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Far Famed Fiordland: Historic and Descriptive : European Explorers, White Whalers, Seamen and Surveyors, Travellers and Tourists, and Pakeha Place-names by Herries Beattie
50.00 NZD
Category: Business
The original edition of this title was published in 1950. The author, James Herries Beattie (1881-1972) grew up in Gore and began his historical investigations while on the staff of the Mataura Ensign. He wrote widely on Canterbury, Otago and Southland.
House of Treasures - 150 Objects from Canterbury Museum Nga Taonga Tuku Iho by James Herries Beattie, Et Al
69.95 NZD
Category: NZ History
Since first opening its doors to the public on Rolleston Avenue on 1 October 1870, Canterbury Museum has come to house an estimated 2.3 million taonga (treasures). To celebrate the Museum’s 150th anniversary, 150 taonga (treasures) from this vast collection are showcased in a superbly designed and photo ...Show more
Tikao Talks: Traditions and tales second edition by Herries Beattie
95.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
Contains many traditions and beliefs never before recorded. As an old man Teone Taare Tikao passed on to the author, knowledge which he had gained as a young man from the old people. First published in 1939 and again in 1990, this is a facsimile of the first edition with an index added.
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori by James Herries Beattie; Atholl Anderson (ed.)
59.95 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
First published - 1920 Reprinting September 2009, DunedinA classic text, now back in print with new cover Journalist Herries Beattie recorded southern Maori history for over 50 years.This is his most important work. For twelve months in 1920 he interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury, ...Show more
Traditions and Legends of the South Island Maori Collected from the Natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand) by Herries Beattie
60.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
Originally published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1915 and 1922, these stories were collected by the author crom Maori of Murihiku (Southland). Full index included.
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