Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World by Ngahuia Murphy
35.00 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
An Examination of Stories, Ceremonies and Practices Regarding Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World. Based on a Masters Thesis. Te Awa Atua is a ground-breaking study of menstruation in pre-colonial Māori society. Many early ethnographic accounts of menstrual rites were distorted beyond recognit ...Show more
Aroha - Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa Elder
29.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori | Reading Level: near fine
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati - When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through some of the wisest of human eyes. Discover traditional Māori philosophy through 52 whakataukī - simple, powerful life lessons, one for ...Show more
Waiwhero: Red Waters: A Celebration of Womanhood: He Whakahirahiratanga o te Ira Wahine by Ngahuia Murphy; Ngāhuia Murphy; Sean Ellison; Regan Balzer
25.00 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Waiwhero: He Whakahirahiratanga o te Ira Wahine: A Celebration of Womanhood is based on Te Awa Atua but has been written specifically for whanau, rangatahi, the education and health sectors. Waiwhero is also bilingual, having been translated by the wonderful Sean Ellison, making it a great reo and kaupa ...Show more
Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua
34.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. ...Show more
Wawata - Moon Dreaming by Hinemoa Elder
29.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life's lessons - a different face and a different energy for each day of the month. And with her changing light, new insights are revealed. This book gives us the chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people, who reach ...Show more
Matariki: Te Whetu o te Tau by Rangi Matamua
35.00 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Te Reo Māori edition. In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interes ...Show more
Work of the Gods : Tatai Arorangi: Maori Astronomy by Kay Leather and Richard Hall
21.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Tiakina Te Pa Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing by Leonie Pihama, Jenny Lee-Morgan
44.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing discusses the values and successful practices of Māori childrearing that have been maintained and encouraged within many whānau, hapū and iwi for generations. This book is a collaboration of knowledge and insight from a wide range of Māo ...Show more
Ora: Healing Ourselves - Indigenous knowledge, Healing and Wellbeing by Leonie Pihama, Linda Tuhiwai Smith
64.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
This collection brings together indigenous thinkers and practitioners from Aotearoa and internationally to discuss the effects of trauma on indigenous peoples across social, economic, political and cultural environments. The authors explore understandings and practices of indigenous people, grounded in ...Show more
Waiwhero He Whakahirahiratanga o te Ira Wahine (reo version) by Ngahuia Murphy
26.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka a Te Whānau-ā-Apanui by Wiremu Tāwhai
24.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
Living by the Moon sets out and discusses the maramataka or lunar month and the way the days and nights were understood according to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui tribal knowledge. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui ancestors were dependent on the environment, and this led them to closely study the changes and cycles in nature so ...Show more
Matariki The Maori New Year by Libby Hakaraia
20.99 NZD
Category: Mātauranga Māori
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Māori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was gree ...Show more
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