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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
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
Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language Under Siege in the 19th Century by Paul Moon
39.95 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Secondhand. Ka ngaro te reo, ka ngaro taua, pera i te ngaro o te moa. If the language be lost, man will be lost, as dead as the moa. In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In Ka Ngaro Te Reo, Paul Moon traces the spira ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of James Busby - His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand by Paul Moon
43.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1 ...Show more
The Waikato - A History of New Zealand's Greatest River by Paul Moon
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
From snow to surf, the Waikato is New Zealand's longest river. This fascinating account takes a historical journey along its 425 kilometre length, uncovering extraordinary reports of the people, places and events along its route. Starting from a desolate, icy volcanic plateau, historian Paul Moon traces ...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
Touring Edwardian New Zealand by Paul Moon
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Edwardian era (1901-14) was fleeting but significant, perhaps nowhere more so than in Aotearoa New Zealand. At the turn of the twentieth century, many British regarded New Zealand as ‘the Britain of the South Seas’. Tourist promotions created an idealised impression of a country that was partly a c ...Show more
When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more
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