The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions


Book Description

Published 1887-90, this six-volume compilation of Maori oral literature, with English translations, contains traditions about deities, origins and warfare.




Mixed Race Literature


Book Description

This collection presents the first scholarly attempt to map the rapidly emerging field of mixed-race literature, defined as texts written by authors who represent multiple cultural and literary traditions. It also situates these literatures in relation to contemporary fields of literary inquiry.




The Ancient History of the Maori: Tai-nui


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" ... An official collection of Māori historical traditions"--BIM.




Tainui


Book Description

"... An official collection of Māori historical traditions"--BIM.




Buying the Land, Selling the Land


Book Description

Studying Crown Maori land policy and practice in the period 1869–1929, from the establishment of the Native Land Court power until the cessation of large-scale Crown purchasing by Gordon Coates, this investigation chronicles the bleak and grim tidal wave of Crown purchasing that dominated the Maori people under very difficult circumstances. While recognizing that the government purchasing of Maori land was in its own way driven by genuine, if blinkered, idealism, this work's deep research on land purchasing policy gives renewed insight on the significant politicians of the era, such as Sir Donald McLean, John Balance, and John McKenzie who were strong advocates of expanded and state-controlled land purchasing.




Te Whiwhi, Katu and Te Wai Pounamu


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"Many fights are taking place between Māori of different iwi. Many people are being killed and families destroyed. How can the violence end? Can the journey of two brave Māori men make a difference?"--Back cover.




The Journal of the Polynesian Society


Book Description

Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.




Home: Here to Stay


Book Description

This is a collection of twelve academic essays that consider understandings of home and the impact of dominant societies on indigenous societies and their homes. The book covers home and language preservation, homelessness, retention of land, tobacco use in the home, loss of home through trauma and natural disaster, ageing and health, and the meaning of home. This is the third book in the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Edited Collections series.




Uprising


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A riveting blend of nature writing, Indigenous storytelling and great adventure in the NZ alps




The Lore of the Whare-wānanga


Book Description

This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15.