Know Your Maori Weaving by Murdoch Riley
12.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Mini format. Weaving was born of necessity. To keep the body warm, to clothe it; just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. Both processes also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes. This book describes briefly the traditional materials ...Show more
Tapa of the Pacific by Auckland Museum
9.99 NZD
14.99 (33% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga
Unique fabric material made from tree bark. Its' history, origins, and modern uses.
My Language, My Inspiration: The Struggle Continues by Chris Winitana
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
My Language, My Inspiration and Toku Reo, Toku Ohooho trace the journey between 1972 and 2008 to revitalise the Maori language. The books outline the determined struggle to bring the Maori language back from the brink, provide interviews with two dozen people who were active in the fight for the Maori l ...Show more
Tupuna Awa by Muru Lanning Marama
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
'We have always owned the water ...we have never ceded our mana over the river to anyone', King Tuheitia asserted in 2012. Prime Minister John Key disagreed: 'King Tuheitia's claim that Maori have always owned New Zealand's water is just plain wrong'. So who does own the water in New Zealand - if anyone ...Show more
Redemption Songs: A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki by Judith Binney
89.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki was one of New Zealand’s significant nineteenth century leaders. In both war and peace, he sought to redeem his people and the land. Yet his reputation as a guerrilla fighter, a feared opponent of colonial forces with a price on his head, for generations obscured his purpos ...Show more
Whaikorero: The World of Maori Oratory by Poia Rewi
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: new
Anyone who has been welcomed on to a marae in New Zealand, will understand that whaikorero - oratory - is at the heart of Maori culture. Whaikorero: The World of Maori Oratory is the first introduction to this fundamental Maori art to be widely published. It is based on broad research as well as oral hi ...Show more
Maori Art and Design: Weaving, Painting, Carving and Architecture by Julie Paama-Pengelly
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
For early Maori, art was inseparable from daily life, whether it was the pattern on a sculpted spade handle or the magnificently carved prow of a war canoe. Julie Paama-Pengelly traces the evolution of art and design in historic Maori culture and brings that art to life, focusing on four major disciplin ...Show more
Maori Weaving: The Art of Creating Maori Textiles by Brian James Bargh, Cherie Taylor and Vanessa Bidois
20.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Since the ancestors arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand and discovered the useful properties of harakeke (New Zealand flax), Māori have used flax leaves to create baskets, mats, housing materials, clothing, ropes and fishing nets. In weaving and the patterns used, Māori record histories and stories, passin ...Show more
Pounamu - The Jade of New Zealand by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
95.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu is a celebration of jade in its many forms. It is a magnificent tribute to this New Zealand icon, the finest book on the subject ever published. Through the eyes of pounamu specialists Russell Beck and Maika Mason, we explore jade's powerful connection with the natural environment, its Mäori myt ...Show more
Te Takoto o Te Whenua o Hauraki: Hauraki Landmarks by Taimoana Turoa
70.00 NZD
80.00 (12% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: near fine
Hardback Hauraki Landmarks is a major publication that represents many years of scholarly and field research by the late Taimoana Turoa. Following in the tradition of Don Staffordâs Landmarks of Te Arawa, this book is a history both of the Maori peoples and of important places in the Hauraki region. A ...Show more
Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa by Paul Moon
29.99 NZD
31.99 (6% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
For the first time the world of the tohunga, which has lain carefully concealed for centuries, is brought out into the open. Kereopa's knowledge of the traditional Maori world, and his thoughtful perspectives on subject matters ranging from natural healing to modern life, offer an insight into the realm ...Show more