AUETANGA O NGATI WHAKAUE KI TE KARAUNA- Roar of Ngati Whakaue Against the crown 1880 - 2020 by Hamuera W Mitchell

$24.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

NGATI WHAKAUE HE IWI PIRIPONO KI TE KARAUNA - Regal and Vice-Regal Visits to Rotorua 1840 - 2020 by Hamuera W Mitchell

$34.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

Te Kuia Moko by Harry Sangl

$65.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

Te Kuia Moko is a taonga recording 34 Maori women, all bearing moko kauae (chin tattoos). First published in 1980 as The Blue Privilege , this new printing evidences the book's ongoing importance as a record of moko art. Biographies of the women are printed substantially as they spoke them, supplemented by essays by Merimeri Penfold and D.R. Simmons. The records are accompanied by black-and-white sketches of the kuia's moko complementing the beautiful, full colour paintings. ...Show more

Te Manu Huna a Tane: The Hidden Bird of Tane by Edited by Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen

$45.00 NZD

Category: Maori Books

This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between c onservationists and weavers that returned accidentally killed kiwi to the hapu or family of the rohe or district in which they were found. It offers a particular perspective on the contemporary hapu-led cultural practices of Maori women and their intersection of the sacred and profound in the everyday. It also brings a greater understanding of conservation efforts and, in particular, of how the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai works closely with tangata whenua. ...Show more

NGATI WHAKAUE HISTORY SET by Hamuera Mitchell

$69.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

No Maori Allowed - New Zealand's Forgotten History of Racial Segregation by Robert Bartholomew

$26.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

There was a time when Maori were barred from public toilets, segregated at the cinema & swimming pools, refused alcohol, haircuts & taxi rides, forced to stand for white bus passengers and not allowed to attend school with other students. It happened in the South Auckland town of Pukekohe. Using records from the National Archives and first hand interviews, No Maori Allowed looks at what happened in Pukekohe and the extent of racial intolerance across the country at this time.In Hamilton, stores refused to let them try on pants, on Karangahape Road in Auckland, shop signs read No Credit for Maori. Councils jacked up prices for state houses to keep them out of white neighbourhoods, hospitals had segregated maternity wards and gave them less expensive cutlery, and banks and shops held official policies of not hiring coloureds. ...Show more

Te Arawa. A History of the Arawa People by Stafford, Don

$98.00 NZD

Category: Māori History

Evolution of Kapa Haka in Ohinemutu, Rotorua, 1880 to 2020 by DGR Pene

$69.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

Wahiao by Marion Mare & Aloma Parker

$120.00 NZD

Category: Māori History

This book traces the history of the Wahiao people, weaving oral and recorded history to illustrate their relationship with the thermal valley of Te Whakarewarewatanga-o-te-ope-taua-a-Whiao. Whakarewarewa is New Zealand's most famous thermal tourist resort and has been home to Ngti Whiao for more than 30 0 years. The history of Ngti Whiao is recorded in the names of hot pools, mud pools, geysers, fissures, and streams in the valley. The bones of Ngti Whiao tupuna lie in caves in Te Puia and the surrounding Pohaturoa hills. This is a true David and Goliath saga. Whiao have a clear unbroken customary association with the land over hundreds of years. But other larger tribes also claim to have occupied Whakarewarewa at different times and have laid claim to the thermal valley. The stories describe the ancient and bloody wars fought, lost, and won by Whiao, and their more recent courtroom battles. From these encounters tribal heroes have emerged. It is their stories that are the focus of this book, from the war parties of the ancestor Whiao after whom the valley is named to the modern heroes who have fought for recognition of their mana whenua over their ancestral land. These heroes faced the forces of adversity over the last 120 years. ...Show more

Takitimu by J. H. Mitchell

$80.00 NZD

Category: Māori History

Takitimu is one of the great tribal histories in the New Zealand literary canon. It tells of the Ngati Kahungunu people tangata whenua of Hawkes Bay and parts of East Coast and Wairarapa from their origins in the Pacific Islands to their lineage in Aotearoa up to the twentieth century. It is divided int o four main sections: the history up to the departure of Takitimu and other canoes of migration; the history of Ngati Kahungunu; short biographies of Sir James Carroll, Sir Maui Pomare and the Rev. Tamihana Huata; and appendices describing charms, proverbs, the interpretation of dreams and signs, and the Maori almanac. Complete with genealogical tables, this is a book of great value for history enthusiasts and especially the people of Ngati Kahungunu the third largest Maori tribe, with descendants throughout New Zealand and Australia. ...Show more

Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World - New Zealand Archaeology 1769 1860 by Ian Smith

$59.99 NZD

Category: Māori History

Introducing general readers to New Zealand archaeology, Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World tells the story of the first European encounters with a new land. This is a fascinating approach to history through material culture, documenting a period of dramatic change in these South Pacific islands. From t he scant physical signs of first contact including the early Cook voyages the history is traced through the ephemeral habitations of sojourning settlers to the settlements of missionaries and colonisers, and on to the towns and government establishments of the mid nineteenth century. While the focus is on Pakeha settlement, the encompassing Maori world is present throughout as the story of cultural encounter emerges from the archaeology narrative. Glimpses of a country in the midst of turbulent change abound in this richly illustrated book. Based on impeccable scholarship, this is a wonderful overview of New Zealand archaeology in the period. ...Show more

The Cook Voyage Encounters by Janet Davidson

$65.00 NZD

Category: Māori History

Almost 250 years after James Cook first sighted Aotearoa in October 1769, world-wide interest in all aspects of his exploration of the Pacific endures. In this handsome book, widely respected Pacific scholar Janet Davidson details the collection of Maori, Pacific and Native American objects associated w ith Cook's voyages that is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. ...Show more