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Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby - Not Here By Chance by Jeff Evans
44.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
A biography of Hec Busby: businessman, entrepreneur, waka expert and master waka builder, traditional navigator and Te Rararwa elder.
Maori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand by Jeff Evans
19.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: near fine
This book brings all the available written information about traditional Maori weapons into one concise, informative volume. Here for the first time is a complete armoury of Maori weapons. Along with the focused explanations about how each weapon was made, cared for and used, Evans includes an array of ...Show more
Maori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand by Jeff Evans
37.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise volume. Maori Weapons provides complete cultural and technical information on the handmade weapons used by Maori, along with photos and line drawings. Fro ...Show more
Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes by Jeff Evans
34.95 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
This book fills a major gap in New Zealand historical reference by bringing together the written tradition for each of the waka that voyaged to Aotearoa during the earliest periods of Polynesian exploration and migration.
Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes by Jeff Evans (Gaian Group, UC Berkeley College of Business)
47.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
This is the essential reference work to the traditions of Maori canoes that voyaged to New Zealand - including lists of the waka, names of crew members and vessels, karakia and waiata, and maps. A must for lovers of history, students of Maori and nautical enthusiasts.
Ngatokimatawhaorua - The Biography of a Waka by Jeff Evans
50.00 NZD
Category: Māori History
Ngatokimatawhaorua, the longest waka taua to be built in modern times, is a national taonga and resides at the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Harangi's dream to build seven waka for the 1940 centennial commemorations of the signing of the Treaty of Wai ...Show more
Polynesian Navigation And The Discovery Of New Zealand by Jeff Evans
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way to New Zealand without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By examining myt ...Show more
Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand by Jeff Evans
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By examining myth, star charts ...Show more
Reawakened - Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa by Jeff Evans
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
This book features interviews with 10 master navigators who trained under Mau Piailug (1932-2010), the legendary teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging across the Pacific. They were given the status of master navigator by Mau through the Pwo ceremony, and went ...Show more
The Discovery of Aotearoa by Jeff Evans
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
The Discovery of Aotearoa is the most balanced account yet of the great Polynesian discovery of New Zealand. Based on extensive research, the book deals in a no-nonsense style with the causes and characteristics of Polynesian migration, the location of the Maori homeland, the legend of Kupe, traditional ...Show more
The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans
45.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Take a nostalgic trip through 70 years of television with the third edition of "The Penguin TV Companion". From "Little House on the Prairie" to "Little Britain", "The X Files" to "The X Factor", and "Department S" to "Desperate Housewives", no other book on television is as comprehensive, or addictive. ...Show more
Waka Taua: The Maori War Canoe by Jeff Evans
34.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
A Maori war canoe being paddled at full speed is an awesome sight. Thanks to the renaissance in canoe building, more and more traditional waka taua are on the waterways, and feature in major events like the Queen's Jubilee. Waka Taua gives a concise introduction to all aspects of the war canoe: its hist ...Show more