Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945 by Monty Soutar
69.99 NZD
Category: Maori History
The fascinating story of C Company, Maori Battalion told through personal recollections, eyewitness accounts, numerous anecdotes and amazing photographs. At times heart-rending, at times heart-warming, this impressive book captures the special 'spirit' of the Maori Battalion - an amazing book that docum ...Show more
Vaka Moana - Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific by Kerry Howe
89.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: Very Good
Secondhand. Vaka Moana is a story of origins and identity; a voyage across thousands of miles and hundreds of generations, and a testament to the ingenuity and bravery of humankind. Published to accompany a major international travelling exhibition of the same name opening at Auckland Museum on 6 Decem ...Show more
Maori Art: History, Architecture, Landscape & Theory by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
99.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Up until now books on Maori art have described the work as either traditional (carving, weaving, painting) or contemporary, work produced post-1950s. This book presents a unique focus on Maori art by exploring the connection between the traditional and contemporary, and the place of Maori art within an ...Show more
Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century by Michael King
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
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
Te Hao Nui - The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa Museum by Fiona McKergow
16.18 NZD
65.00 (75% off)
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: Very Good
Museum collections are a treasure trove of objects, each with the capacity to tell a compelling story or stories. Many objects in Te Manawa's collection speak of a deep curiosity for the world 'out there and beyond', while others evoke an intense sense of belonging to the Manawatu. Significant insight a ...Show more
Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War by Christopher Pugsley
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: Very Good
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Some 2,227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders enlisted with the Maori Pioneer Battalion, providing an essential element in the New ...Show more
Pēwhairangi: Bay of Islands Missions and Māori 1814 to 1845 by Angela Middleton
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
When a small group of three English families were landed in the bay below Rangihoua pā in 1814, under the protection of its chief and inhabitants, the story told in Pēwhairangi began. It is the story of New Zealand’s first permanent European settlement, at Hohi, and the church mission that it represente ...Show more
The Heading Dog Who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand by Michael Brown; Mat Tait
19.99 NZD
39.99 (50% off)
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: Very Good
The Heading Dog Who Spilt in Half is a charming blend of tall tales, shanties and legends from New Zealand, all bound up in a visually pleasing collection. The tales themselves are simple and narrated in a light, yarn-like style, complemented well by the stark black and white line art of the images. Som ...Show more
The Great War For New Zealand - Waikato 1800-2000 by Vincent O'Malley
79.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
A monumental new account of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. It was war in the Waikato in 1863-64 that shaped the nation in all kinds of ways: setting back Maori and Pakeha relations by several generations and allowing the government to begin to assert the kind of real control over the coun ...Show more
Kupapa - The Bitter Legacy of Maori Alliances with the Crown by Ron Crosby
65.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Kupapa has been variously defined as to be neutral (in a quarrel), or loyal; an ally, or traitor. The word itself has come to be as hotly contested as its history. The Treaty of Waitangi struck a bargain between two parties: the Crown and Maori. Its promises of security, however, were followed from 184 ...Show more
Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand by Paul Moon
55.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
'Throughout its human history, New Zealand has been interpreted and experienced in often radically different ways. Each wave of arrivals to its shores has left its own set of views of New Zealand on the country – applying a new coat of mythology and understanding to the landscape, usually without fully ...Show more
Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends by Queenie Rikihana Hyland
32.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Queenie Rikihana Hyland here brings together a collection of her favourite Maori myths and legends - from the creation and the ever-popular mischief-making of Maui, to the great love stories of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and Turongo and Mahinarangi. The stories are brought to life by the vivid illustrations ...Show more