The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict by James Belich
$85.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: good-very good
Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of 'Victorian interpretation' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Maori, in Belich's view, won the North ...Show more
Te Kawa O Te Marae: A Guide for all Marae Visitors by Wena Harawira
$10.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
For many people a visit to a Marae is a daunting occasion. Here for the first time in a simple straight forward presentation is a complete guide to Marae customs and ceremony. The book covers protocol for all major events with the main aim being to assist the visitor to understand and enjoy the occasion ...Show more
Two Worlds - First meetings between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772 by Anne Salmond
$65.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: good-very good
Amiria - The Life Story of a Maori Woman by Amiria Manutahi Stirling; Anne Salmond (As told to)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: good-very good
The Caltex Book of Maori Lore by James Cowan; J. B. Palmer
$15.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand by Richard A. Cruise
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
Maori Myths and Tribal Legends by Antony Alpers
$16.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
To Face the Daring Maoris - Soldiers' Impressions of the First Maori War 1845-47 by Michael Barthorp
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
Redemption Songs - A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki by Judith Binney
$65.00 NZD
Category: rare & collectable | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 1996 Montana New Zealand Books Awards. 'Wherever Te Kooti went - wherever he step foot from one area to another - he's singing' Redemption Songs traces the songs, the narratives and the pathways by which the 19th-century leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tutuki sought to give the land and his ...Show more
Between Worlds - Early Exchanges Between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815 by Anne Salmond
$120.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
Anne Salmond's trail-blazing and award winning book Two Worlds rewrote our understanding of what happened between Maori and European from Abel Tasman's visit in 1642 to Cook's in 1772. A major work.
The Origins of the First New Zealanders by Douglas G Sutton (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This multidisciplinary volume presents a fresh look at New Zealand settlement history. Contributors re-examine the orthodox scenario of Polynesian colonization, and by studying aspects of New Zealand like the languages, the climate, the archaeological evidence, and the geomorphology, they create new and ...Show more
Games and Pastimes of the Māori - An account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times : including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music by Elsdon Best
$65.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Series: Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 8 | Reading Level: very good
Dominion Museum Bulletin No.8