Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi

Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi
Author: Tania M. Ka'ai
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-03-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1775503887

Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi was a highly respected leader from Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare at Tokomaru Bay who was passionate about the revitalisation and flourishing of the Māori world. She actively introduced initiatives in education, language and the arts and was a Māori leader of note, receiving a QSM for her services to Māori. She is also widely remembered for her beautiful song compositions, which are performed today. This biography describes her considerable achievements across many areas, her work for others, her humility and perseverance, and it brings her to life through stories from her peers, former students and family.

The Book of New Zealand Women

The Book of New Zealand Women
Author: Charlotte Macdonald
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages: 800
Release: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Biographical essays on some three hundred prominent women of New Zealand.

Being Pakeha Now

Being Pakeha Now
Author: Michael King
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

In Being Pakeha Now, Michael King carries the cultural debate forward. While recognising and respecting the place of Maori in New Zealand, he argues that Pakeha too belong inescapably to this country and have no other home. Just as imported East Polynesian ingredients were eventually transmuted into Maori culture, so the attitudes and values carried by Europeans have been transformed here in interaction with forest, mountain and sea, and with Maori. They have coalesced into a second indigenous culture, that of Pakeha New Zealanders. The wooden church and the macrocarpa, King asserts, are as much a part of the spiritual and physical landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand as the meeting house and the cabbage tree. ..."--Back cover.

Illusions

Illusions
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1986
Genre: Motion pictures
ISBN:

Ready to Fly

Ready to Fly
Author: David Eggleton
Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN:

A survey and celebration of 50 years of New Zealand popular music. Jammed full of photos, and with a colourful and exuberant text, it is the first book on New Zealand popular music published in 15 years.

Mana Tuturu

Mana Tuturu
Author: Barry Barclay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book is a timely meditation on the complex problems that arise when the treasures of indigenous peoples, especially Maori, enter the commercial world which seeks to reproduce and disseminate them. Well aware that such matters are not simple, Barry Barclay draws on his long experience as a filmmaker, often depicting Maori subjects, to conduct a hui, or public forum, to show, to listen, to suggest ways in which two worlds, each important, can meet.

Te aka

Te aka
Author: John Cornelius Moorfield
Publisher: Longman
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

This dictionary and index comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Maori language. It has a broader scope than traditional dictionaries, so as well as the words one would usually expect in a dictionary, it also includes; encyclopaedic entries designed to provide key information, explanations of key concepts central to Maori culture, comprehensive explanations for grammatical items, with examples of usage, idioms and colloquialisms with their meanings and examples.

Ki Te Whaiao

Ki Te Whaiao
Author: Tania Ka'ai
Publisher: Longman
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2004
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Ki te Whaiao: An Introduction to Māori Culture and Society, is intended for students of Māori studies at tertiary institutions. It is also aimed at several other audiences: those Māori who want to know more about their own world, Pākehā living in this country, and people from overseas who want to learn about the history of the Indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The book describes traditional and contemporary Māori society and its interaction with Pākehā society since first contact. It gives expression to the voices and words of Māori scholars and those informed by their world-view. Emphasis has been placed on the clarification of Māori cultural concepts throughout, in order to give readers a deeper understanding of the Māori world and to excite their interest in the key themes developed throughout the text. The book has been arranged in two parts Part one is called Te Ao Māori (The Māori World) and examines a series of topics encompassing tribal histories about the creation,important cultural concepts, the migration journeys to Aotearoa, the origins of the Māori language, cultural traditions and practices, leadership and Māori performing and fine arts. Part two, Ngā Ao e Rua (The Two Worlds) examines early contact between Māori and Pākehā, the Treaty and related issues, religion, sovereignty, education and literature, and ends with a chapter on the Pacific peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand.