Tikanga - An introduction to te Ao Maori by Keri Opai
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori culture and history | Reading Level: near fine
An introduction to te ao Māori. The guide to understanding the Māori world from a 21st century point of view. The book we’ve all been needing for decades – a unique explanation of the world of Māoridom for Pakehā, and all others disconnected from the Māori world. Told with simple lucidity and great expe ...Show more
Haare Williams - Words of a Kaumatua by Haare Wiliams; Witi Ihimaera (ed.)
$50.00 NZD
Category: World poetry | Reading Level: near fine
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 ...Show more
He Kupu Tuku Iho - Ko te Reo Maori te Tatau ki te Ao by Timoti Karetu; Wharehuia Milroy
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Sir Timoti Karetu and Dr Wharehuia Milroy are widely recognised as two of New Zealand's leading teachers and scholars of Maori language and culture. They both taught at The University of Waikato from the 1970s and pursued an innovative approach by teaching language courses in te reo Maori, with tikanga ...Show more
He Paki Taonga i a Maui (Maui's Taonga Tales te reo edition) by David Brechin-Smith; Stephanie Tibble
$30.00 NZD
$35.00 (14% off)
Category: Te Reo Maori | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Fully written in te reo Māori and aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the ...Show more
Introducing Maori Culture by Don Stafford
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
This book answers questions such as: When was Aotearoa discovered? How was Maori society organised in pre-European times? What is traditional Maori art? How does the Treaty of Waitangi affect us today? These are some of the questions commonly asked by New Zealanders and visitors about the Maori people a ...Show more
Maori Peoples of New Zealand by Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
The first publication to come out of the online Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand project tells the story of the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa, from their journeys across the vast Pacific Ocean to the histories of all the major iwi, including the contemporary issues they face today. No other book brings t ...Show more
Maori Tales of Long Ago by A. W. Reed
$34.99 NZD
Category: Maori culture and history
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
Marae - Te Tatau Pounamu: A Journey Around New Zealand's Meeting Houses by Muru Walters; Sam Walters; Robin Walters
$65.00 NZD
Category: Maori culture and history
A magnificent, prize-winning documentation of and tribute to New Zealand's wharenui, big and small. Bishop Muru Walters is a very well-known Anglican minister. He is also a master carver, poet, broadcaster and former Maori All Black. His son Robin is a photographer and filmmaker, who is director at Curi ...Show more
Maui and Other Maori Legends: 8 Classic Tales of Aotearoa by Peter Gossage
$40.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Reading Level: very good
A beautiful collection of artist Peter Gossage's beloved Maori myths, in one stunning volume. Peter Gossage's memorable retellings of Maori oral myths have captivated the children of New Zealand for generations. Their dramatic and distinctive illustrations with minimal yet evocative language form a powe ...Show more
Maui's Taonga Tales by Te Papa Press
$30.00 NZD
Category: Childrens picture NZ | Series: Maui's Taonga Tales
Aimed at children aged seven to eleven, this book’s lively stories tell the tales of some of the taonga held at Aotearoa New Zealand’s famous national museum, Te Papa, through appealing text and fantastic illustrations. The book’s pūkōrero, or story teller, is Māui, the great Pacific hero and trickste ...Show more
Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century by Michael King
$40.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. Maori subject matter w ...Show more
Musket Wars by Ron Crosby
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
First published in 1999, with an introduction by the late Michael King, The Musket Wars established Ron Crosby's reputation as a daring, original chronicler of New Zealand history. This best-selling history provides the first comprehensive account of the wars that ravaged the country in the early 1800s, ...Show more