Pathway of the Birds

Pathway of the Birds
Author: Andrew Crowe
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824878658

This book tells of one of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory, a period during which Polynesians reached and settled nearly every archipelago scattered across some 28 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean, an area now known as East Polynesia. Through an engaging narrative and over 400 maps, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations, Crowe conveys some of the skills, innovation, resourcefulness, and courage of the people that drove this extraordinary feat of maritime expansion. In this masterful work, Andrew Crowe integrates a diversity of research and viewpoints in a format that is both accessible to the lay reader and required reading for any serious scholar of this fascinating region.

Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand

Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand
Author: Jeff Evans
Publisher: Oratia Media Ltd
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1877514152

The science and stories behind the remarkable Polynesian settlement of the South Pacific and finally New Zealand, with plentiful illustrations and maps

Once Were Pacific

Once Were Pacific
Author: Alice Te Punga Somerville
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816677565

Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Maori and Pacific peoples

Decoding Maori Cosmology

Decoding Maori Cosmology
Author: Laird Scranton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1620557061

An exploration of New Zealand’s Maori cosmology and how it relates to classic ancient symbolic traditions around the world • Shows how Maori myths, symbols, cosmological concepts, and words reflect symbolic elements found at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey • Demonstrates parallels between the Maori cosmological tradition and those of ancient Egypt, China, India, Scotland, and the Dogon of Mali in Africa • Explores the pygmy tradition associated with Maori cosmology, which shares elements of the Little People mythology of Ireland, including matching mound structures and common folk traditions It is generally accepted that the Maori people arrived in New Zealand quite recently, sometime after 1200 AD. However, new evidence suggests that their culture is most likely centuries older with roots that can be traced back to the archaic Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey, built around 10,000 BC. Extending his global cosmology comparisons to New Zealand, Laird Scranton shows how the same cosmological concepts and linguistic roots that began at Göbekli Tepe are also evident in Maori culture and language. These are the same elements that underlie Dogon, ancient Egyptian, and ancient Chinese cosmologies as well as the Sakti Cult of India (a precursor to Vedic, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions) and the Neolithic culture of Orkney Island in northern Scotland. While the cultural and linguistic roots of the Maori are distinctly Polynesian, the author shows how the cosmology in New Zealand was sheltered from outside influences and likely reflects ancient sources better than other Polynesian cultures. In addition to shared creation concepts, he details a multitude of strikingly similar word pronunciations and meanings, shared by Maori language and the Dogon and Egyptian languages, as well as likely connections to various Biblical terms and traditions. He discusses the Maori use of standing stones to denote spiritual spaces and sanctuaries and how their esoteric mystery schools are housed in structures architecturally similar to those commonly found in Ireland. He discusses the symbolism of the Seven Mythic Canoes of the Maori and uncovers symbolic aspects of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in Maori cosmology. The author also explores the outwardly similar pygmy traditions of Ireland and New Zealand, characterized by matching fairy mound constructions and mythic references in both regions. He reveals how the trail of a group of Little People who vanished from Orkney Island in ancient times might be traced first to Scotland, Ireland, and England and then on to New Zealand, accompanied by signature elements of the global cosmology first seen at Gobekli Tepe.

Mana Maori

Mana Maori
Author: Fanny Wonu Veys
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789087280833

The discovery of New Zealand, the last place on earth to be peopled, is surrounded by myths."Maori Mana: the power of New Zealand's first inhabitants" takes you on a journey exploring the histories of the country's first Polynesian discoverers, its encounters with Europeans and the subsequent settling by Westerners. Particular attention will be paid to the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and the Dutch immigration wave of the 1950s. Through a discussion of the meeting house and meeting grounds, the relationships Maori maintain to the land will be considered. The vital role of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) and its present-day repercussions will be looked at. Finally the role of taonga or cultural treasures embodying the ancestral identity of a Maori kin group in relation to particular lands and resources will be explained. In so doing attention will be paid to taonga made from different materials by men as well as by women.

Maori Meanings

Maori Meanings
Author: Johann Barnas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9783946386292

The Aryan Maori

The Aryan Maori
Author: Edward Tregear
Publisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : G. Didsbury
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1885
Genre: Anthropological linguistics
ISBN:

Attempt to prove, by linguistic comparison, that the Māori people are of Aryan descent and, after 4,000 years of migration, speak the language of their Aryan forebears in India "in an almost inconceivable purity". Cf. Bagnall.

Kai Kōrero

Kai Kōrero
Author: Tai Tepuaoterā Turepu Carpentier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

A language coursebook designed for both personal and classroom use and suitable for a wide range of ages and backgrounds, from secondary level to adult. Includes 60 sets of exercises, songs and word lists.