myths and legends and of Nani Wai and curried cockle stew - a world that Haare left behind when he learnt English at school and moved to the city of Auckland.Over the last half-century, through the Maori arts movement, waves of protest and the rise of Maori broadcasting, Haare Williams has witnessed and played a part in the changing shape of Maoridom. And in his poetry and prose, in te reo Maori and English, Haare has a unique ability to capture both the wisdom of te ao Maori and the transformation of that world.This book, edited and introduced by acclaimed author Witi Ihimaera, brings together the poetry and prose of Haare Williams to produce a work that is a biography of the man and his times, a celebration of a kaumatua and an exemplar of his wisdom. ...Show more

Native Son: The Writer's Memoir by Witi Ihimaera

$40.00 NZD

Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine

This is the second memoir of a remarkable Maori writer and of the living myths that inspired him at the beginning of his career. Look at him, the young man on the cover. The year is 1972, he is 28, his first book is about to be published, and he has every reason to kick up his heels. But behind that joy ful smile, and the image of a writer footing it in the Pakeha world, there is another narrative, one that Witi has not told before. The story of a native son, struggling to find a place, a voice and an identity, and to put a secret past to rest. This sequel to the award-winning memoir Maori Boy picks up where it stopped, following Witi through his triumphs and failures at school and university, to experimenting sexually, searching for love and purpose and to becoming our first Maori novelist. It continues in the same vein described by a reviewer of the first volume- 'a rich, powerful, multi-layered and totally unique story . . . something every New Zealander should read'. ...Show more

Weaving a Kakahu (Handling fee and/or freight charges may apply) by Diggeress Te Kanawa

$39.99 NZD

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

Weaving a Kakahu was reprinted in 1994 and this 2006 version has been supported by Creative New Zealand and Puwaha ki te Ao Trust. The 2006 relaunch of Weaving a Kakahu in conjunction with Digger being the recipient of the Te Tohu Tiketike o te Waka Toi Exemplary Award at Te Tokanganui a noho marae, Te Kuiti, is testimony of recognition for a lifetime of commitment to a traditional art from while juggling a large family. "Weaving has always been around me for as long as I can remember. I was always fascinated by the preparation and dyeing of muka (fibre) and the difference in textures obtained from different varieties of harakeke, or flax." ...Show more

Te Whatu Taniko - Taniko Weaving : Technique and Tradition by MEAD Hirini Moko

$45.00 NZD

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

Hirini Mead is a renowned Maori writer and commentator. This contains easy-to-follow patterns and line-drawing instructions for technique The book Taniko Weaving is a taonga handed down by the ancestors to us of today. As a taonga it will always remain a treasure of great value which will be there waiti ng to be touched again, warmed and given a new lease of life - Hirini Moko Mead. Taniko weaving is one of the supreme expressions of Maori art. Weaving and dyeingthe fibres of native flax creates elaborate, beautiful patterns that are used to adornclothing, with distinctive styles that have evolved over centuries of creativity.This has been the standard work on the subject since its first publication as TanikoWeaving in 1952. Since rewritten and updated, Te Whatu Taniko provides the history and social context for weaving, as well as clear, practical guidelines for making taniko. Using the books clear and concise graphs and drawings, readers can utilise this bookto weave the beautiful patterns within. The instructions can be used as a beginnersguide or a refresher resource, or simply to enjoy and admire this beautiful artform. ...Show more

Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin

$65.00 NZD

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

Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Maori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze aland and very likely the world. ...Show more

Whatu Kakahu - Maori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa

$75.00 NZD

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

The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ations of each, plus historical and contextual images and graphic diagrams of weaving techniques. ...Show more

He Puna Kupu, He Manawa Aa-Whenua by Waikato-Tainui

$35.00 NZD

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

To know one's own language is to know oneself. So knowing your dialect is about knowing yourself, where you come from, how you are related to others and where you fit in the world. He Puna Kupu, He Manawa aa-Whenuais the first stop for lovers and learners of Maaori language, particularly those intereste d in Tainui dialect. Recorded for the first time in one place, these words and phrases, drawn from Tainui contexts and used by Tainui experts, were collected specifically for Tainui descendants. If you are an avid learner of Maaori language, or interested in learning Tainui-specific words, phrases and contexts, then this book is for you. Ko te reo kei too arero, te reo o too ao. Noo reira ko too reo aa iwi, te reo o too ngaakau, te reo e hiiri ai koe ki ngoo whakapapa me ngoo paanga ki ngaa iwi o te motu. Kua whakatoopuungia ngaa kupu, ngaa kiianga noo roto mai o ngaa horopaki Tainui ki te waahi kotahi hei kai maa te mata, hei kai maa te hinengaro, hei kai maa te rangatira. Noo reira kei ngaa rangatira o Tainui waka, ko teenei Puna Kupu hei Manawa aa-Whenua maa taatou katoa. Kua roa te iwi e karanga ana kia whakaputaina he rauemi haapai i te iwi kia Tainui ake ai te rere o te reo i roto i a taatou. Noo reira i whakahuihuia e Waikato-Tainui ngaa kaumaatua me ngaa maatanga reo o ngaa roherohenga o Tainui waka whaanui kia whakaritea teenei taonga hei whakautu i taa koutou karanga. Meenaa raanei ko koe teenaa e hiikaka ana kia Tainui ake ai too reo, e kaingaakau ana ki ngaa reo aa iwi, maau teenei rauemi, moou teenei rauemi. Tukua! ...Show more

Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill

$45.00 NZD

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

It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing s and photographs. ...Show more

Wahine Toa

$110.00 NZD

Category: Māori Legends & Mythology

Waitangi: A Living Treaty by Matthew Wright

$39.99 NZD

Category: Maori Books

Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Maori and Pakeha that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reinte rpretations that have followed, Waitangi: A Living Treaty brings the story and concepts of the Treaty to life in this revealing and thought-provoking read. ...Show more

Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Mãori World, 1880-1910 by Roger Blackley

$75.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: near fine

Galleries of Maoriland introduces us to the many ways in which European colonists to New Zealand (called Pakeha by the indigenous Maori) discovered, created, propagated and romanticised the Maori world at the turn of the century summed up in a popular nickname describing New Zealand; Maoriland. It could be seen in the paintings of Lindauer and Goldie; among artists, patrons, collectors and audiences; inside the Polynesian Society and the Dominion Museum; among stolen artefacts and fantastical accounts of the Maori past. The culture of Maoriland was a colonists creation. But Galleries of Maoriland shows that Maori were not merely passive victims: they too had a stake in this process of romanticisation. What, this book asks, were some of the Maori purposes that were served by curio displays, portrait collections, and the wider ethnological culture? Why did the idealisation of an ancient Maori world, which obsessed ethnological inquirers and artists alike, appeal also to Maori? Who precisely were the Maori participants in this culture, and what were their motives? Galleries of Maoriland looks at Maori prehistory in European art; the enthusiasm of settlers and Maori for portraiture and recreations of ancient life; the trade in Maori curios; and the international exhibition of this colonial culture. By illuminating New Zealand's artistic and ethnographic economy at the turn of the twentieth century, this book provides a new understanding of our art and our culture. ...Show more