Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed; Ross Calman
29.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
Legends of Rotorua and the Hot Lakes by A. W. Reed
29.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
First published in 1958, this is the classic collection of myths relating to that cradle of Maori culture, Rotorua - with relevance across New Zealand Rotorua is one of New Zealand's most visited cities. It is impossible to avoid the area's Maori history and, in this book, it is easy to learn about the ...Show more
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions Volume 5 by John White
85.00 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology Ser.
First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it w ...Show more
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions volume 6 by White, John
59.95 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
Maori Tales of Long Ago by A. W. Reed
34.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic collection of sixteen stories adapted from Maori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maor ...Show more
Manu Maori: Bird Legends and Customs by Murdoch Riley
37.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
A book about Maori and their legends and customs involving birds - includes CD "Forest and Ocean" by Hirini Melbourne.
Maori Love Legends...and True Stories by Murdoch Riley
14.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
Compiled by Murdoch Riley. Stories by Murdoch Riley, James Cowan, Alfred Grace, Thomas Lambert, Johannes Andersen, Richard Taylor, Hari Hongi (H.M. Strowell) etc.
Maori Myth and Legend: Traditional Stories by A. W. Reed
24.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
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
Tales of Polynesia by Yiling Changues (Illustrator)
54.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
A woman falls in love with the king of the sharks. Two powerful sorcerers compete in a battle of magical wits. The king of Maui's fastest messenger races to bring a young woman back from the dead. In these traditional tales, the borders blur between life and death, reality and magic, and land and sea. T ...Show more
He Atua, He Tangata: The World of Maori Mythology by A.W. Reed
64.99 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology
In this updated edition of the Reed Book of Māori Mythology, esteemed editor Ross Calman comprehensively revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) and the many other beings that sit on the continuum between the two. Divided into themes, this elegantly produced volume starts with tradi ...Show more
Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional ‘monster’, Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In the traditional story, told from the view of Hatupatu, he is out hunting and is captured by a creature that is part bird and part woman. The bird woman imprisons him in her cav ...Show more
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions Volume 4 by John White
100.00 NZD
Category: Pūrākau / Māori Legends & Mythology | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology Ser.
First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it w ...Show more