Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide by Scotty Morrison
$24.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Everything you need to speak te reo Māori with confidence This pocket-sized book is your guide to using te reo Māori in every day situations, from introductions to conversations, online and in person. Carry the essentials with you, and develop confidence in: * Basic pronunciation * Greetings * Dates and ...Show more
Privilege in Perpetuity - Exploding a Pākehā Myth (BWB Texts) by Peter Meihana
$18.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
'The idea of Maori privilege continues to be deployed in order to constrain Maori aspirations and maintain the power imbalance that colonisation achieved in the nineteenth century.' The 'idea of Maori privilege', as Peter Meihana describes it, is deeply embedded in New Zealand culture. Many New Zealande ...Show more
Tikanga Whakaaro - Key Concepts in Māori Culture by Cleve Barlow
$90.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
This book provides explanations in English and Maori of seventy terms which are important in Maori culture. Each term is clearly defined, and its significance explained with reference to tradition, custom, myth and ritual, as well as present day understanding. The author, Cleve Barlow, draws on the trad ...Show more
Te Awa o Kupu by Vaughan Rapatahana (Editor); Kiri Piahana-Wong (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A stunning new collection of poetry and stories by contemporary Māori writers. Through poetry and short stories, over 80 contemporary Maori writers explore a vast array of issues that challenge, stimulate and intrigue. Chosen for their verbal dexterity, originality and insight, they express compassion, ...Show more
Patu: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori | Series: 1st
A large-format, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s, suitable for children and adults, by the multiple-award-winning Gavin BishopDiscover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this powerfully told and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bisho ...Show more
Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera
$37.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Māori writers. From over 60 Māori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from cr ...Show more
Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black’s new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a ‘roro hipi / sheep’s brain’, or tell someone to get stuffed in te reo Māori? The answers are all in Te Reo Kapeka ...Show more
Nga Atua [Ngā Atua]: Māori Gods (PB) (Bilingual) by Robyn Kahukiwa; Kiwa Hammond
$23.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
A book to treasure for young and old, Robyn Kahukiwa's Nga Atua - Maori Gods takes the reader on a stunning visual journey while imparting simple and effective explanations of the major Maori gods. Robyn introduces the pantheon of Maori deities and explains the arena of life for which each one is respon ...Show more
Instant! Maori by Nick Theobald; Paora Walker
$15.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
INSTANT! MAORI is a pocket-sized Maori-English phrase book packed with hundreds of practical and down-to-earth phrases - made easy. Using phonetics, it enables readers to speak correct Maori in seconds. The content includes the short and long version of what to say on a marae, how to talk to your pets, ...Show more
Wise Words of the Maori by Murdoch Riley
$70.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Revealing history and traditions by way of 4000 proverbs, and other expressions. Taken from the rich resources of Māori literature, legends and everyday life. Indexed under personal names, iwi (tribes), hapū (sub-tribes) and migratory canoes.
He Kupu Taurangi: Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand by Christopher Finlayson
$60.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
As Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations from 2008 to 2017, Christopher Finlayson completed an unprecedented number of settlements with iwi. In 2012 alone, Parliament passed more Treaty legislation than it had over the previous twenty years. Christopher Finlayson gained unique insight into the el ...Show more
Introducing He Whakaputanga (BWB Texts) by Vincent O'Malley and Jared Davidson
$18.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori | Series: 1st
The content of this short book is derived directly from the larger illustrated publication, foregoing all illustrations to suit the BWB Texts format. He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni/The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by fifty-two rangatira from 1835 to 1839. It wa ...Show more