Te Marae: A Guide to Customs and Protocol by Pat Tauroa; Hiwi Tauroa
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritu ...Show more
Pronounce Maori With Confidence: An Easy Guide With CD-Rom by Hoani Niwa
26.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
This book and CD set gives the basics of how to pronounce Maori correctly, while teaching a little of the language to be used in everyday ife. No prior knowledge of Maori is reqired to use this book. All you need is to take on board a few simple rules and then apply them. The CD-ROM - playable on audio ...Show more
John Key: Portrait of a Prime Minister by John Roughan
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Arguably New Zealand's most popular Prime Minister in modern times, John Key shocked many with his decision to step down from office less than a year out from an election. Rather than seeking an historic fourth term, Key instead opted to quit while his approval rating was as high as ever in the polls. I ...Show more
Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti by Anne Salmond
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
"Aphrodite's Islandis a bold new account of the European discovery of Tahiti, the Pacific island of mythic status that has figured so powerfully in European imaginings about sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility or bestiality of 'savages'. In this ground-breaking book, Anne Salmond takes readers to th ...Show more
Hongi Hika - Warrior Chief by Dorothy Urlich Cloher
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The foremost Maori leader during the years of early European settlement, Hongi Hika led Ngapuhi on their devastating raids durings the Musket Wars. Thousands of Maori were killed using the new weapons, and tribal power balances were radically altered. This striking book by a kinswoman of Hongi's is one ...Show more
Merino Country: Stories from the Home of New Zealand's Hardiest Sheep by Paul Hersey
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
Secondhand. "The land of our hardiest, wildest and wooliest sheep breed, captured in all its spectacular beauty. From the towering peaks of the Inland Kaikoura Range in the north to the glacial waters of Lake Wakatipu in the south, this is a richly illustrated celebration of New Zealand's most spectacu ...Show more
The Good Doctor by Lance O'Sullivan
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Lance O'Sullivan is a man on a mission. Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing typical of the time, if one chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with ...Show more
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary by A. W. Reed; Timoti Karetu (Revised by); Ross Calman (Revised by)
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary is an invaluable reference work, providing an essential list of words and their equivalents in Māori and English. First published in 1948, the dictionary has been revised and updated numerous times since, giving testimony to its ongoing reliability as a reference guid ...Show more
The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs by Aw Reed et al.
28.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori | Series: 1st | Reading Level: Very Good
Proverbs (or whakatauki) express the wisdom, wit and commonsense of the Maori people. They are of great value and inspiration to writers, story-tellers and anyone speaking in a Maori setting. Several hundred proverbs are contained in The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs, categorised under a large number of ...Show more
The Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary by Ross Calman; Margaret Sinclair
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
The Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary is an invaluable introductory dictionary for students of te reo Maori.It features-clear, easy-to-follow Maori-English and English-Maori sections, with the Maori and English alphabets at the top of each page, all the wordsa learner is likely to encounter, including co ...Show more
The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference to the history of New Zealand. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce f ...Show more
A Savage Country: The untold Story of New Zealand in the 1820s by Paul Moon
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this f ...Show more