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Ko Te Hiakai Tangata: Te Taniwha o Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Ko Tāwhaki-Nui-a-Hema: Ana Mahi Whakahirahira by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
This book is the te reo Māori editon of Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod Ko Tāwhaki Nui ā Hema: Āna Mahi Whakahirahira recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his w ...Show more
Mataatua Wharenui: Te Whare I Hoki Mai by Hirini Moko Mead
50.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Mataatua wharenui is the most travelled Maori meeting house in the country. Built in 1875, it was taken to Australia, London and Otago before being returned to Whakatane after more than a century away. The story of Mataatua is part of the story of the desecration of Ngati Awa by the Crown and the fight ...Show more
Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna - The Sayings of the Ancestors by Hirini Moko Mead; Neil Grove
50.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori | Reading Level: very good
This collection contains over 2500 'pepeha', or 'sayings of the ancestors', that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, 'pepeha' include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard eve ...Show more
Tawhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod (Tāwhaki) by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revealed Tāwhaki’s status as ...Show more
Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha of Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
Te Whatu Taniko: Taniko Weaving: Technique and Tradition by Moko Mead Hirini
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Hirini Mead is a renowned Maori writer and commentator. This contains easy-to-follow patterns and line-drawing instructions for technique The book Taniko Weaving is a taonga handed down by the ancestors to us of today. As a taonga it will always remain a treasure of great value which will be there waiti ...Show more
Tikanga Maori - Living by Maori Values by Hirini Moko Mead
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: good-very good
Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori protocol) is the most substantial of its kind ever published. Areas discussed include: social structures and groupings, the tapu-noa principle, protocol of the marae, welcome ceremonies, mourning ceremonies, tikanga of settlement ...Show more
Tikanga Māori - Living by Maori Values by Hirini Moko Mead
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: near fine
Tikanga Maori is the authoritative and accessible introduction to understanding the correct Maori ways of doing things as they were done in the past, as they are done in the present - and as they may yet be. In this revised edition, Hirini Mead has added an extensive new chapter on mana whenua, mana moa ...Show more
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