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Legends of Rotorua and the Hot Lakes by A. W. Reed
$29.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
First published in 1958, this is the classic collection of myths relating to that cradle of Maori culture, Rotorua - with relevance across New Zealand Rotorua is one of New Zealand's most visited cities. It is impossible to avoid the area's Maori history and, in this book, it is easy to learn about the ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed & Ross Calman
$29.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
Maori Myths and Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed
$29.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology | Reading Level: good
This book was first published in 1946 as Myths and Legends of Maoriland, and subsequently reprinted four times before the second edition was published in 1958, followed by the third edition in 1961. It went on to become one of New Zealand's most recognised books of the genre, winning an Esther Glen meda ...Show more
Maori Love Legends...and True Stories by Murdoch Riley
$14.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
Compiled by Murdoch Riley. Stories by Murdoch Riley, James Cowan, Alfred Grace, Thomas Lambert, Johannes Andersen, Richard Taylor, Hari Hongi (H.M. Strowell) etc.
Maori Myth and Legend: Traditional Stories by A. W. Reed
$25.00 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend - many of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic, bestselling book. Written with the general reader in mind, the stories range from the creation of the world to the coming of life, death and knowledge. They incor ...Show more
Wahine Toa
$110.00 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
An exploration of the stories of 8 women from Maori myths, in art works and texts. The artist intends her work to be visual representations of the myths, rather than just accompanying illustrations. Oil paintings and pencil drawings are reproduced in full-page format, and the second section of the book ...Show more
A Wild Wind from the North: Hongi Hika's 1823 Invasion of Rotorua by Don Stafford
$39.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
Hongi Hika's invasion of the Rotorua area in 1823 is one of the most dramatic and daring assaults in New Zealand history. Armed with muskets, Hongi's forces had roamed the North Island seeking utu (revenge) for past slights. Te Arawa, inland and with their island stronghold of Mokoia on Lake Rotorua, fe ...Show more
Arohanui: Revenge of the Fey (Matawehi Fables) by Helen Pearse-Otene
$25.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Matawehi Fables
Part of The Matawehi Fables series, this graphic novel is a story of two hostile tribes: one thriving, the other starving and forced to enter into a hard bargain to survive. In the midst of the conflict, two lovers from opposing tribes, Kahu and Kuratawhiti, plan to bring their warring tribes together t ...Show more
Manu Maori: Bird Legends and Customs by Murdoch Riley
$35.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
A book about Maori and their legends and customs involving birds - includes CD "Forest and Ocean" by Hirini Melbourne.
Maori Bird Lore: An Introduction by Murdoch Riley
$93.99 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology
Beautifully illustrated and presented. A book that is a work of art. For many a century the pre-contact Maori developed a sophisticated structure of beliefs and customs about the birds of this land, this Aotearoa, this New Zealand. The basic myths and traditions came with the immigrants from legendary ...Show more
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions Volume 5 by John White
$86.00 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology Ser.
First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it w ...Show more
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions Volume 4 by John White
$99.00 NZD
Category: Māori Legends & Mythology | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology Ser.
First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it w ...Show more
