Maori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins by A. W. Reed; Peter Dowling
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
Pronounce and understand Māori place names with the new fourth edition of A.W. Reed's classic guide to meanings and origins of names across New Zealand. From Ahaura to Whitianga, this handily sized book is the definitive guide to over 2300 of the most common and notable Maori names on our land. Why do W ...Show more
Maori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand by Jeff Evans
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise volume. Maori Weapons provides complete cultural and technical information on the handmade weapons used by Maori, along with photos and line drawings. Fro ...Show more
Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing ...Show more
Are We There Yet? The Future of the Treaty of Waitangi by Gareth Morgan & Susan Guthrie
35.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Three questions: 'Where have we got to with the Treaty of Waitangi?'; 'Is where we have got to a good place?' and 'Where do we go from here?' Simple questions we thought. But nothing is simple when you start asking questions about the Treaty of Waitangi. Two years later we have emerged battered and brui ...Show more
The Maori Meeting House: Introducing the Whare Whakairo by Damian Skinner
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
This all-new introductory guide to the whare whakairo, or Maori meeting house, covers every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and evolution, structure and art forms, symbolism and cultural power. Generously illustrated with over a hundred intriguing historical and contempor ...Show more
A Maori Reference Grammar by Ray Harlow
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Based on a third-year university course Ray Harlow taught for a number of years, this grammar reference book is intended for people whose knowledge of Maori is at that level or higher - advanced learners, native speakers and teachers of Maori. The book provides explanations and examples of all the impor ...Show more
Mataora The Living Face: Contemporary Maori Art by Sandy Adsett and Cliff Whiting
29.99 NZD
69.99 (57% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
Edited by bestselling author of Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera, Mataora is a major publication of contemporary Maori art and has huge significance in the art world. It is a book whose contents, form, purpose and spirit have been determined by many of the artists whose work it features. Over 150 full colour ...Show more
Nga Tohu Tawhito - Early Maori Ornaments by Nigel Prickett
1.47 NZD
14.99 (90% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
Maori artifacts from Auckland War Memorial Museum with lovely glossy photos.
Maori Tribes of New Zealand
29.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
A guide to the main Maori tribes written especially for visitors and students, combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history. Written by New Zealand's top Maori historians, this is a perfect compact guidebook to the tribes of New Zealand.
Te Taiao Maori and The Natural World by Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
In traditional Maori knowledge, the weather, birds, fish and trees, sun and moon are related to each other, and to the people of the land, the tangata whenua. It is truly an interconnected world - a vast family of which humans are children of the earth and sky, and cousins to all living things. In this ...Show more
Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand: Understanding the Culture, Protocols and Customs by Buddy Mikaere
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Starting with the beaching of his Mataatua Bay of Plenty ancestral canoe, Buddy Mikaere provides a highly readable historical overview of Maori in New Zealand and goes on to examine the impact of a changing urban world on the traditional way of life. He describes the renaissance of Maori culture and the ...Show more
Maori Patterns Colour your World by Mitch Manuel
19.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Immerse yourself in designs that draw on a rich resource of Maori decorative technique. Use the elements of line, shape and space found in this imaginative collection to fill in the shapes and develop artworks of your own creation.